Zaanse Schans half-day tour from Amsterdam

Excursions & day trips

Zaanse Schans half-day tour from Amsterdam

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£35.00

Free cancellation

Language: English

Mobile voucher accepted

Duration: 3 hours

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Group tour

Why you’ll love this…

Experience Holland on a three hour trip with a personal guide
Stroll along the streets and watersides of Zaanse Schans
Learn about the production of clogs and cheese
Visit a working windmill

What to expect

Discover the delights and history of Zaanse Schans and the Dutch countryside on a 3-hour, small-group trip from Amsterdam. With an informative guide, admire the lush, canal-crossed Dutch landscape.

Take a tour of pretty Zaanse Schans, famous for its wooden windmills and green-painted houses and visit a cheese farm and clog-making workshop to learn about these traditional crafts.

Lastly, visit a working windmill to learn how these waterside factories helped drive the 17th-century Dutch Golden Age.

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What's included

Transportation to and from Amsterdam city center
Local guide
Admission fees

What's not included

Gratuities (optional)

Where

LOT61 Amsterdam Centraal Station, Oosterdoksstraat, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Meeting point:

Meet your tour guide next to Amsterdam Centraal Station, outside coffee store LOT61 (LOT61 is part of hotel DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station). Your tour guide will hold an orange umbrella.

What to remember

Maximum of 8 people per tour group
This tour operates in all weather conditions, dress for the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes

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Provider

Zaan Tours

Booking fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

Cancellation policy

Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 48 hours before the experience begins.

What people say about this experience

Anonymous
From United States of America - July 2025

Excellent
Overall rated
5/5

Tour was fantastic. Ray was fantastic. Great stuff. Fully recommend it xx
Kath from Aberdeen, Scotland
From United States of America - July 2025

Travelled as a couple

55 - 64 years old

Excellent
Overall rated
5/5

Everything went very well and guide Bianca was excellent
Ann
From United States of America - May 2025

Travelled as a couple

45 - 54 years old

Excellent
Overall rated
5/5

Our guide [Kay] was excellent and very well informed. It was very good to have a guide who knows the area so well. I would not have wanted less time w ...
Sara
From United States of America - April 2025

Travelled as a couple

35 - 44 years old

Excellent
Overall rated
5/5

What a wonderful tour! We thoroughly enjoyed it and excellent value for money. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and also had a great sense of hum ...
Stuart
From United States of America - April 2025

Travelled as a couple

18 - 24 years old

Excellent
Overall rated
5/5

Trip couldn't have been easier or more enjoyable. Everything went well with a great tour guide (the Mayor of the little village) with lots of info, s ...
Heidi aus Hamburg
From United States of America - August 2023

Travelled with a group of friends

Excellent
Overall rated
5/5

Nicht so gut: die Tour war nur auf Englisch. Nächstes mal würde ich eine Tour auf Deutsch bevorzugen. 2 Stunden für Zaanse Schans sind zu kurz! Gut w ...

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