Private Tour to the Windmills, Cheese and Clogs and Volendam

Avoid the tourist crowds and experience Holland’s countryside on a private trip to Zaanse Schans and Volendam from Amsterdam. See traditional Dutch architecture and a glimpse of rural life as you explore the region’s windmills and villages. Where conditions allow, catch a ferry to Marken, or opt to explore the harbor, cheese factory, or region’s rich handicraft heritage, before travelling back to the capital in comfort, benefiting from round-trip transfer by air-conditioned vehicle.

Zaanse Schans

Discover the great Dutch Windmills and make some nice pictures of it. There are 7 windmills left at the Zaanse Schans and a few are open to visit. You can visit the paint windmill (that is where Rembrandt the great Dutch artist purchased his paint), a saw mill, a spice mill and many more.
Admission to the windmill park and parking costs are included in this tour.

Zaanse Schans

Learn more about the Dutch wooden shoe making and see a demonstration how they make the Dutch clogs now. There is a possibility to buy the wooden shoes, the clogs and other souvenirs in the wooden shoe factory as well.

Molen De Kat

See the special paint mill from inside. This is the last working windmill on earth who can produce paint. Rembrandt the great Dutch artist purchased his paint at this windmill.

Jacobs Hoeve Cheese Farm by Henri Willig

See a real Dutch farm with cows and baby cows and they will explain to you how we make the Gouda cheese. There is an possibility to tuch the baby cows as well. You will also taste the best Dutch cheese (more then 30 types) and there is a possibility to buy the cheese.

Volendam

Explore the nice and famous Dutch fishing village Volendam. You can have a nice lunch in one of the best fish restaurants in town, purchase very nice Dutch waffles or stroll over the famous dijk and see the nice harbor of Volendam.