Giethoorn, Zaanse Schans Windmills Guided Day Trip from Amsterdam
Description
This tour is a must for anyone who wants to visit the two of the most popular places in Holland! Board an air-conditioned bus. In 20 minutes you will arrive at the Zaanse Schans, an open air museum absolutely worthwhile your visit. See a typical Dutch clog shop and visit a cheese factory. See the various original still working windmills and the Dutch artisans. You can glance over their shoulders while they are performing their crafts. Learn about the impressive windmill history that set off the Golden Age in the Netherlands. Next enjoy the ride through the Dutch polders, reclaimed land, to the fairytale like village of Giethoorn, also known as “the Venice of the North. Next up, a one hour guided boat tour. You will be in awe of the sights of the surroundings, ducking under picturesque bridges the captain will tell you the impressive history of the Giethoorn. You will have time explore the village on your own, on foot or by bike, You can also enjoy a delicious meal!
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Itinerary
See a typical Dutch clog shop and learn how and why these wooden shoes were made. Visit the cheese factory.
Next stop is Giethoorn, typically referred to as ‘Venice of the North’. As cars aren’t allowed, transportation is traditionally on foot, by bike, or by boat. You can experience how the Dutch live with and on the water. Learn about the outstanding water-management techniques of the Dutch and you can see the beautiful farmhouses and the many picturesque bridges of this idyllic village with merely 2500 inhabitants. After your boat tour, you'll have time at leisure to explore Giethoorn. Stroll around centuries of history of traditional Dutch craftsmanship. Discover the unique Dutch culture with guidance and recommendations from your personal guide.
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Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Reviews(1,146)
Nice people But no food or drinks You have to buy from their store Translation is available in many languages
Lots of fun. Goes fast and covers quite a bit! Jay was great! Lots of laughter and interactive discussions. Learned a lot about Dutch people and history.
Great way to spend a day and get out to see more of the Netherlands. While Zaandam was very crowded with tour busses after we finished our tour, it was nice that we were one of the first busses there to see the village while it was still pretty quiet. Giethoorn was nice, but seemed overrun by tourists. Glad we had some free time to explore it some. Ibrahim was a fantastic guide and Kamal (?) was a skilled driver. Great day!
The tour guide was wonderful very funny amusing very communicative. Told us some really great information while we were in the bus and when we got to our destinations was very straightforward on meeting places and meeting times and how to get back and what to do while we were there . I drop off. He was also very very helpful when our Uber couldn’t find our location he got on the phone with the person helped him find us so we could get back to our hotel. He was truly wonderful. His name was Abrahim
Tour guide was excellent and very knowledgeable. The two stops were fun. The canal ride was pleasant.
It was a wonderful trip! Our guide ibraraha and driver daniel are very friendly, humorous, and patient to every tourist and explained a lot of histories/stories about the two villages that we visited as well as some other villages along the way. We learned some of the histories of Netherland as well as amsterdam.
The stops were great but Anwar was our driver who was also great....Jay our tour guide was the most knowledgeable and informative and fun tour guide we have ever experienced
This tour was awesome!! The tour guide was excellent, knowledgeable and very kind. I would highly recommend this tour. It was a great experience!!
This is a must do. Shout out to our tour guide Jay and our driver Hassan, they were remarkable. They went out of their way to ensure we all had a good time. We even made a stop at a local fruit market to try some fresh berries and apples. Truly this tour was a highlight of my trip
We had Jay as our guide. So personable and great sense of humor! This was one of our top things to do on our two week trip.
