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75-minute Amsterdam Canal Cruise: Discover Historic City Center with Blue Boat Company
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616 Ratings
Amsterdam
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:
1 day
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Highlights
- Blue Boat Company - Amsterdam is best viewed from the water. On this 75-minute canal cruise you’ll experience the best of our historical city.
What's Included
- Snackbox with choice of sweet & savory items plus a drink
- Multilingual audio commentary available in 19 languages
- Special ‘Kids Cruise’ audio story and booklet included with children’s tickets
- Enjoy a 75-minute scenic Canal Cruise
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
Additional Information
The premier sightseeing experience in Amsterdam, an essential activity for first-time tourists to our magnificent city!
Appreciate Amsterdam’s panoramic views from a water perspective on this 75-minute canal cruise, which showcases why it’s a prime attraction. Experience the heart of the historical city in its full splendor.
Unveil the top attractions of the city, remarkable bridges, and 17th-century canal-side buildings. Notice modern architecture and new bridges interspersed, reflecting the evolving nature of our city - steeped in history, yet constantly transforming.
As you marvel the passing sights, listen to an audio guide (available in 20 languages) narrating contextual information about Amsterdam; its folklore, myths, and historical facts. You can purchase snacks and drinks from the ticket office before embarking or even add a snack box to your reservation!
Bringing children? Excellent! They can pretend to be ‘Freshwater Pirates’ with the special kids’ audio commentary, along with a complimentary goodie bag to keep them entertained onboard.
- To reserve a wheelchair seat, please contact our reservations department.
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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(616 Ratings)
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Stephanie_w
Jun 9, 2024
As advertised - Everything was great. Our captain was very funny and nice. It is an audio tour with headphones which will be provided. Thanks!
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Knightys345
May 28, 2024
Canal cruise - Lovely canal cruise in the sunshine - great way to see the city from a different perspective. Also - great places just across the canal for breakfast beforehand
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Mar_aco8246hv
May 22, 2024
We liked it a lot - We loved it, they also give you some helmets and explain to you, since you are in Amsterdam it is advisable to take a walk like this and live the experience
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Moi_je_vois_tout
Jun 12, 2024
beautiful walk - Great way to get an overview of the city before taking a more in-depth tour of Amsterdam's iconic spots.
On the other hand, we had to go to several places before finding one with an audio guide socket that worked.
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Amit_g
Jun 17, 2024
Ok - It was super hot day and the tour is average. Too many boats and the boat captain hit the boat multiple times. Not recommended
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Dreamer37519756834
May 20, 2024
More quantity instead of quality! - We had already bought the tickets at home in advance, which was a good thing because when we got there there were already enough people queuing at the ticket counter.
It was good for seeing Amsterdam from the water, but the boat was so full that some people had to stand and that was no fun.
More quantity than quality!
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Shelly_l
May 19, 2024
Must do in Amsterdam - Beautiful Amsterdam. I was a bit disappointed that the whole tour was on audio headphones. The captain didn’t say a word, no welcome, no goodbye or thank you
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Yuri_s
Jun 21, 2024
Just a basic audio tour - Seeing the canals was fun, but it was an audio tour and the captain didn’t speak to us at all other than just pointing at some of the things from the audio tour. I wish this tour was more interactive and we had the opportunities to ask questions about what we were seeing.
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Beth
May 19, 2024
You see the canals and buildings, but the narration was not very good. - The boat was clean and comfortable. The windows steamed up with rain at one point, but they have squeegees on the table for you to clear them, but you can’t do all of them……. The narration was via head phones. Often I looked for what they were describing on the narration and couldn’t find it. The captain did make a few comments that were funny, wish he would have talked more. They say you can get drinks or snacks, but you actually buy whatever you will want in the building where you get your tickets. They do tell you that when you get your tickets.
WE did see a lot of canals and historic buildings, but the narration left a lot to be desired. I think we’d have had a better time on a smaller boat, but it was cold and some times raining and I was worried the smaller ones would be cold. Oh well. I’ve heard the Damm Boat Guys are funny and informative.
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Escape49093976479
May 25, 2024
What tour? Waste of money. - Wow where to start. Expensive and you have to buy their expensive snacks but the worse thing was the complete lack of a tour. Most of the headphones didn't work and the ones that did gave us two sentences every 5 mins. Those snippets were inevitably out of time with what was around up. Thr pilot was very grumpy and continuously blamed 'the boss' and shrugged at us when we complained. He also told us there was no child's tour when in fact it was on chanel 21 - if you could get the thing to work.
Overall it was a complete waste of money. Avoid.
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