Dutch polder landscape with a windmill, grazing sheep and a wooden bridge

Dutch Countryside & Windmills

6 hours Small Group EN / NL

About this tour

Polders, dikes and grazing sheep away from the tour buses. A relaxed loop through villages where the Netherlands still feels rural.

Highlights

  • Historic polder windmills
  • Dike-top drives with wide horizons
  • Small village stop for coffee and apple pie
  • Local farm and cheese producer visit
  • Plenty of photo stops on quiet roads

What's included

  • Private or small-group transport
  • Driver-guide (EN / NL)
  • Amsterdam hotel pickup

Not included

  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities

Itinerary

  1. 09:00

    Pickup in Amsterdam

    Head out into the Waterland polders.

  2. 10:00

    Windmill stop

    Learn how the land was drained and kept dry.

  3. 11:30

    Village break

    Coffee and Dutch apple pie.

  4. 13:00

    Farm visit

    Meet a local cheese maker.

  5. 15:00

    Return to Amsterdam

    Drop-off at your hotel.

Gallery

Windmills reflected in a canal at Zaanse Schans in warm afternoon lightCurved flowerbeds of tulips and hyacinths at Keukenhof gardens in springThatched cottages and a wooden footbridge over a canal in Giethoorn

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