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Private Zaanse Schans Windmill Tour from Amsterdam Airport: Explore Traditional Crafts & Landscapes
5.0
14 Ratings
Schiphol
Embark on a private Zaanse Schans windmill tour from Amsterdam Airport and immerse yourself in traditional crafts, landscapes, and history. Explore windmills, clog making, cheese tasting, and more!
Embark on a private Zaanse Schans windmill tour from Amsterdam Airport and immerse yourself in traditional crafts, landscapes, and history. Explore windmills, clog making, cheese tasting, and more!
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Zaanse Schans - Explore Zaanse Schans with a knowledgeable local guide who will share insights about the attractions and history. Enjoy a visit to a wooden shoe workshop for a clog-making demonstration, a cheese farm for cheese tasting and a cheese-making presentation, and experience a working industrial windmill.
- Zaan Tours - A friendly…
- Zaanse Schans - Explore Zaanse Schans with a knowledgeable local guide who will share insights about the attractions and history. Enjoy a visit to a wooden shoe workshop for a clog-making demonstration, a cheese farm for cheese tasting and a cheese-making presentation, and experience a working industrial windmill.
- Zaan Tours - A friendly local guide and driver from Zaan Tours will accompany you on this tour, ensuring a warm welcome and sharing all the information you desire about the Zaan region. They will also assist you in capturing the best photographs.
- Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs Wooden Shoe Workshop - Discover the art of Dutch clogs at the wooden shoe workshop, explore various clogs in their museum, and witness a live clog-making demonstration. Capture the perfect clog photos during your visit.
- Molen De Kat - Explore the world’s last remaining paint windmill. Your guide will provide insights about this historic windmill, and you can wander through this 240-year-old operational windmill. Climb to the platform for stunning views of the windmills, Zaanse Schans, the meadows, and the river.
- Catharina Hoeve Cheese Farm - Attend a presentation at this cheese farm to learn how Dutch Gouda cheese is crafted. Afterward, indulge in tasting a variety of Dutch cheeses, including baby Gouda cow’s cheese, smoked cheese, goat cheese, and even coconut cheese.
What's Included
- Local guide
- Private tour
- Airport pick-up and hotel/airport drop-off
- Transport by private vehicle
- Local guide
- Private tour
- Airport pick-up and hotel/airport drop-off
- Transport by private vehicle
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Upon your arrival at Amsterdam’s Schiphol (AMS) airport, a personal guide and driver will escort you to the renowned Zaanse Schans, where you get to behold windmills, witness clog making and sample some cheese. Additionally, you will get an exclusive look at a functioning windmill from the interior and awe-inspiring views of the landscape from its…
Upon your arrival at Amsterdam’s Schiphol (AMS) airport, a personal guide and driver will escort you to the renowned Zaanse Schans, where you get to behold windmills, witness clog making and sample some cheese. Additionally, you will get an exclusive look at a functioning windmill from the interior and awe-inspiring views of the landscape from its balcony. Your guide will ensure you’re well-informed about the landmarks and their historical context. After a special three-hour tour, you’ll be chauffeured back to the airport or your accommodation, as per your choice.
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- At time of booking, airplane passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: inbound flight number and, what is applicable, outbound flight number or drop-off hotel name
Location
Schiphol Airport
From Arrivals follow the signs to the Meeting Point of the airport. Your driver will be here 30 minutes after your scheduled landing holding an orange umbrella. If delayed, your driver will be at the Meeting Point 30 minutes after your flight has landed.
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
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(14 Ratings)
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M8199byclaudiaa
Oct 1, 2025
The personal guide was worth it. - The tour was great. We were met at the airport and it was a short ride to the windmills. Our guide was knowledgeable and friendly.
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Carol_m
May 1, 2025
Private excursion to Zaanse Dan - This was well worth it as an activity to end your tme in the Netherlands. It is sbout 2 hours of walking, but everything is relatively close together. Our guide Ray was very patient and did a great job!
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Carol_w
Sep 22, 2024
Fun day with the windmills and cheese - We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the Zaanse Schans windmills. Our knowledgeable tour driver, Rayette, provided a comprehensive tour of the neighborhood, shops, and windmills, sharing their rich history. The experience was enhanced by her insightful commentary. We appreciated spending the day with her and were pleased with our decision to select this tour. I strongly recommend this company for any Zaanse Schans tour.
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Toni_k
Aug 24, 2024
Great use of our limited time. - After we retrieved our luggage, we found Esther who was waiting for us at the meeting point, a designated place in the airport. She was friendly, knowledgeable and seemed genuinely excited about showing us her native city. We toured in a luxury van and she narrated along the way. We went to the village of Zaanse Schans and learned about cheese making, clogs and windmills. The three hours went by quickly. Esther took us to our hotel and waited for us to drop off our luggage. She went beyond our expectations and drove us to our next destination, a canal tour. We enthusiastically recommend this tour to anyone visiting Amsterdam.
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Eugene_k
Jan 31, 2024
Amsterdam Layover Tour - Our guide Callam was friendly, informative and knowledgeable. He just made the experience fun and uncomplicated.
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Kelly_f
Oct 19, 2023
Great tour with great tour guide. - This was a great tour out into the Dutch countryside with Kenny. Original achitecture, working demonstrations of cheese making and wooden shoe manufacturing, nice people. Picked up at airport and then driven to the location. Plenty of informative commentary on the way. Never felt rushed. We had time on our own if we wanted it. Then dropped off at our hotel.
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Lisa_w
Aug 3, 2023
Highly Recommend - Such a great tour through the beautiful Windmills in Zaanse Schans. We were met at airport and then went to Zaanse Schans. These windmills are a must see! Beautiful area. We climbed to the top of the windmill and took in the beautiful views that surround the area. Charming village with cheese shops and traditional clog shops that provide a demonstration on how they shoes are made. Our driver and guide Callum was wonderful! Thank you so much for a great morning in Zaanse Schans.
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Heather_f
Apr 3, 2023
Great tpur - Flexible schedule made sure we saw everything we were expecting even offering to go out of the way when one activity was incidentally close to do an alternate.
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859tk
Jan 7, 2023
Great option for an early arrival - Knowing my hotel room would not be ready in the AM, this was the perfect option.
It was a private tour with a UK guide. The private tour meant I didn’t have to worry about our personal items being left in the van. The meet up point was easy to find, quick drive out to Zaanse Schans where we spent around 3 hours wandering the small town.
We saw the windmills and got to climb up to the top, we watched how wooden shoes are made, watched a cheese making demonstration with lots of samples to try and bit of shopping. This was a great tour to start off our trip. Plus, it kept us going after our overnight flight. Our driver dropped us off at our hotel around 1.
Highly recommend this option for an early morning arrival.
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Walter_b
Aug 7, 2022
Highly recommended - Our guide Baric was outstanding. Met up pn time and was very considerate of our time and what was important to us. He was quite knowledgeable ad explained everything well!
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