Zaanse Schans: Highlights of Holland private guided tour – North Holland, Netherlands

EXPERIENCE

9.30: Pick up from your hotel in Amsterdam.

10.00: We arrive at The Zaanse Schans. This is a preservation village with a variety of historical houses, warehouses, and working industrial windmills. It feels like you’re traveling back in time! You will experience how life was between the 18th and 19th centuries, make your own hot chocolate from local produced coco powder, and join a wooden shoe workshop to see how clogs are made, concluding with a visit to two working windmills.

12.00: We’ll head to The famous cheese town of Edam. In Edam, we’ll take a stroll in the old centre and visit Henry Willig’s cheese shop to have a Gouda & Edam cheese tasting. They rank among the top 10 cheesemakers globally. If you’re a big cheese lover… you’ll be in cheese heaven! They have 30 flavours and design the cheeses specifically for travel.

13.15 : Lunchtime. You can choose where you want to have lunch. As locals, we know a lot of nice places. Whether it’s at a local fish restaurant or a traditional Dutch pancake restaurant, just tell us your preferences and we’ll arrange it for you.

14.30: Volendam is known as the most popular fishing village in Holland. The charm of Volendam rests in its harbour and the authentic fishermen’s houses. The maze is the oldest part of Volendam. This is where we’ll see small fishermen’s houses and narrow streets. What’s unique about the maze is that the houses were built without any street pattern. We’ll take a small stroll in the maze and on the famous dike of Volendam.

16.00 Back at your hotel in Amsterdam

HIGHLIGHTS

Zaanse Schans, a preservation village with historical houses and windmills
Edam, The famous cheese town to indulge in a cheesetasting
Volendam, explore the charming fishermen’s village
Visit a windmill from the 18th century from top to bottom
Enjoy a wooden shoe crafts demonstration

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