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Zaanse Schans Windmills, Clogs and Dutch Cheese Small-Group Tour from Amsterdam
4.7
1,405 Ratings
Amsterdam
Embark on a half-day 3-hour journey to the rural area and discover Zaanse Schans in a small cluster. Witness a clog artist crafting the renowned Dutch wooden footwear, make a stop at a cheese farm and a functioning windmill. Allocate half a day from your Amsterdam trip and enhance your voyage by traversing through the Dutch rural areas.
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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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 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
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What's Included
- Local guide
- Entrance fees
- Round-trip shared transfer
What's Not Included
- 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
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.
Customer Ratings
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Cyril_a
Aug 4, 2024
Great - Just being there.thank you’re greattttttttttttttttttttt. Cheese was great, windmills spectacular, boat ride pleasant, watching making wooden 👞 great.
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Arlyn_b
Aug 3, 2024
highly recommend - The tour was amazing and we had a great bus driver and guide. She is a former teacher so she really ha interesting and informative stories. our 1 day in Amsterdam was well spent on this tour.
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Blinden0122
Aug 3, 2024
A Must See - Our guide was outstanding. We loved the tour. The windmills and sites were breath taking. Tour last just under 4 hours.
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Gerald_s
Aug 3, 2024
Nice day trip. Kenny was a very helpful bus driver and Mikey was a great tour guide - Cheese making factory was interesting as was the rest of the tour. It is a nice view of the past times and the windmill was great.
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Rachael_s
Aug 3, 2024
Had the best time - Perfect tour. Went over all of the highlights, seen and learnt so much. Could not recommend more. Good sized group, enough free time at each location and really great information.
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George_c
Aug 2, 2024
Educational shoe ts were... - Educational shoe ts were impressive: windmills, wooden shoes, Gouda cheese,
Guide was delightful and local. Appreciated!
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Jason_b
Aug 1, 2024
Great way to spend a half day when visiting Amsterdam - Originally thinking this might be a bit "touristy", we loved it. My 18 year old son said this was one of his top 2 things we did while on a 4-day trip to Amsterdam. Only feedback for the tour company is that we wish we had an additional 30-60 minutes to wander around on our own.
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Vincent_t
Jul 31, 2024
Comfy tour guide - Great short tour which exploring for windmills, cheese and wooden shoe.
Windmill entry pass, dutch cheese history tour is included
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Corliss_c
Jul 31, 2024
Pretty & worthwhile but felt very “canned” & touristy - Appreciated the small group size, but right from the start, the drop off point changed, as it was more convenient for the next group, not us. Upon arrival we were given a schedule of 15 min here, 15 min there, and were cattled through the maze of buildings. There is not enough time on your own to go into other buildings of choice, you end up in the three places they choose, a cheese store, a wooden shoe store & a chocolate store, along with an interior look at a windmill. Another 1-2 hours would have made this feel more personalized. The guide was average in knowledge, but very casual in attire & attitude. Her shirt said “Blah, blah, blah”. That summed up her enthusiasm. Overall, it was nice to have seen the area, but very ho-hum on the experience. Nothing exceptional.
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Ellen_k
Aug 4, 2024
Waste of time - Not what is represented. What you get is a car ride to a tourist trap … it’s a little village where people who run it live there… don’t need a tour guide for this at all…. Hustled into clog making with other visitors-cheese tasting isn’t private group and it’s hardly a tasting - they set out plates with cheese pieces the size of a pin head (literally) and a toothpick and you wait on long line to reach three to four plates situated in different areas around room. They allow one taste of each pin head… you are essentially paying only for the ride … it’s a waste
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