75-minute Amsterdam Canal Cruise: Discover Historic City Center with Blue Boat Company

Embark on a 75-minute Amsterdam Canal Cruise with Blue Boat Company and discover the historic city center. Enjoy stunning views, learn about Amsterdam’s history, and indulge in snacks and drinks. Perfect for families!

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Blue Boat Company - Experience the beauty of Amsterdam from the water on a 75-minute canal cruise, showcasing the city’s rich history.
  • Canal Ring (Grachtengordel) - Sail through the renowned canals of Amsterdam’s historic old city.
  • Clayton Hotel Amsterdam American - Situated above Amsterdam’s iconic canals on the lively Leidseplein,…
What's Included
  • 75-min Canal Cruise
  • Audio commentary in 20 languages
  • Snackbox with sweet & savory snacks and 1 drink (if option selected)
  • “Kids Cruise” audio story and booklet with every kids’ ticket bought
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

The top attraction in Amsterdam and a must-see for first-time visitors to this stunning capital!
Amsterdam is best appreciated from the water, and this 75-minute canal cruise will show you why. You’ll get to see the finest parts of the historic city center.
Explore the city’s main highlights, iconic bridges, and the 17th-century buildings that line the…

Location
Stadhouderskade 550
Stadhouderskade
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Badyk5700
Dec 5, 2024
Excellent option - There are so many canal cruise options but this is the one you want! The staff were friendly and prompt with our departure, the boat was spacious and comfortable and the recorded tour headsets easy to use with so much information along the way. Because this tour is a little longer you don’t see the same route twice and get off the beaten path a bit which was great! We had a few sprinkles on the day we booked our cruise, but the glass top roof kept us dry while the side windows opened for lots of fresh air still. Would definitely recommend going with this tour!
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Myron_n
Sep 25, 2024
beyond awesome. - was the most awesomest trip ever. so much fun. best cruise yet. you must give it a try. best in summer though. and the guide is very nice and food awesome.
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Barneymum
Jul 31, 2024
Fabulous way to enjoy Amsterdam - We have used this company before and this trip was just as good. We had a trainee captain being supervised and he provided extra commentary to the ear phones. Blue Boats is an excellent trip and we will definitely go on them again.
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Caitlin
Nov 24, 2024
Good way to see the city - Was a very good talk, and the audio guide was informative and had lots of languages to choose from. Our only issue with this tour was that it would have been helpful if one of the crew members had pointed out which buildings they were talking about on the tour as a couple of times we couldn’t see the buildings they were talking about, and also we had to be looking for them. Otherwise, we thought the crew members were great and the boat itself was very clean.
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594ellal
Nov 2, 2024
Canal Cruise - It was good you see a lots of places and they give you earphones with a tour spokesman. However it was an hour and not 75 minutes, so we did lose the last 15 minutes that we payed for. Also didn’t point out Anne Frank’s house. Pleasant boat captain:)
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Jennifer_d
Oct 16, 2024
Great for kids, a few tweaks to improve - Very kid friendly, my 6 yr old loved the bust kit and the collapsible binoculars will be useful for other activities on our vacation. It was occasionally difficult to figure out which buildings the audio tour was referring to in the tour. Boat captain was easy to understand and engaging. The snack kit was a nice add on for our family, but not cheese as I had understood from the description somehow.
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Jeff_m
Aug 15, 2024
A nice tour through the canals of Amsterdam under cover. - This was a nice daytime tour through the some of the Amsterdam canals. We had already done a night tour and this was the perfect compliment to that tour. What was also nice is they had headphones and a prerecorded guide spoke about the sites we were seeing as we passed by. The prerecorded guide was available in multiple languages. Unlike some of the boats, this boat also had cover which was needed to prevent too much sun exposure.
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Andra_a
Oct 15, 2024
Boat: OK. Narration: Not great - If you just want to ride a boat through the canals of Amsterdam, this is probably ok (and may be the most cost effective option). But if you are looking for real information about what you are seeing, try a tour with a live guide. This one has an audio track that is not so great and a lot of times it is even difficult to figure our which building/landmark they are talking about.
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Cruiser56003867470
Dec 12, 2024
Usual canal cruise - After many years ... I have treated myself to the usual canal cruise along the Leidse canal via Keizersgracht to Stopera .... Conclusion: little information about the sights left and right.
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Jacob_b
Dec 29, 2024
Speechless - Bait and switch. extorted another $40 dollars to take boat instead of making it part of the package and just drove around and didn’t provide any tour guide explanation at each location but left people to their own devices to buy cheese. It’s. big Henri Willig Cheese advertisement. Other than that, the locations were tourist traps but cute little towns.
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