Zaanse Schans Tour: Windmills, Cheese, and Volendam

Experience the best of Amsterdam’s countryside on a private tour. Visit windmills, a cheese factory, clogs factory, and the charming town of Volendam. Book now!

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Zaanse Schans - Explore the iconic Dutch Windmills and capture beautiful photos. There are 7 windmills remaining at Zaanse Schans, with several 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
  • Taste 30 different flavors of cheese
  • Buy cheese and clogs
  • Private air-conditioned Mercedes vehicle with WiFi and bottled water
  • See cows milked with a milking robot
  • Buy waffles in Volendam
  • Driver/guide
  • Admission to windmills park and parking costs
  • Entrance tickets to see a windmill from inside
What's Not Included
  • Professional guide and Gratuity (Optional)
Additional Information

Embark on a delightful half-day sightseeing tour featuring windmills, the picturesque countryside, a local cheese and clogs factory, and the charming town of Volendam. Begin your journey at the unique Dutch park, Zaanse Schans, located near Amsterdam. This park is home to some of the Netherlands’ most remarkable windmills, including the paint windmill,…

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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Michele
Jul 15, 2025
Beautiful scenery at the windmills. Delicious mussels in the fishing village. Delightful Gouda at the cheese farm. - Our guide was waiting for us in our lobby. His car was immaculate. He shared interesting information with us about Amsterdam as we left the city. He planned our day so we could "beat" the crowds—yet we never felt rushed. He was always available to explain anything to us - and take our photo- but also left us ample time to wander the two of us.
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Gregory_j
Jul 12, 2025
We had a great day and... - We had a great day and our driver Hamza was the perfect guide. The company even accompanied a change of our plans to extend our time and have Hamza returned us to our port in Ijmuiden instead of Amsterdam for a reasonable fee. We loved seeing the windmills and the cheese farm. This was a highlight of our trip.
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196mitchp
May 4, 2025
The perfect holland experience - The tour was wonderful and our guide Martin both extremely personable and well versed. Truly an amazing experience and would highly recommend
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Boymomdfw
Jan 6, 2025
Great experience! - Great time seeing the windmills, cheese farm, and the little fishing town. We really learned a lot about Dutch culture and people. Nice time.
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Brenda_m
Sep 6, 2024
Wonderful day - It was a great day. We all learned a lot and enjoyed the tour of the Windmills and loved the fishing village.
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Surender_w
Aug 24, 2024
Excellent tour and very nice informative guide Sunny - Modern cheese factory and got lots of shipped to home Very impressed with the Wind Mills tour and wooden shoes demonstrations
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Elkys_r
Jun 2, 2024
5 star service with Sunny - Got a 5 star service! My experience was spectacular from beginning to end. Sunny was very courteous and professional all along the tour. He shared his knowledge on history related to the destinations and some side notes on the people and the culture in Netherlands. He had an answer for all my curious inquiries and made sure that I didn’t miss any presentation or film where I could find more information on the places we visited. I’m very pleased with my selection and feel very lucky that I got to tour with Sunny!
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Melinda_c
May 22, 2024
Countryside trip in Netherlands - We really enjoyed the variety of the trip. The stop at organic Jersey cow farm of Henri Willig. Lots of cheese tasting. Enjoyed Zaanse Schans and went into the paint windmill. Enjoyed walk and lunch at Volendam. Trip was well paced and our guide, Gavin, was great.
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623cathy
May 6, 2024
A job truly done with passion - Congratulations to Fabio, Giada and Alessandro who made us discover Holland in a different way. In fact, they were able to describe the country they love, not only by filling you with historical dates, but above all by telling you about the daily life of the Dutch, what and how they eat, how and why they live in such small houses, the working hours, the cost of tax car insurance, bike insurance... all very useful information to learn more about the country you are visiting. An entire day with them flew by thanks also to their kindness and smile.
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Mamaofgoldens
Jan 29, 2025
Day trip from Amsterdam - We enjoyed seeing the 3 places and having a private driver. Mesut was very nice and concerned that we were having a good time. The language barrier was a little challenging. We had hoped to hear more about the areas we were going while in route but as we didn’t speak Dutch and he spoke limited English, that was not the case.
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From $94
up to 14 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).