Anne Frank's Last Walk & See Anne Frank House in Virtual Reality
Description
Millions of people travel to Amsterdam to see where the Frank family hid from the Nazis. In this guided tour, we retrace part of the route Anne took on her journey to the hiding place. Travelling back in time to WWII Amsterdam, we'll learn about Anne's life & the ‘secret annex’ and experience Anne’s emotions during the dark days of war. The tour ends near Anne Frank house where you enter the Secret Annex via a virtual reality recreation (made by the Anne Frank Foundation). Entering the hiding place through the bookcase, you'll see that unlike the actual house, the VR house still has furniture, giving a feel of how it was to live there in 1942-44. There’s no crowds, you have the virtual Anne Frank house to yourself to explore at your own pace. This is as close to the real thing as you can get, without stepping foot in the house. Ideal for those who can’t get tickets or access to the Annex. ** This tour does NOT start at Anne Frank House** No additional purchases required
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Itinerary
Starting the tour on the Max Euwe Plein beside the statue of the only Dutch chess grand master
One of Amsterdam's most famous squares in the heart of the old city centre.
We will walk over Amsterdam's longest canal for about 20 mins. We will see canal houses, bridges, numerous houseboats and a lot of people on bicycles.
We will pass Johnny Jordaan square. The famous square of Amsterdam's most famous folk singers.
Amsterdam's most beautiful church in the city centre. The famous Westerkerk, a 17th century reformed church built for the rich people in the canal district. Rembrandt is buried over here.
Next to the Westerkerk there is a beautiful little statue of Anne Frank as a remembrance. We will have a short stop here.
See the house where the Franks were hiding over 2 years and learn about the connections with the neighbourhood and how they survived over two years.
See the old entrance of the Anne Frank House
Take a look at one of the most beautiful canals in Amsterdam, de Bloemgracht.
Virtual Reality Tour of the Anne Frank House. You will see the hiding place and how it looked during the years of WW2.
We are ending the tour in the famous Jordaan neighbourhood. Also a big recommendation to visit after the tour.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Service animals allowed
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- This experience requires a minimum number of 4 travellers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Reviews(1,143)
A wonderful tour, our guide was very knowledgeable and explained things very well. Such tragic history. The VR of the AF Annex was very special. Highly recommend the tour.
Highly recommend - was a favorite part of our trip. Zara was our tour guide and she was awesome. Extremely knowledgeable and careful to share information in an historically accurate way - relaying uncertainty when it existed, rather than sensationalizing. Learned a lot about general pre-WWII history as well. Was great for a 9, 12 and 47 year old!
I missed out on visiting the Anne Frank museum as it was all sold out. Decided to try this and it was INFINITELY way better. It was two and a half hour walk with an AWESOME guide , Case. We walked the path Anne took, starting from the prison where she was held after capture, past major landmarks, crossing the actual office where they hid and ending with a virtual reality tour of the attic. This was an amazing experience as unlike the museum, we could each individually tour the attic with all its original furniture, posters on the wall etc as well as listen to excerpts from Anne's diary. So so so worth it!
This was a very informative and excellent tour! The VR experience was outstanding! I recommend this tour to all who wish to truly wish to see the great lengths that had to be taken to survive this horrible event.
There is a lot of walking but it helps one better understand what the Franks went through when they left their home.
I would have liked to do the Virtual Reality portion only because we were experiencing pain in our feet and legs at the time. The end location was only about 2-3 blocks from where we were staying so I asked if we could skip the walking portion and meet with everyone at the end location. They said "No that is not possible". I did forfeit the cost, which I expected, but I don't understand why they wouldn't let us attend the VR portion. The space was available since we paid for it. Not happy, but accepting.
Hi Linda, we are sorry that you were unable to participate in our highly rated walking tour. The tour is designed to provide context and background to the events leading up to the family going into the hiding place. The walking section of the tour is the main part. allowing you to retrace the route the family took on the way to the house. We do not offer the VR session as a standalone element. On occasions, we can accommodate late arrivals, as a goodwill gesture. However, as we explained over the phone, we do not know exactly when the tour group will arrive at the office where the VR segment takes place. On this occasion, there was no one at the office to meet you/let you in, meaning you would have potentially been waiting on the street up to 30-40 minutes until the group arrived. You stated that you didn't wish to do that, so unfortunately, it wasn't possible for you to join the group. The tour is very clearly listed as a walking tour, so we are a little surprised that someone who is unable to walk (as you stated on the phone) would book on a tour such as this.
The virtual experience takes you further into the history of Anne Frank's house with viewing the rooms WITH furniture instead of going through the house with no furniture. Would recommend this experience to anyone who wants to have have knowledge of Anne Frank & family's last walk in Amsterdam & view her place she & family stayed.
Thank you, Beverley, for your kind review! It means a lot to us.
Zarah was very informative and the tour was amazing!
Thanks, Stacy! We will send your kind words to Zarah.
Zareh was excellent. Very knowledgeable! Would definitely recommend.
Thank you, Jamee, for choosing us!
Interesting walk with our knowledgeable guide Ceese. Explained Jewish background of Amsterdam / Netherlands and why so many Jews were captured. Explained traumatic life for Jews under Nazis and why and how the Frank family went into hiding. VR if house interesting as shown furnished how it would have been. Took a little while to get used to VR headsets but very good.
Thank you, Sheila! We were happy to have you on the tour.
