Amsterdam tours, by foot, bus, bike or water.

Amsterdam, Tours of the City

Amsterdam Walking Tours

There are several companies now offering walking tours of the city The Amsterdam tourist information centre www.visitamsterdam.nl) has several brochures with information on walking tours of the city. Another company is Amsterdam City Tours http://www.amsterdamcitytours.com who offer not only not walking tours but a huge selection of other as well.

Amsterdam Bus Tours

Many bus tour companies operate tours of Amsterdam city centre using the open top tour buses as well as coaches. If you wish to go further afield and take a half or full day tour to some other cities in the Netherlands or visit the tulip fields in April/ May details can be found from the above Website.

Amsterdam Bicycle Tours

The most popular bike tours are run by either The Yellow Bike company located at Nieuwezijds Kolk 29 (Phone: (020) 620 6940 Website: www.yellowbike.nl or MacBike www.macbike.nl located at four different locations around the city (see Website for details). Both arrange tours in English but German, French, Spanish and Italian speaking guides can also be arranged on request.

(April to November only)

Amsterdam Water Tours

A great way to see Amsterdam is from the water. Get a canal boat tour. There are a number of companies operating sight seeing boats tours. Most of the companies are located either on Damrak and the following Website www.asiacompass.nl), Located at Damrak 26 also Lovers, opposite Prins Hendrikkade 25–27 (tel: (020) 622 2181; Website: www.lovers.nl), and Rondvaarten located on Rokin. The tours run throughout the year, at regular intervals during the day. Passengers can choose either to go once in a loop or use the boats as a hop-on hop-off way of getting around the main attractions. Other boat tours offer food / dinner / drinks as well as night time cruises which can really be nice seeing Amsterdam by night..

Private Boat Hire. (with or without dinner). We can arrange a private boat to sail up to your accommodation and collect you and your group. Contact us for details (not cheap at around Euro 175 per hour for 2-6 people)

Another great Boat company is the St Nicholas boat company. Instead of one of the glass covered tourist boats they have open boats, (not to nice in bad weather but). Small groups maximum six people and you are welcome to bring drinks, food as well as smoke on board.

Theses boats go places to where the larger boats can only dream about so you get to see a lot of the smaller canals some of which are simply amazing. You reserve your place at the Boom Chicago Club on Leidseplein. You will see a sign saying book here for the tours, over by the bar. Or ask the bar person. Price is only Euro 10 per person.

Tulip tours

An amazing sight, tulips, tulips everywhere and not a daffodil in sight seeing the magnificent flowering tulip fields first hand is an amazing sight. Hundreds of thousands of tulips in field after field in different colors makes an awesome view. Late April to early May are the two months each year the fields are alive with colour and should you get an opportunity to visit them you will not be disappointed. A great chance to visit the area where 75% of the WORLD'S tulips come from - tulips, here there and all around, tulips everywhere, as far as the eye can see. . What a sight.

Amsterdam diamond tours

There are several diamond factories in the city, five of which offer free guided tours showing diamond-cutting and polishing. The tours are free and are usually conducted 9 am to 5 pm every day, but it is recommended to ring ahead for details.

Red Light District tour

Several companies offer tours of the red-light district, Amsterdam's oldest neighborhood and home to the world's oldest profession. Amsterdam Dreams located on the Kloveniersburgwal next to Goa coffeeshop offers day and night tours.

Red light NIGHT tour

Get picked you up at your hotel and drive you first for 1,5 hours in one of our luxurious minibuses through fascinating and illuminated Amsterdam, on the way showing you all the highlights of the city

Afterwards we will take you for an exciting and breathtaking walk through the world famous Red Light District After the walk, we invite you for an after tour drink to toast in a typical Amsterdam pub, to recover your breath, before taking you back to your hotel

Guided Country Side Tours

Maximum: 8 persons per minibus (to keep your tour as personal as possible). The tour might be accompanied by other guests.

We'll pick you up and take you back to your hotel!

Some Tour examples:

Zaanse Schans / Edam / Volendam

Operational windmill and small village

Cheese & Clog farm (traditionally made cheese and wooden shoes)

Edam (World famous for the cheese) Visit the famous cheese makers and see how it's done.

Volendam (Fishing village and traditional Dutch clothing) small quaint little village.

Keukenhof (End of March ~ Mid May yearly )

A 36 acre blooming park with bulb fields and flowers and more flowers and nothing but flowers.

Duration: 4 hours / (including admission to Keukenhof)

Delft / Den haag/ The Hague / Madurodam (Two in one tour)

Delft pottery, we visit Delft and head to the world famous factory ( world famous Delft blue porcelain ) The tour consists of an explanation about the making & painting of the porcelain.

Madurodam in The Hague (you will be a giant in the smallest city in Holland) Recreation of several cities in miniature. I must say it bored me after a few minutes and many kids seemed just as bored even before myself. Duration : 4 hours / including admission to Madurodam)

Mystery Tours of Amsterdam

You guessed it, you could end up anywhere on this tour. Do not bother asking us "Where does the mystery tour go" because you will not like the reply we usually give. It's amazing how many people will ask us this question. Climb aboard for a magical mystery tour.

Please do not ask us ------ Hay mister where does them mystery tours go to.

Highlights:

- The beautiful river landscape of the river Vecht. You will understand immediately why these landscapes and mansions are the subject of many old Dutch paintings.

- Kinderdijk: the unesco protected windmill park that created one of the first polders.

- Zierikzee founded in the 9th century zierikzee has always been a place of trade and prosperity this can be admired in the rich architecture of this nice town.

- The Delta Works: the Dutch way of taming the sea by building this enormous dam.

- Gent - one of Belgium finest university cities very old and yet so very much alive. The pride of West Vlaanderen.

- Brugge: witness a historical city that is actually an open air museum inhabited by the 21st century.

North of Amsterdam, self-guided on river cruise ship

Key Information:

Duration: 8 day(s)

Group Size: 32 - 75 people

Destination(s): Netherlands

Specialty Categories: Barging Bicycle Touring

Season: May - September

Airfare Included: No

Tour Customizable: No

Bike/Barge Tour from Amsterdam (8 days)

Route: Amsterdam > Zaandam > Alkmaar > Den Helder (Texel) > Den Oever > Enkhuizen > Volendam > Amsterdam

Two Capital bike barge Amsterdam Brussels

Key Information:

Duration: 8 day(s)

Group Size: 18 - 24 people

Destination(s): Belgium Netherlands

Specialty Categories: Bicycle Touring Brewery/Beer Festivals

Season: June - September

Airfare Included: No

Tour Customizable: No

Tour Guide Walks in Amsterdam

Key Information:

Destination: Amsterdam

Season: January - December

Experience the city of Amsterdam or any other historic town. You will both relax and educate yourself while strolling along and talking an art historian. Starting off at or near your hotel I will take you on a wonderful private cultural walking tour of Amsterdam - or I will drive you to any of the other cities. This guided itinerary tour gives you a chance of some informed conversation* in a plain, accessible language (that is - in whatever language you choose to speak - Dutch, English or German. My French and Italian are limited.)