Zaanse Schans Windmill Tour: A UNESCO Heritage Site Visit with Italian Guide

Experience the Zaanse Schans Windmill Tour, a UNESCO Heritage Site visit with an Italian guide. Explore the spice mill, Dutch dairy, diamond house, cocoa factory, and clog carpentry. Book now for breathtaking landscapes and expert Italian guides!

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Zaanse Schans - Zaanse Schans with its mills is one of the most important icons of Holland, an itinerary along the banks of the Zaan river, including dairies, diamond cutters and clogs, lots of information on 17th century Dutch history and their culture, information on social life and economic of the country, in this route we will rediscover the…
What's Included
  • Italian assistance
  • Round-trip transfer service from the village
  • Visit to the house of the diamond
  • Visit inside the spice windmill
  • Visit to the cheese factory with cheese tasting
  • Visit the chocolate house
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Visit of a factory of wooden clogs with explanation in Italian
  • Expert Italian mother tongue guide
Additional Information

Embark on a short 15-minute drive from Amsterdam to Zaanse Schans, Europe’s premier windmill village and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Join us for a tour of the spice mill, explore the historic pathways of Indian traders, and immerse yourself in their unique practices and customs. Revel in a visit to the renowned Dutch dairy for a tasting of classic…

Location
Grand Hotel Amrâth Amsterdam
Prins Hendrikkade
Meet our guide just in front of the central station in Prins Hendrikkade street 108 at 10:00, under the doors of the Grand Hotel Amrâth, the transfer is by car or minibus. We recommend arriving 15 minutes in advance.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Guidopu4300sy
Sep 25, 2025
To try - Nice tour, you can taste the real Holland where it seems that time has stopped. You visit the mills and wonderful villages
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Roberto_r
Sep 15, 2025
Good! - Perfect organization from the transfer to the mills to the explanations in general all very kind and professional one of the first things to do just arrived in Amsterdam because they provided us with useful tips on how to move and what to see.
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Andrea_m
Sep 8, 2025
Beautiful experience,... - Beautiful experience, fantastic story told by our guide. Huge job done by the Dutch to fight the sea
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Giovanna_o
Sep 7, 2025
Very punctual,... - Very punctual, very kind and very prepared companion. Zaanse Schans looks like a postcard. I recommend the tour.
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A3164nsfrancescar
Aug 4, 2025
The charm of windmills - Nice trip out of town reachable from Amsterdam in about half an hour. Pleasant location with spice mill, chocolate mill and clog factory with demonstration
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Alessio_p
Jul 14, 2025
Not to be missed - Excellent organization. Staff prepared, friendly and helpful. Fantastic location. Advice from viator more information on the differences between the various tours
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Pincop705
Jul 12, 2025
Exceptional!!!! - Beautiful tour to discover also Voledam and Marken!!! All beautiful. We had a lot of fun and our guide Anna was nice and preparatita.ci explained a lot about places and life in Amsterdam!! Experience not to be missed if you are in Amsterdam and of course with Amsterdam Viaggi!!!
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Cinzia_f
Jun 14, 2025
The land of fairy tales - Anna Gianni Gianluca were wonderful they accompanied us all day in beautiful places I highly recommend
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Elisa_m
Jul 13, 2025
Trip to the mills - Very nice area to see although very touristy with cottages / shop and mills / shop that sold souvenir cheese clogs chocolate ... very green very nice peace.
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Marika_p
Aug 30, 2025
Enchanting landscape - Italian guides very nice and very prepared, but in my opinion little time for us, we did not continue with the visit to the fishing village and maybe they could have left us a little more time, but still a wonderful place!
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1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).