Giethoorn & Zaanse Schans: Dutch Village Charm

Experience the best of the Netherlands with a tour of Giethoorn, the ‘Dutch Venice’, and Zaanse Schans, home to traditional windmills. Cruise the canals of Giethoorn, explore charming farmhouses and bridges, and visit a clog factory, cheese factory, and diamond factory in Zaanse Schans.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Zaanse Schans - Visit Zaanse Schans traditional wooden windmills and distinctive green wooden houses which were relocated there to recreate the atmosphere of an 18th/19th-century village. Duration is about 1.5 hours including visits with demonstrations at cheese factory and wooden shoes factory. Photo stop at the bank of Zaan River for the best…
What's Included
  • Boat trip on a small electric boat in Giethoorn, guided and drive your own boat experience
  • Professional guide
  • Guided tour in cheese factory, Zaanse Schans
  • Tour coach or van
  • Guided tour in diamond factory, Zaanse Schans
  • Guided tour in wooden shoes factory, Zaanse Schans
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Lunch
  • Big touristy 40-seater boat, at own cost and own arrangement. We offer small boat local experience.
Additional Information

Small group tour with a small electric trip in Giethoorn. Explore the two top sightseeing attractions near Amsterdam in one day. Visit idyllic canal village ‘’Dutch Venice’’ Giethoorn, cruise around Giethoorn on a small electric boat guided by our friendly guide. You may navigate the boat for a real local lifestyle experience, at no extra cost, no…

Location
DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station
Oosterdoksstraat
Meet at the pick up area at the canal side of Double Tree by Hilton Hotel. Pls provide mobile contact and connect on WhatsApp for free calls with Wi-Fi or internet. In case we do not see you there, we call you.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Kshreyans94
Sep 28, 2025
Special visit to Giethoorn - We had a good time on the trip. We were taken in a comfortable car and Cherry was lovely through out the day. The best part was the private boat on Giethoorn and we were allowed to even ride it :)
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Adri_nt685
Sep 27, 2025
Really nice tour. - Excellent tour, Cherry was very nice and explained everything with detail. I recomend you contact her when you come to Amsterdam.
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E7915yjsandrah
Sep 26, 2025
Smooth trip and an amazing tour guide - Cherry organised three 3 days tours in The Netherlands and Brussels for my mom and aunties who are all over 65 years old, she took care of them and very thoughtful. Cherry also offered a free walking tour in  Amsterdam in the last day for them. They really enjoyed the time in Netherlands. Thank you Cherry for providing such nice experience to them!
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147robertb
Sep 9, 2025
Pleasant experience - Boats can be rented everywhere, unnecessary to book in advance. Boat trips in different distances possible. No experience required, easy to drive. Such a boat trip is highly recommended to get acquainted with the surroundings.
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Riteshd1984
Sep 3, 2025
Awesome - Awesome host and vehicle.friendly and nice experience. Travellednin august and had a amazing experience. Recommend
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S9413lidavidc
Aug 21, 2025
This is an unforgettable experience with the original Dutch juice to make every family happy - The arrangement of the whole trip is very careful, also due to the needs of family members to make some small adjustments, especially the guide Cherry even thought that the children might want to eat ice cream and let our family have a fairly profound experience and visits in Oakland Village, from the factory also specialized to ask a staff member to introduce the production process for our family of four individually, our two teenage children were very happy. Highly recommend this tour and this tour
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Satjak
Jul 20, 2025
- Had the best time on a small group tour with Cherry Tours! She was such a great tour guide — very attentive and passionate about her work. She explained everything about each place in great detail, was calm and patient, and took really good care of me. The minivan used for transportation was also excellent — very comfortable to ride in. I’ll definitely be back to use the service again🥰🙌🏼🇳🇱
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Sijia_z
Jul 19, 2025
Tour was good. But the... - Tour was good. But the place was crowded and unpleasant. Services in the restaurants and shops were bad - one of the worst in Europe.
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Amy_l
Jul 31, 2025
Meh - I had super high expectations for this experience and very much wanted to have a quintessentially Dutch experience. The day is best described as “weird”. The first stop was a great, but highly touristed and rushed in a way that left little time to overcome the throngs. Then, there was an over long journey to Giethoorn. First of all, the driver was very novice with a manual transmission, which was interesting. After an unpublished stop at a local restaurant, we went to a boat launch that was occupied by the Dutch version of a drunken tubing experience. The canals were so rowdy and crowded, that the whole thing deteriorated into a stupid bumper boats experience in a truly whimsical town. It was a bummer. Then, the guide forced us off the boat the pace the sidewalks of the town and wait in the banks of the canal. The whole day was dissatisfying and was a gigantic waste of time.
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Umterpvirginia
Aug 15, 2025
Tour cancelled - Tour was cancelled. Email was sent to my home email so did not have a means to find out about the cancellation ahead of time. Lots of stress trying to figure out what was going on. Had to find a last minute alternative for our cruise port day. Would not recommend.
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From $161
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).