Volendam, Marken and Windmills Day Trip from Amsterdam

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Duration

5 hours 30 minutes

Overview

Leave Amsterdam behind for a few hours and discover the typical Dutch countryside outside the capital. You'll drive through a picture-perfect landscape crisscrossed with canals, see authentic wooden houses, windmills and fishing villages, and witness traditional crafts from days gone by. The picturesque village of Zaanse Schans is famous for its original buildings, vividly capturing Dutch life in the 17th and 18th centuries. You'll see the historic shipyard and windmills, and pay a visit to a shoemaker who works with wood to watch his clog-making techniques first-hand!

What's Included

Lunch (Charm of Holland option only, available on Fridays)
Visit a traditional Marker house (only on the All-Inclusive Tour)
An up-close look at the windmills of Zaanse Schans
Visit an operating windmill (only on the All-Inclusive Tour)
The traditional Dutch experience in fishing villages Volendam & Marken
Cheese demonstration
30 minute boat tour between Volendam and Marken (only on the All-Inclusive Tour)
Transport by luxurious air-conditioned bus with free Wi-Fi
Clog making demonstration with operating antique steam engine (only on the All-Inclusive Tour)