Description
The Amsterdam city tour and the
Volendam, Marken and Windmills tour combined as a
full day from 10.00 am till 17.00pm .
City Tour Amsterdam:
Through this expansive tour you will get to know
Amsterdam very well. You will see by luxurious
coach, the old and new parts of this beautiful city
with its many historical buildings and interesting
sights. For example you will get to know the Royal
Palace, the National Monument, the Skinny Bridge,
the Albert Cuyp markt and the beautiful houses along
the canals. We will also visit a windmill on the
river Amstel and a stop will be made at a diamond
factory where you will see the traditional way of
polishing.
Marken, Volendam and the windmills:
This tour shows the typical Dutch countryside of
polders and little canals on the way to the ' Zaanse
schans', a well - known windmill village with many
interesting windmills. We will be visiting a wooden
shoemaker here. Then we move on to the world-famous
fishing villages of Volendam and Marken - on the
coast of the former Zuiderzee (now called
Ijselmeer). With its wooden houses and locals
wearing their colourful style of dress. On the way,
we will stop at one of the very few cheese farms,
where the cheese is still made in the traditional
way.