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Zaanse Schans Tour: Windmills, Cheese Tasting & Traditional Crafts From Amsterdam

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Amsterdam

Immerse yourself in Dutch culture with a Zaanse Schans tour from Amsterdam. Explore historic windmills, taste delicious cheese, and witness traditional crafts in action.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Zaanse Schans - The windmill village Zaanse Schans is an open air museum that houses a collection of working windmills, wooden houses, barns and shops dating back to the 18th and 19th Century. All these buildings were brought here from 1961 on, bringing back to life this most prosperous period of the Zaan region.

What's Included

Multi-lingual guided tour
Optional Amsterdam Canal Cruise
Dutch cheese tasting at a cheesefarm
Clog museum visit and wooden shoe demonstration

What's Not Included

Food and drinks
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Entry fee inside windmills at Zaanse Schans

Additional Information

Come and explore the picturesque windmill village, Zaanse Schans. In a short span of time, immerse yourself in everything that represents the culture of the Dutch. Witness the functioning windmills of the Zaanse Schans and the green timbered houses and stores. Gain knowledge about the process of cheese creation and observe the traditional artisans crafting clogs and other objects. A qualified, well-versed and amicable tour guide will escort you across the village before you are given free time to wander and discover more on your own.

Location

De Ruijterkade 105

De Ruijterkade

From the front of the Amsterdam Central Station, turn to your left and walk in the eastern direction. Keep on walking and cross the bridge. Walk until you reach the Hilton hotel. Turn left and follow the walkway underneath the railway crossing. Check-in inside Grand Cafe 1884

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Cynthia_d

Apr 4, 2024

Two thumbs up - It was just the right amount of time together and free time. The guide was very friendly and knowledgeable.

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Peter_d

Mar 25, 2024

Planned tour of cheese and clog making - Well organised tour, very interesting and informative visit of Dutch traditional life plenty to see and do, clean location with easy access to all areas

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Nancy_p

Mar 22, 2024

Great experience - Seeing the windmills and various demonstrations. Also the chocolate and having lunch at the cafe. There was not a lot of walking and I could manage with my cane.

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Suzanne_m

Mar 20, 2024

Highly recommend - Just the right amount of time for this trip we did the 3 hr 30 min trip The guide was fantastic. Trip all went to plan

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Teresa_w

Apr 8, 2024

Kristin was very helpful making our last minute arrangements. - The ability to have an experience when your company cancelled our original tour. We were very disappointed.

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Götz

Apr 5, 2024

Nice trip - Basically it was like a coffee tour, but the tour guide Rick explained the trip well. The place itself is beautiful, but of course very busy.

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Casey_e

Mar 24, 2024

Nice views and easy... - Nice views and easy travels via bus. Group was a bit large, some people were pushing and shoving. Tour itself was nice.

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Matthew_l

Apr 6, 2024

Cheese and Clogs - Clog making was very informative, and gave a good insight into how said clogs are made. Very worthwhile. Cheese tastin was poor as Chinese people pushing in and taking all the samples.

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Ciara_k

Mar 20, 2024

A few things to be ironed out - Unfortunately I could not go on this trip, but My three friends went. While they said the tour was good, they were disappointed that the trip was overbooked by 11 people & the tour would not leave until 11 people volunteered to wait for the next tour which left 45 mins later which no one wanted to do.. The knock on to this was the tour leaving 30mins late. My friends also said it was frustrating being on a tour with 3 languages the guide said she couldn't go into all the details on the tour as she didn't have time, having to do 3 translations.

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