Private Guided Half Day Tour in Zaanse Schans from Amsterdam
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.
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Private Guided Half Day Tour in Zaanse Schans from Amsterdam
Pickup included
What's included in Private Guided Half Day Tour in Zaanse Schans from Amsterdam
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
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..
Inclusions
- Private transportation
- Bottle of water
- entrance ticket to a windmill
- Licensed Tour Guide/Driver
- Parking Fees
- Food&Drinks
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Pickup and Dropoff
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 10 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
Windmillgirls drive a car or a VIP Mercedes van. You can choose your pick up and drop off location Please wait in the hotel lobby 10 minutes before your scheduled pickup time.
