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Amsterdam Windmill Cycling Tour: Private Ecotour Exploring Landscape, Cheese Farm, Houseboats & More
4.8
73 Ratings
Weesp
Experience the best of Amsterdam on a private ecotour by bike. Explore windmills, a cheese farm, houseboats, and more in this sustainable and green cycling adventure.
Experience the best of Amsterdam on a private ecotour by bike. Explore windmills, a cheese farm, houseboats, and more in this sustainable and green cycling adventure.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Holland Discovery - Explore the Dutch landscape and countryside. The tour lasts approximately three hours. Our unique selling point: we cycle on safe, quiet, and wide bike paths with minimal traffic. No worries, I’m your guide :-)
- Muiderslot - A medieval castle built in 1275. We won’t go inside, but it’s a great spot for photos!
- Weesp -…
- Holland Discovery - Explore the Dutch landscape and countryside. The tour lasts approximately three hours. Our unique selling point: we cycle on safe, quiet, and wide bike paths with minimal traffic. No worries, I’m your guide :-)
- Muiderslot - A medieval castle built in 1275. We won’t go inside, but it’s a great spot for photos!
- Weesp - Discover windmills, canals, the Amsterdam Defense Line (a UNESCO World Heritage site), a skinny bridge, stunning houseboats and water villas, beautiful countryside, livestock (cows, sheep, goats, Dutch horses), birds, dairy farms, typical Dutch countryside houses (like those in Giethoorn), WWII bunkers, and more.
- Molen de Vriendschap - Learn about windmills. Open on Saturdays.
- Muiden - Enjoy a coffee or beer at one of Holland’s most famous brown cafes: Ome Ko (everyone loves it :-). Afterward, we’ll stop at the Amsterdam Castle (Muiderslot) for photos. Next, we’ll drink fresh, unpasteurized cold milk straight from the cow (it tastes like Italian ice cream). Muiden is a medieval city you won’t regret visiting!
- Muiderberg - Visit Windmill De Onrust. Photos here are guaranteed to look like a Van Gogh painting!
- De Koeienkade - Stop at a cheese farm. Taste and buy some of Holland’s best cheese. Feel free!
- Muiderberg - Jewish cemetery. We visit this site upon request (for those with a Jewish background).
What's Included
- Comfortable cycling with a Bike Saddle Gel Cover
- Personalized experience with a private guide
- Comfortable cycling with a Bike Saddle Gel Cover
- Personalized experience with a private guide
What's Not Included
- Bike rent (15,- euro p bike). Please pay in cash to the guide. No digital payments accepted.
- Bike rent (15,- euro p bike). Please pay in cash to the guide. No digital payments accepted.
Additional Information
This 2 1/2 to 3 hour during informal non mass tourism (no commercial giftshop visits:-) Dutch landscape Tour is unique because you will see the best of different Amsterdam Tours combined in one bike tour.
The keywords for this relaxing bike tour are : 3 windmills, a (cheese)farm visit (Holland cheese cup winner where we drink milk straight from the…
This 2 1/2 to 3 hour during informal non mass tourism (no commercial giftshop visits:-) Dutch landscape Tour is unique because you will see the best of different Amsterdam Tours combined in one bike tour.
The keywords for this relaxing bike tour are : 3 windmills, a (cheese)farm visit (Holland cheese cup winner where we drink milk straight from the cow/cheesetasting Tuesdaymorning, Wednesday afternoon, Friday & Saturday) houseboats, Amsterdam Castle (photostop), skinny bridge, forts, Dutch houses and the Amsterdam defence line.
We pass by a Jewish cemetery and WW2 remains too.
Important note: we use bike saddle gel covers to protect your butt:-) from pain.
Your born and raised Amsterdam guide is fluently in English but also speaks understandable German, Spanish and Portugese.
Money back guarantee if you aren’t able to take pics with just you and that stunning windmill on that pic (no other people at the background).
USP’s: safe, quiet and wide bike paths!
- Operates in all weather conditions, we will bring you a poncho (just in case)
- Important note: we use saddle gel covers to protect your butt:-) from saddle pain
Location
Stationsplein
Take the train to Weesp (15 minutes from Amsterdam Central Station).
When you come down the stairs from the platform in Weesp, go to the exit on your right hand side and wait at the bench (if you come outside , the bench is on your left hand side). That's where I will meet you.
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
4.8
(73 Ratings)
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X2418jtdianav
Oct 15, 2024
Incredible sight seeing and experience the cheese is the bomb! - Remco was a great guide! Had some trouble finding a correct bike for me as I’m short, but he made it happen! The tour was great and we saw everything as promised. Remco is very knowledgeable about the history of the region and the water management systems (canals/windmills/dikes). Great way to see something outside of Amsterdam!
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Jakedn3408hx
Sep 30, 2024
Away from the hustle and bustle from the centre ! - Amazing scenery, windmills, dairy farms, stunning landscapes, nice cheese, fantastic unpasteurzied milk, WW2 remains and much more....I really recommand to this tour. We are a couple in our sixties.
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Heidi_o
Sep 27, 2024
Don’t miss this! A must-do experience! - We had an excellent tour with Remco! It was pretty cold and windy with rain so we opted to go by car instead of bike. This was a great option and I was very thankful! The terrain was very flat, so biking would not have been challenging, just the weather was not cooperating. Remco is very friendly and puts you right at ease. It was great to get out of the city and see the picturesque small towns, so charming, pastoral and beautiful! Like a time from long ago! Nothing to compare back in the United Sates, a truly unique experience. Beautiful windmills, canals, and farms. Remco is very knowledgeable and I learned a lot! A must-do experience! I would love to come back for a tulip tour in the spring.
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John_m
Sep 2, 2024
Highly recommended to see a beautiful area just 15 mins by train outside Amsterdam. Highly recommended - Outstanding tour with Roberto our guide. Outside central Amsterdam viewing Weesp countryside, windmills, the castle, farmland and the visit to the cattle/dairy farmer. Pace was excellent!!
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Jjmangin
Sep 1, 2024
Windmill and bike tour - Outstanding tour with Roberto. He paced it out well with explanations and history of this great area 15 mins outside Amsterdam by train. Great scenery of farms, windmills, the castle and the surrounding area. The visit to the cattle farm was awesome and the fresh milk and cheese were great. My wife and I highly recommend!!!!
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F931xskimberlym
Jul 15, 2024
A wonderful day - Remco was on time. He showed us some beautiful parts of the countryside with a trip to a farm. He was knowledgeable about Dutch engineering which we found fascinating. A wonderful day.
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Bridget_c
Jul 9, 2024
Lovely ride in the countryside - Freddy was a fabulous tour guide through the Dutch countryside. We took an easy train ride from the city and we biked to a farm, a windmill, and more. Very fun and a nice escape from bustling Amsterdam!
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Mike_w
Oct 14, 2023
Top Notch!! - My wife and I, highly recommend! Remco was a terrific guide and gave us some great history behind all the great scenery. Not to mention we all had just great conversation and time riding together. We would do this tour again in a heartbeat.
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Sheri_c
Jun 29, 2024
Beautiful bike ride - Our guide was Franky. He was interesting and took us on a wonderful bike ride, but it was a little slow getting started because he didn't have the bikes ready for us and we had to take a little detour to the bike shop to fill the tires on one and get the chain adjusted on another. Once we got going, the ride was beautiful and we stopped to take pictures by a castle, stopped for fresh milk, and stopped at a windmill. The little town of Weesp is very cute!!
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174sheriw
May 30, 2024
Proceed with caution this overpriced, under delivered “tour” - Pretty countryside tour, but a few things to note before you go:
A) confirm the itinerary with the host before you go. We did not do at least 80% of what was advertised on TripAdvisor. When noted during the tour, our guide Franky blamed US for misinterpreting the details! There is no cheese tasting as promised, nor entry into castle grounds (just viewed from very afar).
B) you must be an expert bike rider to sustain on this tour. My two friends and I were only presented 3 bikes and when we requested the seats to come down, he said that it was okay to have our legs hyper extended! Thankfully he helped my one friend out at a local bike shop because she insisted. Not the best way to begin a tour (telling the customer they should not feel the way they do!). Their “quiet bike paths with minimal traffic” were in fact very busy roads where pedestrians and drivers shared. We had to walk our bikes off the path twice to avoid begin hit by massive trucks! Not for the weary of heads.
C) half the sites were closed or blocked off due to construction or other reason. It was a Thursday, so they should’ve offered some alternatives.
D) the guide only offered personal stories, very minimal history or historical significance was discussed.
At the end of the day, this tour is VERY overpriced for what you get, and god forbid you turn into one of the previous clients who fell into a ditch head first or had trouble operating the too-tall bike…
It’s too bad, we had a set of expectations based on the tour description and were let down. Proceed with caution, or take your business elsewhere.
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