City Centre Canal Cruise including Audioguide

Name: City Centre Canal Cruise including Audioguide
Start: 2025-10-24T09:00:00.000+03:00
End: 2025-10-24T10:00:00.000+03:00
Location: Amsterdam

Explore Amsterdam’s canals at a leisurely pace on this 1-hour city centre cruise, guided by an engaging audioguide. Glide past historic bridges, elegant canal houses, and charming houseboats while discovering the stories behind the city’s architecture, culture, and famous landmarks.

Details

Step aboard a modern canal boat and set off on a relaxed journey through the heart of Amsterdam. As you sail past elegant 17th-century houses and arched bridges, your audioguide brings the city’s history and culture to life with stories of the people and places that shaped it.

Glide along the central canals and spot landmarks such as the Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge), the Anne Frank House, and the soaring tower of the Westerkerk. Photograph the graceful merchant houses reflected in the water and watch daily life unfold along the lively quays.

Throughout the cruise, the audioguide shares fascinating details about Amsterdam’s trading past, its artistic heritage, and the neighborhoods that make the city so distinctive. The calm pace of the journey gives you time to relax, enjoy the views, and see the city from a fresh perspective.

Your motor boat

Online Booking

1 hr

Group size up to 50 persons

Mobile ticket

English

Children allowed

Full refund for cancellations up to 24 hours

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund

Tour program

Please note that the program and conditions are subject to change.

Starting location

IJ River

Amsterdam Centraal Station

NEMO Science Museum

Amstel

Stopera

H’ART Museum

Magere Brug

Prinsengracht

Westerkerk

Anne Frank House

Drop-off location

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Meeting point

Check-in at Lovers Canal Cruises, Prins Hendrikkade 25, in front of Amsterdam Central Station with your (mobile) voucher. Reach the meeting point with tram numbers 2, 4, 12, 13, 14, 17, 24, and 26, metro numbers 51, 52, 53, and 54, or bus numbers 21, 22, 43, and 48. The nearest GVB tram, metro and bus station is Central Station.

Places you will see

• Magere Brug

Reviews by travellers

4.7 out of 5

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David L.

The captain Simon was amazing entertainer and guide. I recommend this to anyone visiting Amsterdam.

5 days ago

Willie M.

When we arrived it was clear the trip was oversubscribed and to make it worse, the people behind us acted like children and pushed in front of us to get seats, leaving us not being able to join the boat ride that we booked. The staff were very apologetic and put us first in the queue for the next boat, offered a free drink and a cookie each. The trip we went on was brilliant, plenty of space and it was open top with tables so we could enjoy the beautiful evening sun. Thank you to the staff who were working the evening 17/07, your excellent customer service made it a joyous experience for us to end our trip to Amsterdam 😊

7 days ago

LeAnn

get in the queue early so you can get a window seat otherwise you will have strangers taking 409 selfie in your photos of historic buildings and bridges

18 days ago

Anna

I really enjoyed the trip. We drove past typical sights like the Anna Frank House. It was really nice to see Amsterdam in this way.

20 days ago

Lilli

The canal tour itself was fine. We were a little annoyed that the audio guide and the captain explained things at the same time. You couldn't hear both at the same time. The audio guide didn't really fit the tour either. Sometimes things were explained that you didn't see at all because you had already passed by or they came much later than announced or we had to take a different route because of the heavy traffic. We can't recommend the tour in rain or drizzle. The windows had to stay closed and the drops made it pretty difficult to see out. Next time we would like to do a canal tour in good weather and in one of the older canal boats.

20 days ago

James W.

It was a amazing experience, I really recommend for all!

22 days ago

Mary D.

The cruise was good value for money. Probably not as great a view as a roofless boat but the weather was cold so this worked for us.

24 days ago

Monika

Good value for money. The boats are filled quickly, with no breaks in between, no long waiting times. No one has to stay on the quay and be "devastated" (quote from another review). The audio guide was appropriate (GPS-oriented) and the instructions from our "captain" were useful.

26 days ago

Richard N.

Absolutely gorgeous, my 6 year old loved seeing all the views

27 days ago

Katie

Was a nice boat ride. However the audio part of the door wasnt aligned with where we were on the canals so got confusing and had already gone past some of the places before it had told us about it

29 days ago

Route details changed.

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