AMSTERDAM · NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam’s best days out.
A short guide to the 15 best zaanse schans & volendam day trips in Amsterdam, with what each one costs, how long it takes and who to book it through.
Six-hour bus day trip from Amsterdam to Zaanse Schans, Volendam, and Marken, with cheese stops, windmills, and optional boat ride.
Most Popular“Guides Tony and Alfred and driver Frank were excellent. This tour is both enjoyable and educational. Thoroughly enjoyed it.”
Zaanse Schans windmills, Edam cheese tasting, clog-making, plus Volendam and Marken. A guided North Holland day trip from Amsterdam.
“The interesting historical background for the places we visited…..”
Amsterdam day trip to Zaanse Schans, Edam, Volendam and Marken: working windmills, cheese tastings, clogs, and optional canal cruise.
“No more than 20 minutes driving between stops, felt well paced and you get to see a lot of cute towns”
Half-day trip from Amsterdam to Zaanse Schans for windmills, live clogs, and unlimited cheese tastings, with optional canal cruise.
“Our tour guide William was great! Cute town! Whole tour was amazing.”
Air-conditioned bus day trip from Amsterdam to Zaanse Schans, Volendam, and Marken, with optional working windmill and boat cruise.
“Very informative and relaxing. Worth paying the extra to see how the windmills worked (I didn’t realise they were used for so many different things) and the boat trip. It’s fascinating to learn why there are so many canals!”
Windmills, Edam cheese, Volendam farm tastings, clogs, and Marken’s wooden houses, all with a smooth bus day from Amsterdam.
“Absolutely wonderful touring experience! Exceeded my expectations. Our guide, Miguel, was phenomenal! And I think I had the best fish and chips of my life in Volendam at a restaurant called 't Havengat!”
Small-group tour to Zaanse Schans from Amsterdam for windmills, live clog making, and Dutch cheese tasting, with transfers and entry included.
“Perfect combination to see the mills and linked activities including gooda cheese and the dutch clogs”
A fast, small-group taste of Zaanse Schans: clog making, Gouda cheese tasting, and a real working windmill in three guided hours.
“Very informative. Driver and guide excellent. Very pretty and interesting place.”
Guided Amsterdam trip to Zaanse Schans and Volendam: working windmills, clog-making, Dutch cheese tasting, plus canal cruise option.
“Great trip, very knowledgeable guide and the day was run very smoothly. Good value for money and we particularly enjoyed the cheese tasting.”
Small-group day trip from Amsterdam to Giethoorn, Afsluitdijk, and Zaanse Schans with cheese tastings, clogs, diamonds, and a canal cruise.
“We enjoyed our day in the countryside. The dike was interesting and Giethoorn was charming. We also enjoyed watching the clog maker and tasting different cheeses. Our guide, Reiner, shared many interesting stories and was very friendly.”
A smooth Amsterdam day trip to Keukenhof and Zaanse Schans: tulips, windmills, cheese tasting, and clog-making, with flexible return buses.
“Great trip. loved the hop on hop off. we were able to leave when we were ready.”
Bike from Amsterdam into Waterland polders for a windmill, medieval villages, and Dutch cheese and clogs, with an e-bike option.
“We had a fantastic time exploring the countryside! The bikes were great, our guide was wonderful in keeping the ride enjoyable, and we saw so many things outside of Amsterdam that we wouldn't have seen without the bike tour. A highlight of our Amsterdam trip!”
Amsterdam-to-countryside day trip: Zaanse Schans windmills, Edam cheese tasting, Volendam fish and ports, plus Marken.
“Tour guide, Oksi, was fabulous! She was extremely informative and helpful. Bus was new and clean with large windows. Meeting was quick and efficient. Departure was on time. Shoe making was quick and so much fun! Windmills were beautiful. Not enough time in Zaanse Schans. We made quick stop in the bathroom and missed the…”
See Zaanse Schans windmills by train from Amsterdam on a 4-hour Italian guided tour, including clog making and Dutch cheese tasting.
“Consiglio tanto questo tour, soprattutto per la guida, abbiamo avuto la fortuna di conoscere persone che sanno esprimere al meglio le conoscenze del posto, le culture e la storia, spiegando con attenzione ogni minima cosa. Si rimane esterrefatti da ogni singola cosa del posto e si garantisce una giornata ma, sopratutto, un’esperienza particolare, molto bella…”
Take a ferry out of Amsterdam, cruise flat Dutch villages by e-bike, visit a working windmill, and taste cheese on a countryside farm.
“We had a great small group biking session, it was brilliant to get out of the city centre on e-bikes and were lucky to have nice weather.”
From the canal ring to the far side of the IJ, and every way to see it.
