Live-Guided Zaanse Schans and Cheese Tasting Tour from Amsterdam

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
3 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
1 - 15 guests
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Language
English, Spanish, German
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Explore iconic Zaanse Schans on this guided tour from Amsterdam. Discover windmills, witness clog-making, and learn cheese crafting, all with an expert guide by your side.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Visit the beautiful windmill village Zaanse Schans. Here you will experience all that is typical Dutch in just a few hours. See the historic working windmills of Zaanse Schans and the wooden green painted houses and shops. Learn about cheese making and watch traditional craftsmen making clogs and other artifacts. A professional, experienced and friendly guide will accompany you throughout the village before you get time to further explore the village on your own.

What You Get

Multi - Lingual Guided tour
Amsterdam Canal Cruise Voucher ( if option selected)
Visit cheesefarm incl. Dutch cheese tasting
Food and drinks
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Entry fee inside windmills at Zaanse Schans

Good To Know

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

1

Zaanse Schans

The windmill village Zaanse Schans is an open air museum that houses a collection of working windmills, wooden houses, barns and shops dating back to the 18th and 19th Century. All these buildings were brought here from 1961 on, bringing back to life this most prosperous period of the Zaan region.
2 hours 30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
2

Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs Wooden Shoe Workshop

You will visit the clog museum annex wooden shoemaker shop, here you will watch traditional craftsmen at work, making clogs and other artefacts
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free
3

Catharina Hoeve Cheese Farm

Learn how Dutch cheese is being made in a farm and of course taste some real Dutch farmer cheese!
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Prins Hendrikkade 25 (Pass By)

If option selected, the tour includes an open departure ticket to the popular Amsterdam Canal Cruise. Ticket is given during check-in of the tour The Amsterdam canal cruise passes by all of Amsterdam's famous attractions. is canal tour starts at the very heart of the city, right near Central Station. From here each cruise takes a different path through the city, depending on the amount of traffic on the canals and the size of the boat. Sights you will definitely see include the World Heritage-listed 17th-century canals and the cities iconic architecture. Enjoy the sights along the most famous of the waterways, the Herengracht, Keizersgracht & Prinsengracht. As you travel through Amsterdam's neighbourhoods, such as the Jordaan, the Nine Streets or the Pijp, you might see sights like the Amstel river which gave the city its name, the Anne Frank House and the iconic Skinny bridge. The tour is significantly enriched by an audio tour in 19 languages and observations from the captain.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

De Ruijterkade 105, De Ruijterkade, Amsterdam Noord-Holland, Netherlands, NL, 1011 AB

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From the front of the Amsterdam Central Station, turn to your left and walk in the eastern direction. Keep on walking and cross the bridge. Walk until you reach the Hilton hotel. Turn left and follow the walkway underneath the railway crossing. Check-in inside Grand Cafe 1884
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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Please note that the time is in Central European Time.
Free cancellation (24 hours notice)
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