Red Light District: History and Culture Tour

Explore the Amsterdam Red Light District on a guided tour through the old town and gain insights into the city’s history, prostitution, and coffeeshop culture.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Red Light District (De Wallen) - Walk through the narrow streets and see all the sights that the Red Light District has to offer! Learn about the history and the current situation of the Red Light District and explore the streets of Amsterdam with your local guide.
  • Dam Square - 1. The dam, Also known as the City built on trees: Due to the…
What's Included
  • Guided by a local expert
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Start this tour in front of the Amsterdam Voyager Hotel. From here you will walk to the famous Amsterdam Red Light District. First part of the tour leads through the old town area and Amsterdam’s Chinatown. Here you get a insight of the history of Amsterdam and the area. 
Then walk to the center of the Red Light District where the guide will tell you…

Location
ParkBee Parking NH Collection Amsterdam Barbizon Palace
Prins Hendrikkade
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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O3089ygbarbarad
Feb 23, 2025
Red Light District tour - We chose a 6 pm Saturday evening tour. Our guide, Pilar, provided fascinating information and details about the history of Amsterdam and the industry of prostitution. Two hours well spent. I think the tour would be less informative if taken earlier in the day. I would highly recommend this tour for adults and for mature adolescents. This is not a tour for young children.
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Elaine_w
Feb 22, 2025
Good tour - Guide was knowledgeable and discreet with my children. Learned new things and generated great duscussions.
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Ram_k
Feb 14, 2025
Host did a great job... - Host did a great job explaining the history of city, showed some great spots and had excellent communication.
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Bj_rna2020
Jan 11, 2025
An evening for three - Maurice was awesome! It was so much fun! Thanks for everything 👍🏼 Great guide with great sympathy Amsterdam is a dream
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Eadaoin_c
Jan 10, 2025
Great experience on this tour! - Thoroughly enjoyed this tour. Our tour guide Aaron was so informative and great fun. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who comes to Amsterdam!
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Merribeth_r
Dec 22, 2024
Great time! - We had a great time. Very knowledgeable young man from Detroit! Lots of knowledge, very respectful of everyone’s preferences and needs!
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Lorla81
Feb 15, 2025
Amsterdam weekend - Red light district tour was a great way to see things we would not have seen or noticed on our own The tour though was slightly disappointing though as I would have liked more history
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Nicolette_g
Jan 28, 2025
Our tour guide was very... - Our tour guide was very informative and gave a lot of insight into the industry. I also felt that our guide made sure all in the group behaved respectfully during our tour through the District.
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Wanderer22617333676
Jan 1, 2025
Tour was offered in German but unfortunately the guide spoke only English. So I received the wrong product - Guide was great and very sympathetic. He knew a lot about the story. Unfortunately, it rains too much. In bad weather, the tour is exhausting.
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Withkay
Feb 20, 2025
Skip this tour - You would not need to book a tour to enjoy the sightseeing around here. Even though my guide was friendly and pleasantly to be around, don’t waste your money. I got a lot of insights on the reason behind Red Light and a little history as well. I booked this tour based off other reviews and pictures but I don’t get much on my evening besides being frozen.
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