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Private Half Day Tour to Zaanse Schans from Amsterdam 20% OFF

Location Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
$514.85
$643.56
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after they redeem the gift voucher.

Overview

Zaanse Schans offers a glimpse into a picturesque, historic village that transports you back to the 18th and 19th centuries. This private half-day tour from Amsterdam lets you wander among iconic wooden houses and working windmills while indulging in local delicacies.

  • 🏰 Pickup from your hotel in Amsterdam ensures a convenient start to your adventure.
  • 🕒 Enjoy a 3-hour and 30-minute guided tour led by a knowledgeable English-speaking guide.
  • 🏡 Arrive at Zaanse Schans, a unique area featuring museums, windmills, shops, and traditional crafts that showcase the rich history of the Zaanstreek.
  • 🎨 Visit Molen De Kat, the last paint mill in the world, originally built in 1781, and climb to the external gallery for stunning views.
  • 🍫 Experience the delightful chocolate shop where you can smell the aroma of chocolate and even make your own hot chocolate.
  • 🧀 Savor a Gouda and Edam cheese tasting at Henry Willig's cheese farm, recognized as one of the top cheesemakers globally.
  • 🍪 Make a stop to try the famous Dutch cookie, Stroopwafel, at a fresh syrup waffle stand.
  • 👡 Participate in a wooden shoe craft demonstration and learn about the clog-making process at Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs.
  • 🚗 Private transportation and a bottle of water are included for your comfort during the tour.
  • 💼 Gratuities, parking fees, and an entrance ticket to a windmill are also included in your package.

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Private Half Day Tour to Zaanse Schans from Amsterdam
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes

  • Bottle of water
  • Parking Fees
  • Licensed Tour Guide/Driver
  • entrance ticket to a windmill
  • Cheese Tasting
  • Private transportation
  • Gratuities
  • Lunch

  • Amsterdam
    9.30: Pick up from your hotel in Amsterdam (or another for you convenient time)
  • Zaanse Schans
    10.00: We arrive at The Zaanse Schans. This is a unique area where people live and work, with museums, windmills, shops and old crafts. The site gives an excellent picture of the Zaanstreek in the 18th and 19th centuries. Walking between the traditional timber houses, warehouses and windmills at the Zaanse Schans, you get the feeling that you’re back in the long-gone past. We walk along the dike next to the river Zaan and enjoy the sight of multiple industrial windmills. As we were brought up in a windmill we can tell you everything about them.
  • Molen De Kat
    10.15: A visit to the last paint mill in the world “De Kat”. It was originally built in 1781. It is an octagonal mill with a rotating cap and external gallery. Since its restoration and partial rebuild in 1960 it has been fitted out to grind couloring materials as pigments. After a explanation how the windmill works, you have the opportunity to climb up the windmill and make beautiful pictures on the external gallery..
  • Zaanse Schans
    10.45: A visit to the chocolate shop. It is a good chance that you can smell the chocolate already in the air when you enter the Zaan region. For over two centuries the Zaan region has been the largest cocoa industry in the world. Cocoa beans are processed and roasted over here. Do you want to try some local chocolate or make your own hot chocolate from local raw cocoa powder? This is the place to be!
  • Zaanse Schans
    11.00: Cheese tasting: At the cheese farm of Henry Willig we will have a Gouda and Edam cheese tasting. They are in the top 10 of the world cheesemakers. If you are a cheese lover… you are in cheese heaven! They have 30 flavors and design the cheeses specifically for travel.
  • Zaanse Schans
    11.30: If you want to try the most famous cookie of Holland “Stroopwafel” we can make a stop at the fresh syrup waffle stand.
  • Kooijman Souvenirs & Clogs Wooden Shoe Workshop
    11.45: Wooden shoe craft demonstration. Always wanted to know how a clog is being made? Join the wooden shoe craft demonstration and find out. In the clog museum we will tell you everything about clogs. You can even try or buy a pair of wooden shoes!
  • Amsterdam
    13.00 Return to your hotel in Amsterdam

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    Private Half Day Tour to Zaanse Schans from Amsterdam 20% OFF

    Location Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
    $514.85
    $643.56
    This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after they redeem the gift voucher.
    How it works?
    01 You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
    02 We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
    03 Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!

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