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Private Guided Half Day Tour in Zaanse Schans from Amsterdam

Location Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
$451.16
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after they redeem the gift voucher.

Overview

The Zaanse Schans is a beautiful preservation village with a variety of historical houses, and working industrial windmills. It feels like you’re traveling back in time! We will visit a working windmill, taste local chocolate , indulge in a Gouda cheese tasting , concluding with a traditional handcraft demonstration of making clogs!

Guided by the Windmill Girls, you will explore the most picturesque windmill sites, charming villages, and traditional Dutch handicrafts. The tours also include a visit to an exceptional cheese farm, where you can taste Gouda cheese in 30 delightful flavors.

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

Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants. Bookings can not be made for the same day. Please read our TnC’s.

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

  • 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

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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    Private Guided Half Day Tour in Zaanse Schans from Amsterdam

    Location Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe
    $451.16
    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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