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Amsterdam Day Tour: Explore Volendam, Marken, and Traditional Windmills

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4,132 Ratings

Amsterdam

Embark on a captivating day tour from Amsterdam to explore the charming countryside, including Volendam, Marken, and traditional windmills. Immerse yourself in Dutch culture, witness traditional crafts, and indulge in a delicious lunch at a fishing restaurant.

Duration: 5 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Zaanse Schans - See Zaanse Schans windmills and evocations of traditional Dutch life.
Volendam - Stop in Volendam
Cheese Factory Volendam - Visit a cheese farm for a demonstration and a sampling of its dairy production.
Marken - Stop in Marken.
Wooden Shoe Factory Marken - Observe the works of a traditional clogmaker.
Centraal Station - Your tour concludes in central Amsterdam

What's Included

Traditional Marker house tour (All-Inclusive only)
Clog making with antique steam engine (All-Inclusive only)
30-min boat tour between Volendam and Marken (All-Inclusive only)
Zaanse Schans windmills up-close
Tour of operating windmill (All-Inclusive only)
Cheese-making demonstration
Lunch on Charm of Holland tour (Fridays only)
Experience traditional Dutch villages Volendam & Marken
Luxurious bus with air-conditioning and free Wi-Fi

What's Not Included

Hotel pickup and drop off
Food and drinks, unless specified

Additional Information

Step away from the hustle of Amsterdam for a moment and explore the characteristic Dutch landscape beyond the city’s borders. Traverse through a scenery painted with intricate cut canals, genuine wooden residences, windmills, and fishing hamlets while getting a glimpse of age-old crafts. The quaint town of Zaanse Schans, renowned for its preserved structures, beautifully encapsulates Dutch lifestyle during the 17th and 18th centuries. Witness the antique shipyard and windmills, and observe a local craftsman’s wooden shoe crafting skills up close!

Take advantage of the ‘Charm of Holland’ tour package for a holistic experience of historical Holland in an intimate group setting. This package offers all the all-inclusive features alongside a meal at a traditional Dutch fishing eatery. The tour is a luxurious experience available every Friday.

Children up to and including 3 years old are free of charge (not occupying a seat)

Location

Tours & Tickets Amsterdam

De Ruijterkade

The Tours & Tickets Shop is located in the IJ hall of Central Station / Amsterdam Centraal Station - on the far eastern side. Show your (smartphone) ticket at the Tours & Tickets office, where you'll be guided to the bus across the street.

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Elishajandial

Apr 6, 2024

Excellent trip - Excellent trip..commentary was very informative and the driver Stepan and the crew Andreas and Mariam were superb

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Carly_l

Apr 3, 2024

A thoroughly enjoyable experience! - Wow! What a brilliant tour!! It was a jam packed day exploring and enjoying the culture and countryside of Amsterdam. Our guides August and Josie, along with our driver, were very friendly and knowledgeable. The boat trip is a lovely addition to the tour and we really enjoyed the demonstrations at both the cheese factory and the windmills. My family and I had a really wonderful day and cannot recommend this tour enough!

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Loafislit

Jan 26, 2024

Well worth every penny - Me and my boyfriend booked this last minutes for the all inclusive tour and this turned out to be the best part of out holiday. The tour guide Peter was absolutely brilliant, he was so funny and we partially enjoyed his jokes about being on time! This yohr took us to the country side of Holland, one you wouldnt normally see with any trip to Amsterdam. We wojld definitely recommend this to any traveller!

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C6134dwameliam

Jan 8, 2024

Very entertaining and informative experience. - It was one of the best day trips I have ever taken. The bus driver, Stefan and guide, Tony were knowledgable and entertaining - plenty of life music on this bus. It was a full day and they accommodated me when I couldn’t go into one windmill due to an allergy. Cannot recommend them high enough. We came back and booked another trip with this company straight away.

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Sally_k

May 8, 2024

Too many people and too much wind. - Sadly, the most memorable thing about this trip were both the horrible weather and the wonderful people we met on the trip. I think the experience would have been better had the wind been less than 25 mph with 37 mph gusts and horizontal rain that was freezing. Also there were just too many tourists at the site. People actually live in this area, yet, there were hundreds of tourists in a small area. I was glad to see the windmills, and the guy doing the wooden shoe demonstration was really great, but over all, it was a shopping experience. This is the fourth Viator tour I've ever been on and the first two were fabulous, the third was not good, and this one, even given that no one can control the weather, was just average. The site was wonderful, but it would have been better had we done it ourselves, as we do the rest of our travel experiences.

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Sonali_j

Apr 30, 2024

Nice - Amazing local activities and tour guide. A bit of delay in the beginning but we arrived on time. Nice food and activities

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Christinehh67

Mar 1, 2024

I would do this tour again and again.. - The directions to get to the meet-up point behind the railway station were non existent. We very nearly missed the tour after making several errors and the staff were not very helpful in the front tours office. The tour itself was brilliant. The only issue we had was the heating on the bus being too high but that was quickly resolved. The tour girls were very nice and very knowledgeable. We had people of all ages and mobility. None seem to have any problems that we could see. Would recommend this tour to anyone.

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Eldad_m

Apr 23, 2024

Could be done better - The towns were really nice to visit, but the guide was not doing much.. seems more interested to talk about himself than anything else.

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Kimberly_c

Feb 11, 2024

Viator mislead on ticket inclusions - The experience was wonderful but Viator was misleading in their marketing of the tickets. It checked marked the $15 and $5 credit for shopping and dining inside the one tower and it did not apply. In fact, there was a few that did not apply and were not marked so we know that was an error on their part. I would not have bought the tickets had I known.

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