When the sun goes down, Amsterdam’s nightlife begins, especially along the canals. Enjoy a relaxing evening along the twinkling canals of the Dutch capital on this cocktail cruise. Relax with your favorite cocktails and enjoy some atmospheric music while your host points out the city’s highlights. Enjoy some complimentary snacks as you admire breathtaking views of this charming city from the water.
Take in picturesque views as you cruise along the calm, illuminated canals of Amsterdam. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, these canals are famous for their innovative hydraulic construction, and are lined with elaborately decorated residences and warehouses from the 17th century, the Dutch 'Golden Age.' Ninety islands were created when the canals were built, connected by hundreds of beautiful bridges.
Enjoy some scrumptious cocktails accompanied by a delicious snack buffet of nachos with guacamole and homemade crostini with tapenade and aioli. Passing the city center on your cruise, your host will point out the highlights of the city and their history, including the Royal Palace, the National Monument and the Skinny Bridge. Admire stunning views from the water with a cocktail in hand as the city lights up the night sky.
Very nice, relaxing, 90 minute canal cruise. Two cocktails provided and the hosts gave occasional commentary.
Review by: Lynn Denise M, July 2018
never made this tour
Review by: Brent S, February 2018
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Dawn D, January 2018
Cruise was great. Service was great. The lights were a bit underwhelming and the guide book the city put out to follow each light sculpture was confusing.
Review by: David W, January 2018
Very nice and relaxing!!
Review by: Sue M, December 2017
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Olivia C, October 2017
Excellent cruise - loved seeing the canals all lit up. The boat was great and the cocktails and snacks were fantastic. There could have been a bit more commentary as the tour guide app didn't work.
Review by: Sandy C, September 2017
Mediocre food and drinks. Enclosed boat. No tour guide announcements about anything.
Review by: Kerrin V, September 2017
Very good - would have preferred not to share a table
Review by: Margret S, September 2017
This was a lovely evening. The snacks, well we could do without them. But the service was super, the people working were very pleasant in every way. Amsterdam is a very interesting city!
Review by: Grant F, September 2017
Great overview of the city and a lovely vantage point to see it from. Everyone involved was friendly, the tour guide was fun and informative, and as others have mentioned, your wine glass is never empty. I would advise any of my friends who were traveling to Amsterdam to do this tour. If I travel back here in a year or two, I would do it again. One piece of advice... this is the same tour as the Wine and Cheese cruise... so if you prefer to have cheese included in your snack and don't mind skipping the cocktails and going for all wine, do that tour instead.
Review by: Charles J, September 2017
Even though it poured while trying to get there and it was hard to find in the rain, once on the canal, it was great. Wish there would have been more information given while on the tour.
Review by: Donna B, August 2017
Just a perfect way to travel the waterways and see the beautiful night line and people.
Review by: Robert H, August 2017
You lose some of the effect due to the late sunset at this time of year only dark the the last 30 minutes. If you're going for the cocktails, they were mediocre, with a limited section of standards.
Review by: dogsdigconway, July 2017
Put your drinking pants on and get ready for a fun time! Poured the wine like water in between great cocktails
Review by: Leo N, July 2017
The route was rather disappointing for people who just came to Amsterdam and didn't have a chance to see much. We went through modern Amsterdam with absolutely bleak buildings and industrial constructions of the port at first. Only at the end of the tour the boat went into the old part of the city. Not good for the first experience! Later we took boats of other companies and discovered Amsterdam we expected to see.
Review by: Serena R, July 2017
Overall the drinks and snacks were great and the canal cruise was a lovely way to spend the evening. We were seated with a very nice couple on their honeymoon and the staff was very accommodating. Be aware that before you line up at the dock to board the boat, you must go to an office nearby to check in. We were not given these instructions beforehand. It would have been less frantic for us if we had known in advance. Overall, this cruise was a good value.
Review by: Brittany W, June 2017
Thoroughly enjoyed! Great way to see Amsterdam. The Cruise follows a nice route so you get to see a lot. As well as get some information along the way. Cocktails and Snacks we're delicious - we thought it was all great value! Definitely recommend.
Review by: Simon J, May 2017
Even though it was raining the whole trip was memorable. The cocktails and wine flow was great making it a good value tour.
Review by: Samantha C, March 2017
Exceeded expectations.Relaxing and informative.2 cocktails plus wine.Highly recommend.
Review by: Jonathan W, February 2017
This was probably the best tourist experience I can imagine in Amsterdam. The boat was of great quality, the staff were friendly and attentive and the drinks were brilliant and always kept topped up. What a way to see the city too, cant recommend this enough.
Review by: belviasharp, October 2016
Unlimited wine, in addition to the cocktails. The cocktails were watered down but the wine made up for it. . I wish there was an option to for the snacks. There was a cheese plate and wine cruise. It was a great way to see the city at night.
Review by: mmcraft52, August 2016
Very nice. The city is beautiful at night
Review by: Jeffrey K, May 2016
Nice tour, very good service.
Review by: Wendy J, May 2016
Great cruise fab cocktails and free flowing wine... Cheers!! I personally didn't like the nibbles which consisted of fantastically crunchy croutons and tasteless dips.... Also we had very sleepy restless young babies/children on this 9pm cruise.... Adult only would be better in my opinion._br/_ Still enjoyed a lovely way to see Amsterdam at night, all twinkly lights very pretty..
Review by: Gerard O, April 2016
Fabulous trip and well worth the
Review by: DAVID PRITCHARD P, November 2015
The whole trip from start to finish was excellent and was very good value for money.
Review by: Brid G, November 2015
we both really enjoyed it and would recommend it to do. all you can drink and the nibbles were lovely
Review by: Walter B, October 2015
Relaxing tour that was the perfect tonic after days of scheduled sightseeing. Good company and a great way to see the city from another perspective
Review by: Dawn N, June 2015
It was a fantastic night out, fantastic friendly staff, great atmosphere, great cocktails, wine and snacks, an evening of great fun - would definitely do this again and highly recommend it.
Review by: Glenna K, May 2015
I have done 2 daytime canal cruises with various companies on previous Amsterdam trips. Those were great, but this time, I wanted a different perspective on this beautiful city. Cruise left at 9pm, just as the sun was setting in April in the summer -- when I usually visit -- it would definitely not be dark during the cruise. There was no commentary at all -- I do not know if this is typical for the evening cruise or there was perhaps an equipment failure on this trip -- so it was ok for our experienced group, but would not be ideal if you wanted to learn about the city and the sights you were passing. The nibbles were fine some chips and bread with various dips and the cocktails were better than we expected. Cocktail menu is limited there are only 5 choices but the very friendly staff was generous with the wine.
Review by: Joanna 344, May 2015
Exchanged coupon for ticket at their offices near canal - no problem. Then waited about 20 minutes before being allowed to board the canal boat. The cocktail cruise was in conjunction with the cheese and wine cruise. Full boat. Had a choice of 6 cocktails - allowed 2. Have to say glasses were small!. provided with nibbles as well. Limited sights information provided as waitresses busy supplying drinks etc. Started off in daylight but soon went dark. Bridges are lit up at night which made tour more interesting. Overall a good night time tour, worth the money.
Review by: mary w, May 2015
Enjoyed tour very much....staff were excellent. Would defiantly recommend
Review by: Glenna Rose Goes, May 2015
I have done 2 daytime canal cruises with various companies on previous Amsterdam trips. Those were great, but this time, I wanted a different perspective on this beautiful city. Cruise left at 9pm, just as the sun was setting in April in the summer -- when I usually visit -- it would definitely not be dark during the cruise. There was no commentary at all -- I do not know if this is typical for the evening cruise or there was perhaps an equipment failure on this trip -- so it was ok for our experienced group, but would not be ideal if you wanted to learn about the city and the sights you were passing. The nibbles were fine some chips and bread with various dips and the cocktails were better than we expected. Cocktail menu is limited there are only 5 choices but the very friendly staff was generous with the wine.
Review by: Blaithin S, April 2015
Good value
Review by: Felicia F, April 2015
Floating on the canals is worth doing but for what I paid for the cocktail canal cruise was not worth my money. The cocktails were very small and we had to share snacks with our friends it wasn't like we got our own snack. I thought the people running the cruise would have pointed out some sights along the canal but the only sight they pointed out was the Anne Frank house and the church next to the house. I was a little disappointed in the cruise it was not what I had expected.
Review by: Christopher C, April 2015
Lovely route, worth doing. Cocktails are not great. Wine saved this.
Review by: hayleyadams40, April 2015
Loved it! My third one there to do, I recommend everyone do one!
Review by: Kushal S, March 2015
Nice but could have missed the boat as the voucher incorrectly said 9pm when infact it was 8pm. Luckily we checked at the cruise place.
Review by: Rachael S, March 2015
Amazing loved it well worth the money
Review by: Jonathan G, January 2015
Lovely. Make sure you give yourself an extra 25 mins at the start to locate kiosk and queue but well worth the money and great cocktails. _br/_
J and M _br/_
London
Review by: sserkal, January 2015
The guide was informative, snack was not good though. The cocktails were fine, the strawberry tasted like medicine tho._br/_
The tour itself was beautiful, the weather, the water, everything was perfect.
Review by: Melissa J, December 2014
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Andrea Z, October 2014
As I was only spending a night in Amsterdam, I chose the canal cruise so I can see all there is to see. Was not disappointed with the views.
Review by: Bob R, June 2014
They told us they overbooked the cruise, and had to squeeze 4 people on the boat at the last minute. It meant that 4 of us had to squeeze onto a table that was intended to seat two. The snacks were really not good at all - very poor quality and frankly not worth eating. The cruise itself was fine, but I was hoping for more descriptions of the areas we were cruising through. There were only 3 times during the course of the cruise that we actually got a description of what was outside.
Review by: Joanne G, June 2014
Cruise was very pleasant, cocktails where very nice,l.The only complaint we had was that it took us ages to find the ticket office to exchange our tickets up, needs better signage.
Review by: Suzannah S, May 2014
We were first to arrive for the tour (over an hour early) but managed to one of the only two pairs who didn't have their own table. We ended up sitting next to strangers (who got the window seat), so unfortunately I spent a lot of time looking into the kitchen that I was facing rather than seeing the sights out of the window, which was a real shame. With that said, the tour was well run, the food was AMAZING and the drinks were generous. If you have a table to yourselves (groups of 4) and are able to see the sights out of the window, I imagine this is a 5* trip well worth recommending.
Review by: dawnmc, March 2014
Excellent service and value for money
Review by: Doreen B, February 2014
We thoroughly enjoyed our trip. The staff were excellent.
Review by: Eftihia P, December 2013
Such a beautiful experience cruising the canals in the evening with the city all lit up. The crew were very friendly and efficient. The cocktails were simply delicious and there was also wine available for the whole cruise. There was so much of the nibblies I couldn't finish them, even couples who were sharing a plate! Would highly recommend it.
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