Highlights of Holland Private Guided Tour from Amsterdam

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Duration:7 hours (approx.)
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

From $274.5

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Experience Holland with Holland Windmills, our small and local tour company. We are born and raised here and love to show you the best places during your holiday in Holland. We also love telling you stories about Holland!

See famous windmills, taste cheese, try wooden shoes and walk through scenic villages. We know the best sights, what to visit and where to eat. Let us take you places where the crowds don't go and explore Holland at your own pace.

Cheaper than a taxi, better than a big group tour and a lot more comfortable than organizing everything on your own. Ideal for couples, families and friends!

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1. Zaanse Schans
Here we have the opportunity to visit the best windmills in Holland. In the Seventeenth Century the Zaanse Schans was the biggest industrial area in the world. A Dutch windmill basically was a little factory. Each windmill was custom build for producing various products like paint, cooking oil, paper and wood. On the bank of the river Zaan hundreds of windmills were grinding, pounding, sawing and crushing. Products of the Zaanse Schans were exported all over the world. The dozen windmills on the Zaanse Schans are still fully operational. On a good windy day we’ll see them turning at full speed. Entrance to one of the windmills is included in this tour.
2. Simonehoeve
At this family owned cheese farm they tell you everything you always wanted to know about cheese and wooden shoes. Of course there is a large variety of cheeses to taste from as well as fruit whine and typical Dutch cookies and you can buy your favorite cheese, clogs and all kinds of souvenirs.
3. Volendam
Volendam is build on a dike next to het IJsselmeer and is famous for the picturesque harbor. The old fisherman’s quarter is called the Maze. It’s a labyrinth of alleyways and dwarf sized houses. Volendam is perfect to try some Dutch seafood. Most famous is raw herring with pickles and onions. It’s not as bad as it sounds. It’s actually very tender and tastes a bit like sushi, only fishier. Most of our guests actually finish it! Another dish is kibbeling, battered and deep fried pieces of codfish served with tartar sauce. Volendam has a pretty large variety of bars and restaurants where it’s possible to try local beer and/or have lunch.
4. Marken
Marken used to be an island in the open sea but now it’s a quaint peninsula in the fresh water lake IJsselmeer. Several houses and even small neighborhoods are listed as national cultural monument and here it’s also possible to have lunch, in a cafe on the waterside.
5. Monnickendam
Monnickendam is one of the oldest towns in Holland and incredibly beautiful. We drive through the old center passing the old church with it’s amazing bell tower and watch typical Dutch vessels in the harbor.
6. Waterland
Waterland is called the wetlands of Amsterdam, with old villages, fields and hundreds of ditches. It’s a landscape with narrow waterways called ‘sloten’, meadows, reeds, cows, sheep, horses and birds, farms and church towers on the horizon. This area is mostly peatland and also full of lakes. The landscape does not get more Dutch than this anywhere else.
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In the centre of Waterland is the village of Broek. Although it's only a fifteen minutes drive from Amsterdam, Broek in Waterland feels completely different from the cosmopolitan city. Most of the old houses, farms and even the church were made out of wood. Stone buildings were too heavy for the soft soil. There are still many beautiful large wooden houses with gardens full of flowers. It’s very peaceful and quiet and we’re pretty much the only touroperator that goes there because large busses with tourists are not even welcome.

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Posted By : LindaF
Touen was so knowledgeable and adjusted the tour to meet my husband’s limited ability to walk. He was wonderful helping my husband get into different buildings and assured a private tour of cheese and wooden shoe making.

We would go with him again!
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Posted On : 2024-05-11 18:55:53

Posted By : Kathy_L
Our private guided tour with Phillip was outstanding!
He is a delightful, entertaining and knowledgeable source of information about tulips, Dutch history, geography, land reclamation… you name it. He’s a walking encyclopedia.
We requested to start at Keukenhof Gardens and left the rest to him. He took us to the windmills in Zaan, a small cheese factory, through tulip fields and towns not filled with tourists.
If we could give him 10 stars, we would.
This day with Phillip was a highlight of our 2 week trip in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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Posted On : 2024-05-08 20:40:19

Posted By : Gail_G
We had a fantastic day with Philip. He has alot of knowledge about different areas of the Netherlands. Very personalized tour.

Thank you so much for such a special day Philip. It was a pleasure to spend the day with you.
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Posted On : 2024-05-02 04:18:46

Posted By : Michael_P
We had a great day with Philip. He is very knowledgeable and has had an interesting life. He took us to see the windmills and a local cheese factory. From there he was flexible and took us to a few small towns outside Amsterdam. We had a wonderful day full of great memories.
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Posted On : 2024-04-27 14:13:38

Posted By : Lisa_B
Phillip was an amazing guide. We loved this tour highly recommend. It was great to get out of the city and see the country and small local towns.
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Posted On : 2024-04-21 14:15:59

Posted By : Kellie_H
Phillip was wonderful. He k ew so much about the history of the area and spent time getting to know us and what would appeal to us. The tour was beautiful.
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Posted On : 2024-03-26 06:02:41

Posted By : Garrett_O
Philip was incredibly knowledge and had a deep understanding of Dutch history and had a personal connection to the windmills we visited. It made all the difference.
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Posted On : 2024-03-21 14:40:55

Posted By : Payton_P
To say Philip is a great tour guide is an understatement. What a wonderful day! We learned so much about the Netherlands. Our drives through country roads were peaceful and refreshing, in addition to educational. The opportunities to experience history and authentic interactions—priceless!
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Posted On : 2024-03-12 16:54:51

Posted By : Cori_C
We had a wonderful time on this tour in October 2023. Phillip was a fantastic guide/storyteller, and when we asked to hit all the highlights in Holland he delivered. Walking around the windmills and historical structures in Zaanse Schans with chocolate from a near by factory wafting in the air is one of my favorite memories from our entire trip. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone!
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Posted On : 2024-01-01 18:11:28

Posted By : David_W
Philip was a fantastic guide who knows windmills inside and out. Well worth the money to do a private tour.
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Posted On : 2023-12-17 15:39:49