Zaanse Schans and Giethoorn Small-Group Tour with Hotel Pick-Up
Description
This day trip to Zaanse Schans and Giethoorn offers free hotel pick-up service in Amsterdam. A luxury and comforable mini van (Mecedes brand) will wait for you in front of your hotel. A bottled water will be provided to each traveller. Power bank, umbrella are provided and free to use during whole trip. In the morning, you would visit a Dutch cheese factory, a wooden shoe factory and enjoy a royal diamond demonstration at Zaanse Schans; After that we will travel to Giethoorn, you would discover the 'Green Venice' of Holland and enjoy one hour free boat cruise in Giethoorn. This trip is suitable for the travellers who want to spend more time in two places. This 10 hours experience gives you a relaxed, memorable and enjoyable tour with lots of beautiful photos.
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Itinerary
At Zaanse Schans, the natural windmill village, you would first have a private guided Dutch cheese factory tour, to know how to make Gouda cheese in the traditional way. You could taste more than 26 different flavors of cheese. After that, you will visit a Dutch wooden shoes factory, over here you would watch a live demonstration of making wooden shoes by a traditional clog maker. After that you would have a private Royal Amsterdam Diamond tour, to know the history of diamond, and enjoy the 'Royal Lady' diamond with 268 facets. Of course you would have your own free time to get close to the windmills and take a lot of photos.
This attraction is the first stop at Zaanse Schans. As described above, you would experience this old cheese farm/factory, to have a private demonstration to understand how to make traditional Dutch cheese, get to know the history of this cheese farm, and cheese tasting with more than 26 different flavors.
At this attraction, you would expect to see a live demonstration of making wooden shoes by traditional clog makers, get to know the history of wooden shoes, and see different types of wooden shoes. You could have wooden shoes try-on here with different paintings / colors. Of course you can take as many photos as you want.
After Zaanse Schans, we will travel to Giethoorn. You would explore the ‘Green Little Venice’ of the Netherlands. You will enjoy about 3-4 hours here to explore the sights by yourself and your loved ones. we include 1 hour traditional boat cruise here. But if you want, you could cruise your own boat by yourself, that would have more fun with your family or friends.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We offer hotel pick-up service for all locations in the Highway Ring A10, excluding north part of the IJ river (Het IJ). Travelers can take free ferry to central station from north Amsterdam. We don't pick up from the airport area. One day before the tour, we will contact you via WhatsApp or iMessage to confirm your pick up details. Make sure you leave a reachable WhatsApp or iMessage number in the booking. We pick up between 7:45 - 8:30. You are required to write down your pick up location in the booking 5 days in advance before your tour date. If there is no hotel information in your booking, you could only meet us at Amsterdam Central Station. Please be prepared and wait in front of your hotel 5 minutes in advance before our arrival.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(451)
Erik and Reiner were amazing. The accommodated our party of 9 making sure we stayed together at all junctions of the tour! They were so kind, funny, and entertaining. The tour was beautiful and their insider knowledge helped us with touring cheese, diamond, and clog presentations easily. Their connections helped us with a perfect sized boat, dining and bathroom options for our large party! I am very grateful to both of them for an incredibly memorable day!!
This was an excellent tour delivered by Simon. He was very pleasant and knowledgeable about the area and its history and development. This tour was well worth it. The hotel pick up and drop off made things so convenient.
Wonderful tour. Zaanse Schans and Giethoorn were beautiful. In Geithorn we toured on a canal cruise boat. It was very peaceful with scenic homes on lovely canals. We had lunch at a local restuarant that was delicious. The windmills in Zaanse Schans were wonderful to see along with the cheese and clog factories.
Leidse is the best tour guy we ever had. His sense of humor made the trip really fun and made the best day we had in Amsterdam. His knowledge about all the places we visited and literally everything is amazing. We already asked which tour he hosts next to book him. Leidse is THE BEST!
We had a great day visiting Zaanse Schans and Giethoorn along with canal ride. Our guide Eric was very friendly and knowledgeable, with a great knowledge of the area and the locations we visited. Would recommend to visitors to Amsterdam.
What a nice way to get outside the city and see some destinations that give you The Netherlands quintessential feel!! Erik was a knowledgeable guide with a great personality! He made the trip a lot of fun. He'll get you to the destinations before the big crowds roll in, take pictures for you and even carry your bags back to the van when you overshop and can't be weighed down while continuing to explore 😂 (and by explore, of course I mean shop). Being picked up from where you're staying was a really nice perk too. The time flew by and it's a great value!
This was a really great tour with a small group of people and a very informative & helpful guide. I thank Leidse for everything, he made our tour fun and gave us full information about all the places we visited. He took good care of all of us. It is obvious that he loves his job and taking it very seriously. In this beautiful tour, you not only see the beautiful and magical place like Giethoorn but also visit Zaanse Schans, the windmills, the cheese factory and clog factory, they are also really nice places to see. So i highly recommend this tour to everyone wondering. I’ll definitely come back with my kids.
This was a really great tour with a small group of people and a very informative & helpful guide. I thank Leidse for everything, he made our tour fun and gave us full information about all the places we visited. He took good care of all of us. It is obvious that he loves his job and taking it very seriously. In this beautiful tour, you not only see the beautiful and magical place like Giethoorn but also visit Zaanse Schans, the windmills, the cheese factory and clog factory, they are also really nice places to see. So i highly recommend this tour to everyone wondering. And i’ll definitely come back with my kids.
Rayzhen guide is very professional, each trip is very clear, service attitude is very good! And carefully taking care of each member of the team, the arrangement is smooth, explaining the life of the attractions is interesting, along the way introducing the local attractions and culture, so that we have more knowledge of Amsterdam, better understand the local culture and customs. The whole journey is full of fun and the atmosphere is good! Worth referring to everyone!
Reinier was a great guide, kept in contact with us about our pick-up time at our hotel. He was very informative and helpful. The tour was definitely worth what we paid for it. It was really nice being in a small group tour. That made it feel much more personal.
