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Private Guided Keukenhof Gardens and Zaanse Schans Tour

5.0(7)Amsterdam1 hour
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Description

We’ll visit The Zaanse Schans, a charming historic preservation village filled with traditional houses and iconic windmills. You’ll have the opportunity to explore the windmills, watch clogs being crafted, and enjoy a delightful cheese-tasting experience. Afterward, we’ll head to Keukenhof, the world’s most stunning spring garden! The gardens are open from March 20th to May 11th, 2025, and feature around 7 million spring flowers, including tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, and crocuses. Keep in mind that the flowers don’t all bloom at the same time, so the display may vary throughout the season.

Tour Options

Private Guided Keukenhof Gardens and Zaanse Schans Tour
  • Pickup included

Itinerary

30 min

You will be picked up from your hotel in Amsterdam.

Admission included60 min

We arrive at The Zaanse Schans. This is a preservation village with a variety of historical houses, warehouses, and working industrial windmills. It feels like you’re traveling back in time! You will experience how life was between the 18th and 19th centuries. We’ll enjoy a pleasant stroll passing the old wooden houses with their preserved original details, like ceremonial doors and carved lintels, taste local chocolate at the chocolate shop, concluding with a visit to a working windmill.

Admission included25 min

At the cheese farm of Henry Willig we will have a Gouda and Edam cheese tasting. They are in the top 10 of the world cheesemakers. If you are a cheese lover… you are in cheese heaven! They have 30 flavors and design the cheeses specifically for travel.

Admission included25 min

Wooden shoe craft demonstration. Always wanted to know how a clog is being made? Join the wooden shoe craft demonstration and find out. In the clog museum we will tell you everything about clogs. You can even try or buy a pair of wooden shoes!

Admission included25 min

A visit to the last paint mill in the world “De Kat”. It was originally built in 1781. It is an octagonal mill with a rotating cap and external gallery. Since its restoration and partial rebuild in 1960 it has been fitted out to grind couloring materials as pigments. After a explanation how the windmill works, you have the opportunity to climb up the windmill and make beautiful pictures on the external gallery.

Admission included45 min

Transfer

Admission not included120 min

Visit the most beautiful spring garden in the world! We’ll spend two hours here to enjoy all the springflowers. Lunchtime included.

30 min

Return to your hotel

Highlights

Private transportation
Keukenhof entrance ticket
Private professional Guide
Air-conditioned vehicle
Entrance ticket to a historical windmill
Parking Fees
Cheese tasting
Bottle of water

What's included

Included
Private transportation
Keukenhof entrance ticket
Private professional Guide
Air-conditioned vehicle
Entrance ticket to a historical windmill
Parking Fees
Cheese tasting
Bottle of water
Not included
Gratuities
Lunch

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Important Information

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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