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  • Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Duration:  The Damrak
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!

Highlights

  • 5-hour half-day tour to Zaanse Schans, Volendam and Marken
  • Scenic drive through the Dutch countryside
  • Zaanse Schans' windmills and traditional clog-maker
  • Fishing villages of Marken and Volendam
  • 20-minute boat trip (summer only)
  • Visit a Dutch cheese farm
  • Morning and seasonal afternoon tours

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What You Can Expect

Zaanse Schans Windmills, Marken and Volendam Half-Day Trip from Amsterdam

Volendam, The Netherlands

Next, you'll travel to the world-famous fishing villages of Volendam and Marken, on the coast of the former Zuiderzee (now called Ijselmeer). The old wooden houses here are built on stilts and locals still wear their colorful traditional dresses. Then, take a 20-minute boat trip from Volendam to Marken, with approximately 45 minutes at each stop (summer only). The cruise is optional but is included in the cost of the tour.

During the day you'll also stop at one of the few farms where cheese is still made in the traditional way.

6-Hour tour departing at 12:15pm (summer only)
This option was created based on customer feedback to offer an alternative itinerary and longer tour duration. The afternoon tour at 12:15pm is 6 hours in duration. It visits the windmill village of "Zaanse Schans" and the towns of Marken and Volendam. However, this tour gives you more time at all 3 locations and also includes a typical fish auction at Volendam or a visit to Volendam museum.

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Customer Reviews

5 star rating: Highly Recommended June 2013

Was a very nice tour for half a day. There was enough time to look around and buy somethings.

5 star rating: Highly Recommended June 2013

Great tour! The highlight for me was the village of Volendam. Very quaint, colorful, great shopping, amazing food. The fish was fabulous. Our tour guide Diana was amazing!! The only downside was the amount of time spent in Marken at the clog making shop (another 15 minutes would have been nice, it felt a bit rushed).

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