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Private Zaanse Schans Windmills and Volendam Tour from Amsterdam

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What You’ll Experience
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Amsterdam
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Duration
5 hours
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1 - 14 guests
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Explore Dutch culture on this private tour from Amsterdam. Visit Zaanse Schans windmills, taste local cheese, see clog-making, and enjoy Volendam's harbor. Duration: 5 hours.

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

Experience Details

Enjoy a half day Sightseeing tour to the windmills, the countryside, a local cheese and clogs factory and Volendam.

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 mill.

Thereafter you will see a demonstration how Dutch clogs are made and there is a possibility to buy clogs/wooden shoes and souvenirs.

The second stop will be at the Henri Willig farm where they will teach you how they treat their cows and there is a possibility to see how they milk the cows with a milking robot. Thereafter it is time to taste more than 30 flavors of very nice Dutch cheese for free!

At last you will visit Volendam where you can lunch in one of the best fish restaurants in town, buy some nice Dutch waffles or enjoy the nice Harbor of Volendam.

Duration of the tour will be 5 hours and the pick up and drop off is in Amsterdam.

What You Get

Possibility to taste 30 different flavors of cheese and to buy cheese and clogs
Pick up by a private air-conditioned Mercedes vehicle with Wifi an bottled water on board
Possibility to see how they milk the cows with a milking robot
Professional guide and Gratuity (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.
  • This is a private tour so no other people will join in the car.
  • Please provide us your departure time and pick up address.
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Possibility to extend the tour.

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.
40 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

Zaanse Schans

Possibility to buy fresh waffles
5 minutesAdmission Ticket Not Included
5

Volendam

Explore the nice and most famous Dutch fishing village Volendam. You can have a nice lunch in one of the best fish restaurants in town, buy very nice fresh Dutch waffles or stroll over the famous dijk and see the nice harbor of Volendam. There is also a possibility to buy some souvenirs as well.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Free
6

Jacobs Hoeve Cheese Farm by Henri Willig

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. See a real Dutch farm with cows and baby cows. You will get an explanation how the Henri Willig farm makes their cheese from the milk of the Jersey cows. They have an automatic milking robot and see how they milk their cows automatically. After the cows it is time to taste their special Gouda cheese. 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.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Included

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There is a possibility to extend the tour. 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. Only pick up available for addresses in Amsterdam.

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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