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Grand tour of the Netherlands
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Overview
Highlights (Bullets)
- Explore hidden corners of major cities
- Gaze at the creations of Dutch Masters
- Witness the Netherland’s signature windmills
- Soak up the sunset on a canal cruise through Amsterdam
- Devour Dutch dishes on a city tour by bicycle.
- Create your own piece of Delftware pottery
Short Description
Exploring the cosmopolitan hub and its wealth of museums, historical highlights and humpback bridged canals. We’ll provide plenty of suggestions to make sure you make the most of your time in the city. An historical site whose symbol is synonymous with the Netherlands, the windmills of Zaanse Schans. Relax or explore further following our many recommendations.
Itinerary
Day 1: Amsterdam
Accommodation options: Ambassade Hotel, De l'Europe & Pillows Anna van den Vondel
You’ll be met at the airport and transferred by your private driver to your hotel in central Amsterdam. After some time to settle in, meet your private guide for a walking tour of the canal-threaded city and its narrow streets, gabled pastel houses and historic squares. This is followed by a sunset cruise along the city’s curving canals.
Day 2: Amsterdam
Accommodation options: Ambassade Hotel, De l'Europe & Pillows Anna van den Vondel
Today, you have a full day to spend at your leisure, relaxing into the Dutch lifestyle or exploring the cosmopolitan hub and its wealth of museums, historical highlights and humpback bridged canals. We’ll provide plenty of suggestions to make sure you make the most of your time in the city.
Day 3: Amsterdam
Accommodation options: Ambassade Hotel, De l'Europe & Pillows Anna van den Vondel
This morning, depart Amsterdam with your private driver and guide and spend the day exploring the Netherlands’ smaller towns. With a guided walking tour in each, discover the 17th-century architecture and cheese-rich history of the canal-threaded Edam, take a ferry to Marken, which used to house a community of monks, and explore the labyrinthine fishery district of Volendam and its thriving port.
Day 4: Amsterdam
Accommodation options: Ambassade Hotel, De l'Europe & Pillows Anna van den Vondel
Departing Amsterdam with a private driver, travel to an historical site whose symbol is synonymous with the Netherlands, the windmills of Zaanse Schans. Wander through the wooden houses and manicured gardens, over hump-backed bridges and visit a working mill. After returning to the city, you’ll have the rest of the day free to relax or explore further.
Day 5: The Hague
Accommodation options: Carlton Ambassador exterior & Hotel des Indes
This morning, depart Amsterdam for The Hague, the home of international peace and justice. In the afternoon, meet your guide for a private walking tour of the city. Meander along its pedestrian-only cobblestone streets as your guide recants the city’s historical tales. You finish with a visit to the Mauritshuis Museum, home to masterpieces of the Dutch Golden Age.
Day 6: The Hague
Accommodation options: Carlton Ambassador & Hotel des Indes
You have today free to explore the city. The Old Town houses the elegant royal palace, stately Binnenhof and narrow streets of boutique stores and cafes, with the Escher Museum and Kunstmuseum nearby. A short tram ride away is the seaside district of Scheveningen with its honeyed stretch of sand lined by 19th-century beachside buildings and promenade.
Day 7: The Hague
Accommodation options: Carlton Ambassador & Hotel des Indes
Depart The Hague for Delft, where your guide will lead you on a private walking tour of its well-preserved medieval old town and through its royal history. After free time over lunch, visit Royal Delft, the factory producing the renowned Delftware pottery where you will tour their museum and small factory floor before creating your own piece in a tile-painting workshop.
Day 8: Rotterdam
Accommodation options: Hotel New York & Mainport Hotel
You have a full day of free time to spend at your leisure, relax or explore further following our many recommendations. Venture to nearby Utrecht and scale the soaring Domtoren, or further afield to Leiden and retrace the footsteps of 17-century Puritans who went on to settle New England. This evening, depart The Hague for Rotterdam.
Day 9: Rotterdam
Accommodation options: Mainport Hotel
Meet your private guide, who will have bicycles and helmets for your gastronomic tour of the architecturally innovative city. As you taste classic Dutch dishes along the way, your guide will point out the city’s hybrid buildings, from the historic ports to the contemporary buildings like the Cube Houses and Markthal. This afternoon you are free to spend at your leisure.
Day 10: Return home
With the trip coming to an end, your private driver will take you to the airport for your departing flight.
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Flight & Transport Inclusions
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Group Size
Intimate Group - 12 max
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