Amsterdam Excursions
Excursions from Amsterdam are provided in cooperation with our valued partner, Global Transfers travel agency. The company also specialized into holiday apartments accommodation.
Zaanse Schans windmills
De Zaanse Schans is a reconstructed museum village with a difference: people actually live in it. The Zaan district was noted for industrial windmills that powered the manufacture of paint, flower and lumber. Here you can buy mustard, produced in one of the five local mills. Amid the gabled homes -mostly green with white trim- are an old Albert Heijn grocery store and a cheese house. Boat trips on the Zaan river provide another perspective on the village.
Alkmaar cheese market
The Dutch export well over 400,000 tons of cheese every year. The most famous market is in Alkmaar, a synonym for the cheese trade for over 700 years. The cheese market, which runs every Friday from 10 am to noon between mid-April until mid-September, is as much a ritual for tourists as it is for the cheese porters guild. Dressed in white uniforms and straw hats, with colored ribbons denoting the competing guilds, the porters weigh the cheese and carry them on wooden trays hung from their shoulders.
Cheese and wooden shoes factory
De Simonehoeve is a farm where Gouda cheese is being produced. They will reveal all details about cheese making. Thereafter they show the process of making clogs (or wooden shoes). You may want to taste all the 9 different kinds of cheeses (with a bit of mustard) accompanied by a locally produced berry fruit wine. Interesting for young and old. Open all days of the week.
Authentic Dutch countryside
It's not just Amsterdam which provides a good reason for a trip to the Netherlands. Explore the Dutch country side in an organized trip around the country. See the coast line, beaches, beautiful nature and extensive woods.
Delft, historical town
Delft, a historic city close to The Hague, was founded in 1100, and the city grew rich off weaving and trade in the 13th and 14th century. When on a day trip to Delft, you'll find narrow canals and picturesque houses. Delft is know for it's distinctive blue and white pottery from Delft, know as Delftware.
Storm surge barrier ( 200 km from Amsterdam)
The crown on this giant flood-control project is the barrier dam that stretches 1.75 miles across the three channels of the Eastern Schelde. This dam consists of several strings of gates and their massive supporting piers which, in normal weather, allow tidal seawaters to ebb and flow in the Eastern Schelde estuary, thus benefiting the fish and bird life and the local fisheries. During a severe storm however, like the one in 1953 which flooded most of southwestern Holland with a death toll of 1835, the gates can be dropped to keep out the high tides and storm surges and prevent them from inundating the adjacent lowlands. Just an hour and a half driving distance from Amsterdam this is an absolute recommend for those interested in water management.
Efteling theme park
A theme park about ferry tales and midgets with lots of attractions. The best rides found in The Netherlands.
Keukenhof Flower exhibition
A feast for the eye. Only 3 months a year (March, April and May) the millions of tulips and other bulb flowers are in bloom. A fantastic experience for people of all ages and a wonderful spectacle to photograph! An overwhelming display of color in a beautiful setting covering an area of 32 hectares (16,500 acres) that incorporates elements of traditional and modern landscape gardening. The flower shows in the pavilions are unique. Surprising and inspiring, brimming with ideas, trends and features that you can apply in your own garden. Available: April, May and June
The Hague, Madurodam
Madurodam: a miniature village that containing everything quintessentially Netherlands. There's lots of little buildings, people, airplanes and more. Almost every Dutch landmark building has been reproduced on a miniature scale.
Scheveningen pier and Sea aquarium
On the beach of Scheveningen is the famous beach pier. It stretches out into the sea about 200 meters. One can have a refreshing drink or excellent food after a relaxing day at the beach. Available in summer.
Volendam, a fisher village
Volendam was once flourishing Dutch fisher village. It's flag flew at half-mast when the Zuider Zee was enclosed in 1932, cutting off access to the sea. The village's enterprise was soon applied by creating a theme park from it's historic features. Locals are still dressed in their traditional costumes and are happy to make pictures of you, dressed up in traditional costume.
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