Day Trip to Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam and Marken from Amsterdam: Discover the Dutch Countryside

Embark on a day trip from Amsterdam to Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam, and Marken. Explore the Dutch countryside, visit windmills, cheese producers, and experience the charm of historic villages.

Duration: 6 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Zaanse Schans - The visit starts in Zaanse Schans, a windmill settlement where you will be able to take pictures of the gorgeous Dutch windmills that are still in use today. Discover why windmills played a crucial role on the country development.
  • Edam - In Edam, we will walk through historic sites like the square where the famous Cheese…
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Transfer by coach
  • 1-Hour Amsterdam canal cruise with audioguide (if option selected)
  • Tasting of local cheese and other products like cookies, fruits, wine
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Embark on an incredible journey through Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam, and Marken – the pride of the Dutch countryside.
Our trip commences in Zaanse Schans where you’ll get a chance to capture photos of authentic Dutch windmills still in full operation today. Subsequently, we’ll venture into the Waterland region, traversing stunning villages of this…

Location
De Ruijterkade 151
De Ruijterkade
Meet your tour guide at 8:00 am, at the bus stop in De Ruijterkade 151-153, (by the Aloha Bowling in the riverside) the bus leaves at 08:15 am. LOOK FOR THE BLUE UMBRELLAS with our logo "Amsterdam Guides & Tours".
Cancellation Policy

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

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Jeffrey_p
Mar 29, 2025
Short and sweet - Very quick overview of these places guides are pleasant and knowledgeable. If you want to spend more than 30 minutes at a place this tour is not for you
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O6226yfdenisee
Mar 28, 2025
Tour guide ( Karl) & driver ( Frank)were very helpful to me with my disabilities!! - Karl was a very knowledgeable & lively! He & driver ( Frank) were kind & helpful to me with my disability issues!! Highly recommend HIM
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Brian_a
Mar 28, 2025
Xavier excellent guide... - Xavier excellent guide funny and knowledgeable. Able to see a lot in short time. Very enjoyable would recommend
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Threegosses
Mar 28, 2025
Fun tour, great value. - Great value. This was a nice tour, you hit several nice places and don’t spend too much time in any of them. I would suggest doing this tour early in your trip, in case you want to go back to explore an area further. Our guide August was great, good humor and strong very informative while not over doing it. Don’t forget to tip your guides, it surprised me how many people didn’t.
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Anita_r
Mar 27, 2025
We enjoyed this excursion... - We enjoyed this excursion and saw lots of interesting sights near Amsterdam. Illya was a great guide who gave lots of information about where we were going and kept us on schedule. The distance between the locations is not too far but there is limited time at each stop. There is also quite a bit of walking at each location. The trip was fast paced but it allowed us to to see a lot in a short period of time. We loved the windmills and cheese and wooden clog demonstration. We did not due the extra canal cruise but the short ferry ride back to central station was a quick way to return.
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Rajasivasrinivask
Mar 26, 2025
The best of all other and worthy - Its the best day trip of my entire life, it’s because of the tour guide karl webster. He’s funnier convos and little sarcastic knowledge made my day better. I would to thank him and baker service and https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g188590-d12659487-Reviews-Amsterdam_Guias_Tours-Amsterdam_North_Holland_Province.html For this amazing trip. But I haven’t had much with cruise ride.
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Kristam349
Mar 25, 2025
Great day trip visiting charming towns outside Amsterdam - Great day trip from Amsterdam! Was an affordable and easy way to see these little villages outside of Amsterdam. I wished we had longer to explore each village, but the pace kept my kids from being too bored and was appropriate for enabling us to see so many spots in one trip. It was well organized and our guide was awesome - knowledgeable, helpful and a good communicator. The bus was clean and comfortable. The description of the tour is accurate and matched the reality of the experience. The towns we got to visit were a fun change of pace from the bustle of Amsterdam and they are such charming spots with so much culture. Loved getting to see some countryside on the drive as well. Our whole family with ages 7-70 enjoyed the trip!
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Joanne_v
Mar 25, 2025
Cool Experience - This experience was truly amazing. I understand the importance of reviews and failed to update before. However, this is clear in my mind as the experience was wonderful.
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Heather_b
Mar 27, 2025
Fast paced visits to local areas - Great trip to see local areas. LOTS of walking!! With a quick walking guide… Lovely scenery and lots of cheese/wine to sample. Food stop- lots of coaches there to feed, pleased we took packed lunch (some didn't get time to order! A full packed day and after an optional (extra cost) cruise that was a great relaxing time after busy walks.
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Vanessa_m
Mar 24, 2025
Beautiful trip outside Amsterdam - Be at the meeting point on time and be prompt with time keeping. A few places on itinerary but allocated time is too short. Whole trip finished 2:45 (at the end point already) which seems a bit too early. It would be nice if a reasonable time was allocated more for Zaanse Schans and Volandem (as to order and have lunch takes ages queuing). Otherwise, transport service was handy, tour guides were both good. We were with Rob in the group tour and he was very informative. History knowledge was good.
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