Guided tour with hotel pickup service: navigate a small electric boat with a small group in ‘Dutch Venice’ Giethoorn, visit ‘Lego City’ Zaandam, explore windmills, cheese and clogs in Zaanse Schans.

PRICE: $160
per person

 

A unique itinerary to experience the top three sightseeing attractions near Amsterdam in one single day. Visit ‘Lego City’ Zaandam for an Instagram photo stop at the ‘Lego Hotel’ in the city centre.

Explore Zaanse Schans, an open-air museum and Dutch national heritage. Enjoy a demonstration with cheese tasting at a cheese farm to get to know everything about Dutch cheese. Try on traditional wooden shoes at the clog museum & workshop with a demonstration for clog making.

Transfer to the fairy-tale village Giethoorn with a 1.5 hours drive, pass by the largest artificial province in the world Flevoland reclaimed from the former Zuiderzee. Drive through the famous and largest man-made lake ‘IJsselmeer’, which is created by the construction of the ‘Afsluitdijk’ Enclosing Dike, a dam that closed off the Zuiderzee from the North Sea in 1932.

Special hotel pickup service for two or more participants. The highlight of the tour is a small electric boat ride in the ‘Venice of the Netherlands’ Giethoorn. The adventure begins with a cruise tour through the charming canals and arch wooden bridges, and admire the centuries-old yet well-preserved thatched-roof houses built on small peat islands.

During the boat trip, your personal guide tells the history and interesting stories about the historic village getting to know everything about Giethoorn. After the boat trip, you get free time for a scenic walk strolling along the narrow paved paths. In the evening, arrive back in Amsterdam with the rest of your night to look forward to.

Personal service guided tour with hotel pickup.
Small electric open boat ride cruise around canals in Giethoorn like a local.
Exclusive visit to the ‘Lego City’ and Instagram photo stop at the ‘Lego Hotel’
Explore three unique attractions Zaandam, Giethoorn and Zaanse Schans in one day

Professional guide in English, Spanish or Chinese
Guided tour in Zaanse Schans
Guided tour in wooden shoes factory with demonstration
Guided tour in cheese factory with demonstration
Tour coach or Mercedes minivan
1-Hour guided boat trip (Small electric Whisper Boat driving your own boat experience)
Entrance fees for attractions not mentioned in the description
Gratuities (optional)
Lunch

 

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