Keukenhof Small-Group Tour: Explore Tulips, Windmills and Dutch Traditions from Amsterdam

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Embark on a small-group tour from Amsterdam to Keukenhof, where you’ll explore tulips, windmills, and Dutch traditions. Visit a wooden shoe workshop, a cheese farm, and a working windmill. Skip the line at Keukenhof and enjoy a personalized experience with a maximum of 16 guests. Choose between a morning visit to the flower gardens or an afternoon visit after exploring Zaanse Schans.

Duration: 8 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Zaanse Schans - Guided tour in a small group at Zaanse Schans with a local guide who will tell you all about the history of the area and the sights at Zaanse Schans.
Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs Wooden Shoe Workshop - See how wooden shoes are made, learn more about clogs and take pictures of big wooden shoes.
Catharina Hoeve Cheese Farm -…

What's Included

Entrance to a working industrial windmill
In-vehicle air conditioning
Admission Ticket to Keukenhof Gardens

What's Not Included

Lunch

Additional Information

Take a journey in a tight-knit group, with no more than 16 people, for personalized guidance from your tour leader. The trip includes a visit to a wooden clog manufacturing unit for a live demonstration, a cheese farm to understand the cheese-making process, and an operational Industrial windmill.
Bypass the queue at the Keukenhof, as your guide…

Location

LOT61 Amsterdam Centraal Station

Oosterdoksstraat

Meet outside of coffeestore LOT61 next to Amsterdam Centraal Station (part of hotel DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station). Just before departure time, you can check in at the orange umbrella.

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Travel33480356619

May 23, 2024

Absolutely Spectacular Tour - The nine (9) hour Keukenhof Tulip Gardens and Zaanse Windmill Tour was spectacular. We spent the morning in Zaanse viewing the windmills and historical village, and visiting a local dairy farm/ cheese and wooden clog manufacturing facility. Each stop provided its own historical interest and photographic opportunities. We then traveled on our private bus to the Keukenhof Tulip Gardens. Let me start by saying that we missed the height of the blooming season by several weeks (an early Spring in the Netherlands). That said the gardens are spectacular. It is hard to believe that the gardens are only open 2.5 months each year during the blooming season. Even without the full glory of the tulips the grounds are beautiful. To compensate for an early Spring, the gardens provided hundreds of temporary planters filled with beautiful tulips and daffodils to appease the late flock of tourists. The sculpture and rhododendrons (and other woody flowering bushes) are amazing. We took hundreds of photographs to remember the experience. To top off our experience, we purchased five dozen tulip and daffodil bulbs that will be shipped to my home in October that I will enjoy for years to come. A wonderful day well worth the price.

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Karin

May 21, 2024

Surpassed my high expectations - Visiting Amsterdam during tulip season was on my bucket list and even though we went at the tail end of the bloom, Keukenhof was amazing. So much color, so many thoughtful and creative vignettes to experience. The bus ride there was easy and relaxing and the ability to take a shuttle back to the city at our leisure made this a perfect day.

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Jackie_m

May 18, 2024

Cold, Wet and Spectacular! - The tour company was on time and communicated well! The guide and driver were knowledgeable, friendly & courteous. Despite the weather, we had a fantastic experience with the guides, the locations and, of course, the tulips! Highly recommend! #bucketlist

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Donald_b

May 9, 2024

Time well spent - Our tour was informative and interesting. We got a great overview of several topics - windmills, wooden shoes, cheeses, Dutch history and life. We especially liked touring an authentic working wind mill. Tour guide David was very knowledgeable and personable, and spoke English clearly. The tulips were at the end of their season (May 6), so while they were beautiful, we definitely missed the peak of the season. Even so, the Gardens were gorgeous and very enjoyable to visit. The whole tour was well-organized and on time. Would highly recommend.

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906billym

May 9, 2024

Fantastic small group tour - This small group tour was so enjoyable. We visited an operating windmill and learned about the different uses of windmills. We saw how the wooden shoes were made and how they are made now. We learned about chocolate beans being made into chocolate and how the Netherlands is a major producer. We enjoyed our time at the huge tulip gardens. The tour bus driver was able to drop us off very close to our hotel since it was on his way.

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Johntz1885oo

May 9, 2024

A must see tour of the highlights outside of Amsterdam city! - Great locations with ample time in each. Callum was an amazing guide and the small group size ensured we skipped the lines and received personalized demonstrations and explanations.

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Marc_n

May 9, 2024

Tulips were beautiful in... - Tulips were beautiful in spite of rain. Windmills were interesting but too commercial. Guide was good.

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Mary_n

May 8, 2024

Friendly and engaging but tulips past their best - I didn’t know what to expect and I thought we were visiting the tulip fields, but there was a lot to see at Keukenhof, although a lot of the tulips were not at their best - presumably because it was late in the season but also because it rained so much in April. The star of the day was the tour guide. Toas, at Zaansee. She was friendly, knowledgable and engaging. Overall we got a lot from our day

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Michael_c

May 9, 2024

Timing is everything for this event! - When considering this event, timing is everything. We went on May 9, and the tulip fields had been harvested. At the Kuekenhof, the vast majority of the flowers were dying. Very disappointing, and in our opinion, this event should not really be offered in May. April is the peak time to enjoy the tulips and other flowers, which is why I’m sure most everyone books this excursion. That said, the rest of the trip was enjoyable. We saw the wooden clogs made, cheese class, and the windmills. Logistically everything was on time with no problems. The tour company personnel were very nice and enjoyed their jobs. Would’ve given this five stars without hesitation, if we had been able to see fields of tulips like everyone expects.

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