From Amsterdam: Zaanse Schans, Volendam & Marken Guided Tour
🏎 Why We Picked This
gygCulture experiences like this one are ideal for free mornings before Friday practice or the quiet Sunday morning before the race — you get depth without eating into race day.
⚡ Race-week favourite — books out early
Choose your option
Classic Tour: Cheesemaking + Clogmaking demonstration
$34 per person
All-in tour: Including Boat Tour, Windmill & Waffle Tasting
$61 per person
From Amsterdam: Zaanse Schans, Volendam & Marken Guided Tour
From $34 per person
About this experience
Explore the Dutch countryside and the quaint villages of Zaanse Schans, Volendam, and Marken with a live guide. Try on wooden shoes, taste Dutch cheese, and visit the windmills up close.
A Charming Dutch Countryside Escape: Windmills, Cheese, and Clogs Take a day trip by bus from Amsterdam for a comfortable 5,5-hour break into deep-rooted Dutch tradition, traveling beyond breathtaking countryside getting carried away by the iconic windmills. Follow the English or Spanish speaking guide and be assured of an amazing experience. The experience focuses squarely on the magnificent Zaanse Schans and the charming fishing village of Volendam. At first, Zaanse Schans welcomes you to a village like no other; walk around at leisure, admire the perfectly preserved windmills and quaint old houses, and then continue to the lively fishing village of Volendam. There, visit a cheese shop where the old ways are still used, and enjoy an instructive Volendam cheese presentation. You can enjoy a fine lunch in a traditional fish restaurant (at your own pace and cost) after which you can explore the rest of Volendam's treats. Choose your adventure: -The Classic Tour includes the captivating art of clog-making and a cheesemaking demonstration. -The All-In Tour offers the full flavour: cheese, clogs, a cruise on the Marken Express, entry to a working windmill, and a sweet stop at Woltje's Bakery.
Highlights
- ✓Explore the Dutch countryside with a live guide
- ✓Visit Woltje's Bakery for an authentic Dutch stroopwafel tasting
- ✓Enjoy a stop at the fishing village of Volendam
- ✓Take a boat trip across the Gouwzee between Volendam and Marken
- ✓Enjoy a cheese demonstration and discover the art of clog-making
What's included
- ✓Transport by luxurious air-conditioned bus with audioguide
- ✓The traditional Dutch experience in fishing villages Volendam & Marken
- ✓An up-close look at the windmills of Zaanse Schans
- ✓Live guide in English and Spanish
- ✓Clog- and Cheese making demonstration with operating antique steam engine
- ✓30-minute boat tour between Volendam and Marken (only on the All-inclusive Tour)
- ✓Visit an operating windmill (only on the All-inclusive Tour)
Not included
- ✕Lunch
- ✕Tips
Good to know
• Children aged 3 years or younger go free of charge (provided they do not occupy their own seat) • Child ticket: 4-13 years • Pets are not allowed on the tour
Getting there
Address: De Ruijterkade 34A at the local partner's Tours & Tickets office in the IJ-hall of Central Station. You should enter the address De Ruijterkade 34A into Google Maps to look up the exact location beforehand. The meeting point is the local partner's Tours & Tickets office in the IJ-hall of Central Station, in the back corner of the building, on the right-hand side. Important: The location is situated on the ground floor. Please be sure to arrive 30 minutes before the tour departure tim
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“le circuit était vraiment intéressant,l'historique des villes bien expliqué et les sites vraiment très jolis.pour certaines visites( la fabrication des sabots)prévoir de faire des petits groupes car la pièce est petite et tout le monde ne peut pas assister à la fabrication qui est faite en démonstration.”
“l organisation était top les guides extra et je recommande à 100% cette journée qui est pour moi incontournable”
“Consigliato”
18,524 reviews on GetYourGuide
le circuit était vraiment intéressant,l'historique des villes bien expliqué et les sites vraiment très jolis.pour certaines visites( la fabrication des sabots)prévoir de faire des petits groupes car la pièce est petite et tout le monde ne peut pas assister à la fabrication qui est faite en démonstration.
Consigliato
l organisation était top les guides extra et je recommande à 100% cette journée qui est pour moi incontournable
Okay for a tour tif you have limited time to spend. our guides seemed mire interested in talking with the local operators and did not appear to engage with the guests.