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Zaanse Schans Tour: Dutch Countryside Experience
4.7
1,766 Ratings
Amsterdam
Take a 3.5-hour half-day tour to the countryside and explore Zaanse Schans in a small group. See how a clog maker is making the famous Dutch wooden shoe, visit a cheese farm and a working windmill. Spend half a day outside Amsterdam and enrich your trip by touring the Dutch countryside.
Take a 3.5-hour half-day tour to the countryside and explore Zaanse Schans in a small group. See how a clog maker is making the famous Dutch wooden shoe, visit a cheese farm and a working windmill. Spend half a day outside Amsterdam and enrich your trip by touring the Dutch countryside.
Duration:
3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Zaanse Schans - At Zaanse Schans, your local guide will tell you everything about the sights and the history of this region.
- Zaan Tours - You will be accompanied by a local guide from Zaan Tours
- Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs Wooden Shoe Workshop - At the wooden shoe workshop, your guide will tell you about clogs, you can see a large…
- Zaanse Schans - At Zaanse Schans, your local guide will tell you everything about the sights and the history of this region.
- Zaan Tours - You will be accompanied by a local guide from Zaan Tours
- Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs Wooden Shoe Workshop - At the wooden shoe workshop, your guide will tell you about clogs, you can see a large variety of wooden shoes in the museum. You will also attend a live clog making demonstration. After the demonstration, you will have some free time to look around.
- Molen De Kat - We will enter this paint mill to see how pigments were made using the power of the wind. You will receive an information sheet in your language and you will be able to explore this windmill yourselves. It is possible to climb up to the platform to have the best view over the river, the countryside and Zaanse Schans.
- Catharina Hoeve Cheese Farm - Visit this cheese farm where you’ll receive a presentation about cheese making. After this, you will have the time to taste a large variety of cheeses in the cheese shop
What's Included
- Local guide
- Entrance fees
- Round-trip shared transfer
- Local guide
- Entrance fees
- Round-trip shared transfer
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- As seats on this tour are restricted, all travelers should have a ticket
- This tour contains a moderate amount of walking
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- As seats on this tour are restricted, all travelers should have a ticket
- This tour contains a moderate amount of walking
Location
LOT61 Amsterdam Centraal Station
Oosterdoksstraat
Meet your driver next to Amsterdam Centraal Station outside coffee store LOT61. Coffee store LOT61 is part of hotel DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station. Your tour guide will hold an orange umbrella.
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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(1766 Ratings)
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Charlene_w
May 9, 2025
When in the Netherlands you have to do this tour!! - This was a wonderful tour!! Bart, our guide was the best! His humor and care made me feel comfortable!
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Virginia_o
May 9, 2025
Windmills up close - It was lovely. Taos was our guide and a treasure. Beautiful place and people. Go to bathroom at the coffee shop before you leave for best results ;)
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Pamela
May 8, 2025
Brilliant day out - It was a glorious sunny day. The bus trip was short. And then we met Toes (family nickname) a remarkable tour guide.
Toes actually lives and works in this amazing village and knows the answer to every question!
But be warned this is a solid 3 hours of walking.
Not great for people like me with a dodgy knee.
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Judithegarrett
May 6, 2025
This is a delightful... - This is a delightful tour. Everything is compact and you see lots of typically Dutch things. We enjoyed it thoroughly.
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Voyager36239232731
May 6, 2025
Great tour. Worth the visit. Should not be missed. - We had a wonderful time on this tour of such a quaint town. Our tour guide, Kate, who is an actual resident of this town, provided us with a lot of interesting history and information about the area. Greatly enjoyed the clog demonstration. Highly recommend this tour!
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Kevin_m
May 6, 2025
Great for kids! - One of our favorite stops on the trip. Our guide, Tosca, was fantastic. Bus was clean and comfortable. Our kids are 12, 14, and 16 and they loved this experience.
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Sharon_c
May 9, 2025
Terrific location to... - Terrific location to visit; lots to see and experience. The windmills along with the cheese and clog making workshops were the highlights. It would have been appreciated to have had a little more personal time to explore as it was limited.
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David_y
May 8, 2025
History saved - This tour is 5 relocated windmills and traditional houses which were saved by a man who wanted to save his heritage the trip was by bus from Amsterdam meeting point near the main train station and easy to find, there are 3 different things to do on the tour which are in the same heritage site area, the mills, cheese making demonstration and tasting the a clog making demonstration and all were very interesting. The tour was easy on the body with flat ground and pleasant walk through the village. Tour guides were great with lots of information.
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Janet_s
May 7, 2025
Interesting but... - The information we received was interesting.There really wasn't enough time to look in the gift store or purchase something at the cafe. We felt rushed. Difficult to hear the narration on the bus.
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P7700kqlouiseb
May 7, 2025
Zaanse Shans group tour. - Once across the bridge to the museum (not an old village as advertised) It is a lovely place, but not authentic- it was set up in the 1970s for tourists. Some good examples of architecture of houses and windmills along a river, dyke. Very picturesque until you face the other way to see three huge modern factories.
The guide was okay, a little abrupt at times. Transport - pick up and drop off were good. Small group - perfect for a trip like this.
Tip - look for the hotel/cafe not the train station when looking for pick up.
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