Private Tour to Zaanse Schans & Volendam: Cheese, Windmills, Clogs

Experience the charm of the Dutch countryside with a day trip to Marken, Volendam, and Zaanse Schans. Explore historic windmills, learn about cheese-making, and discover the art of crafting traditional wooden clogs.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Zaanse Schans - Explore the fascinating Dutch Windmills and venture inside their workings. The Zaanse Schans is home to seven remaining windmills, and several are accessible for exploration. Among them are the iconic paint windmill, where Rembrandt, the renowned Dutch artist, purchased his paint, as well as a saw mill, a spice mill, and more….
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • On-board WiFi
  • Bottled water
  • Luxury car or luxury Van
  • Professional driver/host
  • Parking fees
  • Cheese tasting
What's Not Included
  • Professional Guide
  • Tip (optional)
Additional Information

Avoid the inconvenience of renting a car and maneuvering through unfamiliar country roads. With a personal driver/host, your tour becomes effortlessly smooth and stress-free.
Be Dutch for a day! A day full of windmills, cheese, and traditional wooden clogs.
Covered with water, cows grazing the fresh grasses, colorful flowers, and green-timbered houses,…

Location
Zaanse Schans
Schansend 1,
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Wanderer43629593383
Feb 9, 2025
Excellent, highlt recommended - Yuenes was a great guide! Well explaining the sites and patiently taking care of the elders in our group The sites were also amazing, seeing traditional windmills, a 1 hour old cow in the cheese factory, and lunch at fisherman's town
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Federico_b
Feb 9, 2025
Recommended! - Eric was amazing! Super professional and courteous. The experience was great and we learned a lot. Thank you!
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Karen_h
Jan 29, 2025
Best way to see Zaanse Schans - Great way to see heavy tourist area efficiently and catered to your own timeline. We were able to spend extra time where we were interested and breeze through or skip items we were not as interested in. Elias was prompt and friendly and accompanied us inside every attraction to expedite our passage and point out items of interest.
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534jetth
Jan 28, 2025
Younes always prepared! - Our driver and guide Younes was delightful with the right amount of stories and conversation as he navigated the roads and crowds. He was prepared when we weren’t! The rain came down at the windmills and he was quick to pull out umbrellas. My hat blew off into the dikes and he was able to get a long pole to fish it out! We got back to the hotel happier than when we left! Perry
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O2509nylorenzop
Jan 24, 2025
Fantastic experience - Very good person, kind and prepared. It was very professional. He also showed us extra things compared to the tour.
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S2270kgangell
Jan 12, 2025
Great experience - The places were gorgeous, the food was fantastic and the tour guide was really friendly and very informed about the sites we visited.
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Globetrottingfool
Jan 10, 2025
Excellent tour - Our driver, Redouan was the perfect guide for this tour! He was prompt, knowledgeable, and warm - quite the contrast to the weather we got on the day of our tour. The wind, however, was perfect for seeing the saw windmill in action! Seeing how the clogs are made was interesting and we were all amazed at the variety of clogs on display. We also enjoyed seeing the cows being milked and tasting all the cheeses at the cheese farm. The highlight of the tour was in Volendam, when we were given a personal tour of the Smit Bokkum Smokehouse by none other than Jan Smit after we had enjoyed a delicious lunch. All in all, a wonderful and informative tour!
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Anonymous20878
Jan 6, 2025
Great trip to get out of the city! - We enjoyed a wonderful day in the countryside with Younes. The windmills were so pretty and Younes gave us little tidbits of history to make it more interesting. We loved visiting the dairy farm and tasting the cheese and then having lunch in the little fishing village. This was a great excursion to see parts of the Netherlands other than Amsterdam. The van was clean and comfortable. Overall, we all enjoyed this trip including our college-aged kids.
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Emileepare
Jan 1, 2025
Great private tour!! - Younes was a perfect guide. He had all kinds of information to share, he let our family go off for lunch together, and he even got us a little New Years gift. The car was a very nice Mercedes minivan. Having a private driver was better than a big tour bus. My kids ages 17 and 18 were with us. We ALL loved it. A great last day in Amsterdam. Younes even let us take our bags with us from the hotel and he dropped us off at the train station. Easy!
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Kelly_g
Dec 31, 2024
Eric was wonderful.... - Eric was wonderful. Knowledgeable about the area. Professional and courteous and moved at our pace. The best tour we had in all of Amsterdam!
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