75-minute Amsterdam Canal Cruise: Discover Historic City Center with Blue Boat Company

Embark on a 75-minute Amsterdam Canal Cruise with Blue Boat Company and discover the historic city center. Enjoy stunning views, learn about Amsterdam’s history, and indulge in snacks and drinks. Perfect for families!

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Blue Boat Company - Amsterdam is best viewed from the water. On this 75-minute canal cruise you’ll experience the best of our historical city.

What's Included
  • Snackbox with choice of sweet & savory items plus a drink
  • Multilingual audio commentary available in 19 languages
  • Special ‘Kids Cruise’ audio story and booklet included with children’s tickets
  • Enjoy a 75-minute scenic Canal Cruise
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

The premier sightseeing experience in Amsterdam, an essential activity for first-time tourists to our magnificent city!

Appreciate Amsterdam’s panoramic views from a water perspective on this 75-minute canal cruise, which showcases why it’s a prime attraction. Experience the heart of the historical city in its full splendor.

Unveil the top attractions of the city, remarkable bridges, and 17th-century canal-side buildings. Notice modern architecture and new bridges interspersed, reflecting the evolving nature of our city - steeped in history, yet constantly transforming.

As you marvel the passing sights, listen to an audio guide (available in 20 languages) narrating contextual information about Amsterdam; its folklore, myths, and historical facts. You can purchase snacks and drinks from the ticket office before embarking or even add a snack box to your reservation!

Bringing children? Excellent! They can pretend to be ‘Freshwater Pirates’ with the special kids’ audio commentary, along with a complimentary goodie bag to keep them entertained onboard.

  • To reserve a wheelchair seat, please contact our reservations department.
Location
Stadhouderskade 550
Stadhouderskade
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Barneymum
Jul 31, 2024
Fabulous way to enjoy Amsterdam - We have used this company before and this trip was just as good. We had a trainee captain being supervised and he provided extra commentary to the ear phones. Blue Boats is an excellent trip and we will definitely go on them again.
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638jub
Jul 28, 2024
Good value - enjoyable and informative. - A really enjoyable and good value activity. The audio guide worked perfectly and we saw a huge area of Amsterdam from the small canals up to Amsterdam Centraal. Refreshments are available.
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Alexandra
Jul 24, 2024
Great tour - Canal cruise with Blue Boats, 75 minutes. Very nice tour with audio guide through the city center and the port of Amsterdam
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Clemence20162016
Jul 22, 2024
cruise with Audio Guide in French. - We did 2 canal cruises with 2 different companies and we preferred the 75 min cruise with the blue boat company. Be careful, there are several boats that look the same. This one had a very nice captain and we were given headphones to listen in French. The other boat was a 90mn cruise but everything in English and Dutch and we could hear nothing because of the noise of travelers nearby. Award was the same , 22 euros per person.
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Sryan95177
Jul 19, 2024
Great tour of the canals and harbor - We really enjoyed our boat/canal tour. Inside the boat are multiple rows of tables with benches facing the tables. Basically seating for approximately 4 adults facing each other at each table. You are given headphones which plug in at the table, choose your language, and there are short blurbs throughout the ride which review history or some information on what you are seeing. We had a great time and found this adventure relaxing and informative.
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Keeron_s
Jul 16, 2024
Amsterdam experience for Guyanese - Smooth ride, clean environment, great people, wonderful sites.. first trip to Amsterdam, the guide made us feel as if we belonged there.
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Olga_d
Jul 6, 2024
Awesome! - Nice sunny day on the boat was the best!The host was knowledgeable and the canal ride was amazing!We liked the city !
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Jeff_m
Aug 15, 2024
A nice tour through the canals of Amsterdam under cover. - This was a nice daytime tour through the some of the Amsterdam canals. We had already done a night tour and this was the perfect compliment to that tour. What was also nice is they had headphones and a prerecorded guide spoke about the sites we were seeing as we passed by. The prerecorded guide was available in multiple languages. Unlike some of the boats, this boat also had cover which was needed to prevent too much sun exposure.
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Tabigonta
Jul 15, 2024
Well, they're not engaged. - He was refused entry by the Heineken Experience, which was supposed to be free of charge, with an Eye Amsterdam card. I saw the Blue Boat sign on the other side of the road, so I went and got on board comfortably with the I Amsterdam card. There were only 10 of us, including us, but our captain and tour conductor uncle was able to steer the ship, explain the sights, greet the passing ships, and be considerate of our guests, which was very enjoyable. However, when I listened to the Japanese tape with my earphones, unfortunately, it was misaligned and this tape guide was completely useless.
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Darrenhl7969ed
Jul 7, 2024
No audio guided tour ! - No Audio throughout the tour.Paid for a audible guide and didn't get it. Manager didn't want to give refund and was told our fault for not informing the captain. Why would you want to disturb someone driving a boat. Avoid.
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