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Zaanse Schans Tour: Dutch Countryside Experience
4.7
1,560 Ratings
Amsterdam
Take a 3.5-hour half-day tour to the countryside and explore Zaanse Schans in a small group. See how a clog maker is making the famous Dutch wooden shoe, visit a cheese farm and a working windmill. Spend half a day outside Amsterdam and enrich your trip by touring the Dutch countryside.
Take a 3.5-hour half-day tour to the countryside and explore Zaanse Schans in a small group. See how a clog maker is making the famous Dutch wooden shoe, visit a cheese farm and a working windmill. Spend half a day outside Amsterdam and enrich your trip by touring the Dutch countryside.
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Zaanse Schans - At Zaanse Schans, your local guide will tell you everything about the sights and the history of this region.
- Zaan Tours - You will be accompanied by a local guide from Zaan Tours
- Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs Wooden Shoe Workshop - At the wooden shoe workshop, your guide will tell you about clogs, you can see a large…
- Zaanse Schans - At Zaanse Schans, your local guide will tell you everything about the sights and the history of this region.
- Zaan Tours - You will be accompanied by a local guide from Zaan Tours
- Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs Wooden Shoe Workshop - At the wooden shoe workshop, your guide will tell you about clogs, you can see a large variety of wooden shoes in the museum. You will also attend a live clog making demonstration. After the demonstration, you will have some free time to look around.
- Molen De Kat - We will enter this paint mill to see how pigments were made using the power of the wind. You will receive an information sheet in your language and you will be able to explore this windmill yourselves. It is possible to climb up to the platform to have the best view over the river, the countryside and Zaanse Schans.
- Catharina Hoeve Cheese Farm - Visit this cheese farm where you’ll receive a presentation about cheese making. After this, you will have the time to taste a large variety of cheeses in the cheese shop
What's Included
- Local guide
- Entrance fees
- Round-trip shared transfer
- Local guide
- Entrance fees
- Round-trip shared transfer
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- As seats on this tour are restricted, all travelers should have a ticket
- This tour contains a moderate amount of walking
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- As seats on this tour are restricted, all travelers should have a ticket
- This tour contains a moderate amount of walking
Location
Prins Hendrikkade 74
Prins Hendrikkade
Meet your driver in opposite of Amsterdam Central Station at a small square in front of the Saint Nicholas Church and hotel NH Barbizon Palace. Just before the departure time, look out for an orange umbrella saying "Zaan Tours".
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(1560 Ratings)
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Carolyn_s
Oct 10, 2024
Excellent tour - Carolyn was a great guide and very knowledgeable. She watched for a couple of people that had walking problems. She also made the tour fun. Enjoyed our tour.
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Lilyiching_w
Oct 9, 2024
Great tour - Great experience with your guide David. He was knowledgeable and didn't make any jokes explaining things. I like his approach which made me feel quite comfortable as solo traveller. Great work.
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Susan_p
Oct 8, 2024
Charming town, wonderful windmill experience. - We thoroughly enjoyed our tour of Zaanse Schans! Lieselore, our guide was very knowledgeable, friendly, and always made sure we knew when and where to be. We were fortunate to have beautiful weather which made it even better. Charming town, enjoyed the windmills, and the clog, cheese and chocolate experiences. Kenny our driver was also very friendly and helpful. We appreciated the somewhat abbreviated tour as opposed to the full day.
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Lisachristine0
Oct 7, 2024
Picture perfect Windmill Dutch countryside experience - Highly recommend. We took the train from Amsterdam and then walked the rest. Picture perfect. Lovely experience. We spent 3 hours including a lovely Indian food lunch. You could spend much more time.
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Amy_d
Oct 7, 2024
Fantastic! - Our tour guide Bianca was great- so knowledgeable and friendly! We were collected just as described and the location/activities were fantastic! Overall a great experience and definitely worth the money!
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Casey_g
Oct 6, 2024
Great tour guide and tour... - Great tour guide and tour outside of the city! We learned a lot about the Zaanse Schans history and it was interesting to see windmills and the clog-making demo in person.
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Kristine_c
Oct 5, 2024
Fabulous Amsterdam Visit - Lovely town. Wonderful windmills that I’ve always longed to see. Fun visit to wooden shoe and cheese makers.
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John_d
Oct 4, 2024
Windmill tour - The tour of the village and the windmills were awesome. We were able to attend a demo for how wooden shoes are made which was very cool. We enjoyed the cheese making and tasting and climbing up to deck on the windmill gave us some great views. I would absolutely recommend this tour.
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Ilana
Oct 8, 2024
Adequately priced - Good, quick day. The town is only about 25 minutes away from Amsterdam. It is a bit weird, since beside it there are factories and the town itself has many visitors and walking/shopping means braving through the crowd.
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Jenny_w
Oct 6, 2024
Zane’s tour - Your was okay. Went to a very tourist-y area. Guide was helpful but was hard to hear her most of the time.
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