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Private Giethoorn & Zaanse Schans Windmills Sightseeing Tour from Amsterdam

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Amsterdam
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Duration
8 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 7 guests
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Explore Giethoorn, the Venice of Holland, with a canal cruise or self-drive boat. Visit Zaanse Schans for iconic windmills, clogs, and delicious cheese tasting near Amsterdam.

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

Experience Details

Discover in a full day private sightseeing tour our most beautiful places in Holland: Giethoorn and the Zaanse Schans.

First you will visit a unique Dutch park called the Zaanse Schans not far from Amsterdam. Here are the most special windmills of The Netherlands such as the paint windmill, the sawmill, spices mill and peanut oil.

Your driver/host will take you to the unique wooden shoe factory where you will see how we make the original Dutch clogs. There is a possibility to buy clogs/wooden shoes and some nice souvenirs as well.

Thereafter it is time to taste more than 30 types of very nice Dutch cheese for free! Your next stop will be Giethoorn, the Dutch Venice.

You will have a guided canal cruise in a large boat or you can choose to drive a small boat by yourself. Please inform your driver/host what you prefer.

What You Get

Hotel pick up and drop off by a private air-conditioned Mercedes vehicle
Possibility to taste the best cheese for free and to buy cheese, fresh waffles and clogs
Pick up by a private air-conditioned Mercedes vehicle with Wifi an bottled water on board
Professional Guide
Tip (optional)

Good To Know

  • We provide 24/7 services and to confirm bookings or for questions please contact us during our opening times from Monday - Friday from 08:30 AM till 06:00 PM CET. Saturday and Sunday our office is closed.
  • Please contact us if you are with more then 7 people so we can make a special tour for you.
  • This is a private tour so no other people will join in the car.
  • Please provide us your departure up time and pick up address
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

1

Zaanse Schans

Discover the great Dutch Windmills and make some nice pictures of it. There are 7 windmills left at the Zaanse Schans and a few are open to visit. You can visit the paint windmill (that is where Rembrandt the great Dutch artist purchased his paint), a saw mill, a spice mill and many more. Admission to the windmill park and parking costs are included in this tour.
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
2

Zaanse Schans

Learn more about the Dutch wooden shoe making and see a demonstration how they make the Dutch clogs now. There is a possibility to buy the wooden shoes, the clogs and other souvenirs in the wooden shoe factory as well.
30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
3

Molen De Kat

See the special paint mill from inside. This is the last working windmill on earth who can produce paint. Rembrandt the great Dutch artist purchased his paint at this windmill.
20 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
4

Henri Willig Kaas B.V.

Taste one of the best special Gouda cheese now! You can eat as much cheese as you want for free. There are more than 30 different types of cheese, so enjoy! There is a possibility to buy the cheese and if you don't have enough room in your suitcase you can let them ship the cheese to your country.
20 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
5

Smit Giethoorn

Possibility to have a nice lunch in one of the best restaurnats in Giethoorn.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Not Included
6

Giethoorn

Visit the nice and most beautiful places in The Netherlands: Giethoorn the Dutch Venice village. Enjoy the peacefulness and nature of this idyllic village. Take a guided boat tour of 1c hour underneath the linden trees, admire the typical wooden bridges and the old farmhouses. You can also drive a small boat by yourself. If you prefer to drive the boat by yourself please inform your driver so he can arrange that for you. After the canal cruise you can have a nice lunch in one of the nice restaurants in town or you can stroll in the nice Giethoorn village.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Free

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Please contact us if you are with more then 7 people so we can make a special tour for you. We provide 24/7 services and to confirm bookings or for questions please contact us during our opening times from Monday - Friday from 08:30 AM till 06:00 PM CET. Saturday and Sunday our office is closed.

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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