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 - Experience the iconic Dutch Windmills and capture stunning photos. The Zaanse Schans boasts 7 remaining windmills, with several open for visits. Explore the paint windmill, where the renowned Dutch artist Rembrandt sourced his paint, along with a sawmill, 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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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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Mercyfrancisca_s
Dec 21, 2023
Enjoyable private tour! - We stayed at the Hilton Amsterdam Schiphol Airport which was originally not on the pick up list, but the tour company was kind enough to make an exception by picking us up there. We had a wonderful private tour with our driver, Julio. I am glad we chose the morning trip (9:00 am) as the places we visited were not crowded yet.
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Herbert_s
Apr 23, 2024
Not the best - Estan was like an Uber driver. He had his EarPods in while driving us. He took us exactly what the tour said. No conversation and no telling us what was around. Not what we expected from a Viator tour guide.
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1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).