Giethoorn and Zaanse Schans Tour: Explore Dutch Tradition with a Scenic Boat Ride

Embark on a scenic boat ride through Giethoorn and Zaanse Schans, exploring Dutch traditions. Visit a cheese factory, wooden shoe factory, and enjoy a diamond demonstration. Small group tour with hotel pick-up and complimentary amenities.

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Zaanse Schans - Zaanse Schans is renowned for its beautifully preserved historic windmills and houses. At this charming windmill village, visitors can enjoy a private guided tour of a Dutch cheese factory to learn the traditional method of making Gouda cheese. There are over 26 different cheese flavors to sample. Following this, guests can visit a…
What's Included
  • Guided Private Tour for Cheese, Wooden Shoes and Diamond Factory
  • Including One Hour Boat Cruise in Giethoorn (13 Euro)
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Bottled water
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

The day excursion starts off at Zaanse Schans during the morning hours. Here, you will tour a local Dutch cheese factory and a wooden shoe factory, as well as partake in a regal diamond demonstration. Post this, the journey moves on to Giethoorn, widely known as Holland’s ‘Green Venice’, where you’d get to enjoy an hour-long free boat cruise. You will…

Location
ibis Amsterdam Centre
Stationsplein
This meeting point is 2 minutes walking from Amsterdam Central Station. Please be prepared and wait in front of the hotel from 8:30.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Chloeo931
Oct 24, 2024
Great tour! Small group which I prefer. - Just returned from an incredible day trip to Giethoorn and Zaanse Schans, all thanks to our fantastic tour guide, Reinier! He was not only knowledgeable about the history and culture of the areas we visited, but also super friendly and engaging throughout the entire day. His passion for sharing these beautiful places made the experience even more special. I would absolutely do this trip again, and I highly recommend Reinier to anyone looking for a memorable tour!
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Kaushik_s
Oct 1, 2024
Truly a great trip - The trip was fantastic. Our guide Koen did an amazing job. He explained every place soo nicely. He took is smoothly to all the places, gave sufficient time for pics as well. Overall a wonderful trip
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Ginamarie_b
Sep 26, 2024
ladies day trip - it was a great day. driver picked us up 30 minutes earlier than scheduled but all places we visited were better than the last, we really had a wonderful time
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Tyla_d
Sep 25, 2024
A Great Day - Our favourite part was Giethoorn! It was peaceful & quaint! The windmill and dyke tour was also wonderful! Our tour was really enhanced by our guide Leidse. He guided us on the boat in Giethoorn and made great suggestions for our visit to the windmills. He was engaging, inclusive and knowledgeable.
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4panosm
Jul 27, 2024
Geithoorn with Koen an amazing experience - Koen is an amazing guide and driver. Punctual, helpful, easygoing, knowledgeable and very supportive. He made this tour a very nice experience we will never forget.
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Julie_b
Jul 6, 2024
Great day trip out - Koen was my tour guide and we had a comfortable little van to take our group around for the day. He was very friendly, well organised and I really enjoyed this tour. He contacted me on WhatsApp before the tour to make sure I knew the meeting point, time and registration of the van. I only joined this tour as my booked tour got cancelled but am very glad I did as this one was great. You get to see so much and really worth doing, loved it.
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Lillian_g
May 12, 2024
A charming visit - The guide/driver was informative and helpful. We love touring Zaanse Schans which was really quiant and oretty. Giethoom was crowded on the day of our visit
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Maryn315
May 10, 2024
Very nice experience. - Very nice experience. It lasted about an hour and through it we had the opportunity to see many beautiful sights of the city.
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Jeri_m
Sep 29, 2024
Great tour in countryside - Loved the cheese making & wooden shoe making demonstrations i Zaanse Schans. The afternoon boat ride h free time in Geithoorn were delightful.
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Robertandnancy_d
May 8, 2024
GO AGAIN! We Did… 👏🏻 - While we had previously visited the windmills, the added wooden clog demo, together with the new attractions at the site made this intentional re-visit WELL worthwhile
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