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Zaandam, Netherlands
Get your discount tickets for the Zaanse Schans Windmills Edam Volendam and Marken from Amsterdam, save up to 14% !
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Overview
After meeting your guide at the designated location, head for Zaanse Schans, an outdoor museum including wooden homes, shops, and operational windmills from the 18th and 19th centuries. Visit the Clog Museum to observe traditional craftsmanship and wooden shoemakers in action. Learn the craft of making cheese in the Netherlands by visiting a cheese farm in Catharina Hoeve. Then a visit Edam and learn more about its iconic Edam “cheese balls”. The we’ll drive to the charming town of Volendam where you can walk and absorb the culture. Lunch can be arranged at a restaurant in Volendam. Please inquire. After that you’ll visit a cheese factory called Irene Hoeve Cheese Factory where you can sample traditional Dutch cheeses. Following this visiting, you’ll be going to Marken where you will walk around and visit a museum that illustrates the life and history of this town. The tour ends at the designated departure location.
Pickup Information
Driver guide name and mobile number are provided 24 hours in advance. Driver guide will pick up passengers from their hotel in the Amsterdam area, Schiphol Airport, Cruise ports: Amsterdam Terminal or Felison Ijmuiden.
Language Offered
English-GUIDE
Dutch-GUIDE
Itinerary
1. Meet your driver guide at the designated location in Amsterdam and head to Zaanse Schans, an outdoor museum with wooden homes, shops, and operational windmills from the 18th and 19th centuries. Visit the Clog Museum to observe traditional craftsmanship and wooden shoemakers in action. Learn the craft of making cheese in the Netherlands by visiting a cheese farm in Catharina Hoeve.
2. Still manufacturing wooden shoes using the same old machinery that was used more than a century ago. Both young and elderly find the process to be a fascinating spectacle.
3. Nothing says “Dutch” like cheese! Visit the Catharina Hoeve Farm to sample some.
4. As you walk through the cobble stones in Edam, you will be merged into a historical and charming town. Edam is the birthplace of Edam cheese, the small, often red cheese ball that has been transported to all corners of the world for centuries.
5. Edam is the birthplace of Edam cheese, the small, often red cheese ball that has been transported to all corners of the world for centuries. But there is much more to experience in this authentic village, which dates all the way back to the 12th century. Here you will visit The Story of Edam Cheese Museum. You will receive a 10% discount on any purchases at the cheese store.
6. Visit the old traditional island Marken. You will visit an old harbour house of Sytje Boes, Marker Museum and the ‘Church Neighbourhood’ (Kerkbuurt). You step right into the history of this beautiful island.
7. You will visit the iconic dike in Volendam with a view on the lakeside. Volendam is a former fishing town and known for its great fish specialties, the famous Dutch “Salty Haring’, ‘Smoked Eel”and Smoked Mackerel which you can purchase or arrange a lunch at a restaurant with us.
Inclusion
Driver guide
Tickets to the Story of Edam Cheese Museum
Bottled water
Tickets to one windmill at Zaanse Schans.
Clog making demonstration at Zaanse Schans
Exclusion
Gratuities
Cancellation Policy
Refundable tickets
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Additional Info
Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
The remaining tour time is allotted for the travel time from pick up until drop off as well as countryside sightseeing.
Minivan is not adequate for transporting wheelchairs.
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