Private Giethoorn Tour: Canal Cruise, Windmills and Amsterdam Countryside Sightseeing

Experience the beauty of Giethoorn, the Dutch Venice, on a private canal cruise. Explore windmills, the Amsterdam countryside, and a cheese and clogs factory in this full-day tour.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Zaanse Schans - Discover the iconic Dutch Windmills and capture some beautiful photos. There are 7 windmills remaining at Zaanse Schans, with a few open for visits. You can explore the paint windmill (where the renowned Dutch artist Rembrandt sourced his paint), a sawmill, a spice mill, and more. Admission to the windmill park and parking fees are…
What's Included
  • Free cheese tasting and option to buy cheese, fresh waffles, and clogs
  • Private air-conditioned Mercedes vehicle with WiFi and bottled water
  • Entrance tickets for a windmill tour and guided canal cruise
  • Professional driver/host
  • Option to drive the boat yourself
  • See cows being milked with a milking robot
  • Admission to windmills park and parking costs included
What's Not Included
  • Gratuity (Optional)
  • Professional Guide
Additional Information

Discover the charm of one of Holland’s most picturesque villages, Giethoorn, often called the Dutch Venice, on a full-day private sightseeing tour! Enjoy a guided canal cruise in a large boat or take the helm of a small boat yourself—just let your driver/host know your preference. After exploring Giethoorn, you’ll visit the iconic windmills, the serene…

Location
Zaanse Schans
Schansend 1,
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Jennifer_c
Jul 23, 2024
Great tour to get the Holland experience - Excellent private tour that catered to our needs. We had a wonderful guide named Gavin who gave us a wonderful experience in the countryside.
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Michael_h
May 22, 2023
Lovely day - We had a lovely time. Hassan was a good driver and great at helping us get to everything we wanted to do. By far the best at to see these popular attractions.
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Ronald_m
Apr 13, 2023
Pleasant day - working windmills - Very pleasant day with accommodating guide Singh. The history of the windmills was fantastic. Pace was perfect and allowed us to enjoy visiting a wooden shoe and a cheese making facility. Easy walking. Nice lunch on our own and ended up with a relaxing boat ride in the canals of the “Venice of Netherlands” . Well worth a visit.
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Jill_w
Aug 23, 2022
Great private tour for 4 - Great private tour for 4 people. In august suggest going earlier because there was a lot of boat traffic on the canal but really pleasant day. From our hotel it was about an hour drive (in a nice Mercedes’ van) and an hour to get to Geithomme but worth the drive. Driver, Marteen, was very nice and accommodating.
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Src223
Aug 16, 2022
Great private day tour with very knowledgeable guide! - Gillio was our driver/guide for the day! He was prompt at pick up and great at communication throughout our private tour day. He provided some information in a nice black folder of the places we were going to visit to give us some background on the areas we were visiting and also help us decide what we wanted to see in the short time we had. Great service all around 5+ stars!!
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Bethanne_h
Jun 8, 2022
A Day In The Countryside with Mario - Mario was a wonderful addition to my travels outside of Amsterdam to be able to tour the countryside. He went out of his way at the venues that we attended to ask the operators at each site to provide me special presentation about the workings of the windmills, cheese making and I never felt pressured to not be able to take my time at each stop. When arriving in Giethoorn it began to rain and was quick to have the umbrella ready and walked ahead to purchase my ticket for the boat ride (covered). Added touch he carried my packages after some souvenir shopping. Great tour!
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Courtneyab82
Jun 3, 2022
A Must! - Zaanse Schans & Giethoorn are a must see when visiting Amsterdam. The windmills at Zaanse Schans are definitely a bit touristy and crowded in the Summer months. Giethoorn is just a short drive out of the city of Amsterdam and your in a fairytale town. Cute and very unique
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Jake_g
Sep 20, 2021
Best Time in Netherlands - Gillio was incredible! Truly spectacular trip!!! I would highly recommend everyone to take this day trip!
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Amjadalzaid
Aug 19, 2019
Great experience - The sightseeing was really nice and the tour guide was very helpful and kind. We enjoyed the experience
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Marlys_h
Aug 17, 2022
We were scammed by your tour guide. He said we owed him more money. We paid him $110. He needs to be fired. - Can only think about the fact that our tour guide scammed us. Told us we had to pay for windmill tour $10. That was supposed to be included. Then requested more money because we went over on the time. It was a full day tour. Spent most of the time on the road. We had no choice but to pay him when he took us back to our hotel. Want to make sure this guy gets fired so he doesn’t scam any more people. We gave him $200 and got no receipt. BK-851083274 on July 29, 2022. 
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up to 14 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).