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USD $23.00
Amsterdam Walking Tour Including Dutch Snacks and Optional Canal Cruise
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Get an eye-opening look at Amsterdam on this 2.5-hour walking tour led by a knowledgeable local guide. Trace more than 800 years of history, culture and traditions as you explore the historical city center, walk along picturesque canals, and pass Amsterdam attractions including Dam Square, the Red Light district, Anne Frank House, Royal Palace and Rembrandt House Museum. Stop along the way to enjoy typical Dutch snacks and a shot of Dutch gin, and upgrade to enjoy a 1-hour canal cruise at the end, if you wish.
Meet your guide at the Damrak in the afternoon for your 2.5-hour walking tour of Amsterdam. Begin with a stroll around the historical city center as your guide delves into the fascinating history, culture and traditions of Amsterdam spanning more than 800 years. Pass top Amsterdam attractions including the Royal Palace, Dam Square, Maison Descartes and the Begjinhof. Your guide will point out the world-famous Anne Frank House, as well as Rembrandt House Museum and Amsterdam Museum, encouraging you to visit any of these landmarks on your own when the tour ends. Wander down inviting side streets and explore major areas including the Jordaan district and the infamous Red Light district, showcasing Amsterdam’s provocative side. Hear tales of the city’s humble beginnings as a small settlement on the Amstel River, and learn how the Golden Age helped develop it into a unique, multifaceted metropolis. You'll also find out how Amsterdam’s network of canals became a UNESCO World Heritage-listed icon. Other sights include the old city gates, the Floating Flower Market (Bloemenmarkt), Munt Tower (Munttoren) in Muntplein Square and bustling Rokin street and Kalverstraat street. Midway through your tour, taste some typical Dutch specialties including herring, cheese, waffles and jenever (Dutch gin). After your comprehensive overview of the city, end back at the Damrak. Tour plus Canal Cruise:Upgrade to include a 1-hour canal cruise after your walking tour! Admire Amsterdam from a different perspective as you float along picturesque tree-lined canals past traditional gabled houses, classic Dutch houseboats and unique historical sights.
The walking tour was OK, but not terribly interesting, and the guide was mediocre. The Optional Canal Cruise wasn't available when we booked.
Review by: karichunches, September 2017
Tour was good. We took the tour because it was supposed to be in Spanish, but was a mixed tour. So, first the guide gave all explanations in English and after finishing will start in Spanish, so expending so much time in each stop, wasting time for both English speakers and Spanish speakers.
Review by: auds65, August 2017
Great tour of the sights of amsterdam. The information given to us from our guide (Garan) was fantastic.
Review by: Marie B, July 2017
The tour itself is great, but our guide Andy was 45 minutes late we were told due to traffic but the timing of giving us that information suggests a less palatable reason and the tour that I booked in English was given in both English and Spanish. Not fun paying for a tour that requires you to wait while each point of interest is explained a second time in another language before you can move on. I'd recommend looking for a company that doesn't combine languages on the same tour. The highlights of the tour as advertised are well-worth seeing, and but for the significant late start that cost us an hour and a half when you consider the time you're told to arrive, Andy was informative and entertaining.
Review by: ipposhoppe, June 2017
Great way to get oriented to the city. Our guide told us lots of interesting stories, and took us to an amazing cheese shop!
Review by: Ruby, June 2017
Beautiful and informative. Although we got rained on, it is still a great place to walk!
Review by: Patricia M, May 2017
This is a briskly paced little tour that provides some interesting insight into neighborhoods in Amsterdam that we might not have seen on our own. The guide was energetic and professional but once again she had to navigate so many languages that often we were in a gap of time. Great tour to get to know some new areas.
Review by: David S, May 2017
Had a great tour. I would recommend it.
Review by: karcamp, December 2016
Guide was great. A good way to get an overview of the city.
Review by: RANDALL T, October 2016
Good walking tour and our guide was very informative and knowledgeable. We got to see quite a bit of the downtown Amsterdam sites.
Review by: Adrianna Carter C, September 2016
Nice walk around the old town area. The guide met us on time and was very informative. Everyone on our tour thoroughly enjoyed it.
Review by: ppete, September 2016
Our guide was so informative and eager. A great way to introduce yourself to a new city.
Review by: Denise P, August 2016
We have taken many tours from Viator and have been very pleased. We actually booked 4 tours from Viator on this past 2 week vacation. This tour was very disappointing in the fact that the tour guide had to repeat the information in English, Spanish, and Dutch. By the time he completed all of that information, we had lost interest. We have been on tours that have had 2 languages, but 3 languages was just too much. To make matters worse, it was pouring rain that day, so standing in the rain while the guide had to repeat in all of the languages was ridiculous. We ended up leaving the tour a little bit early because we were miserable. We were extremely disappointed that the tour office did not separate the languages. It's not fair to have people standing for 15 minutes in one spot just to listen to the tour being repeated in other languages. I would not recommend this tour to others.
Review by: Diane R, July 2016
Ilaria was every informative and entertaining. A varied walk to introduce you to Amsterdam, it's history and peopl e.
Review by: deeryma, June 2016
The tour was done in both English and Spanish so it took twice as long while the Spanish speakers waited on the English narration and same for English speakers waiting on the Spanish narration to complete. I would recommend this tour if it was done in one language - it just took too long so we left the tour early on our own.
Review by: manashi D, June 2016
Was an OK tour. They just walk around highlights of the city and not really inside the many attractions. Separate tickets for those. We stopped for local gin.
Review by: amypatrick24, April 2016
My husband had to delay his departure day at the last minute, so I went ahead and kept our tour and cruise bookings anyway. I'm so glad that I did - I met interesting fellow tourists and got a great lay of the land on my first day in town. By the time my husband arrived, I was able to show him around like I had lived there! The land area and history covered by this tour are vast but our guide kept it very interesting. I'd definitely recommend this to any Amsterdam first-timers.
Review by: Lucia, April 2016
Nice, comfortable narrative tour
Review by: Sanchit R, January 2016
It was a fun experience getting to know about Amsterdam from a local
Review by: David S, September 2015
This tour was great. The guide had aweome knowledge was higly skilled at what he did. Definately the best way to get an understanding of the city._br/_
The only down side was that the cruise was too packed - but you can choose when you want to use it so I would recommend you wait for a less busy time of day.
Review by: Linda C, September 2015
This was brilliant! Our guide Stephen was very knowledgeable ! He made the tour interesting and humorous !_br/_
I highly recommend this tour!
Review by: Barbara G, July 2015
Jose was a great tour guide. Even though this particular tour was in both Spanish and English he was thorough and answered all questions.
Review by: burly58, June 2015
This was a great intro to the city when we arrived. It helped us to get our bearings straight for our three day stay in Amsterdam. It was long, because the speaker gave the info in both English and Spanish. We never were offered the optional canal cruise, so don't understand what that was about.
Review by: Anne M, May 2015
Our guide was very informed and personable.He provided a good historical perspective but also included humorous anecdotes and stories. The tour was just the right length and very interesting.
Review by: S R B, October 2014
Very good an knowledgable group leader. Learned a lot
Review by: Christine N, August 2014
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Julie C, August 2014
Edgar our guide was excellent despite the cold wet weather. The tour covered everything considered to be necessary, plus some
Review by: Marie E, August 2014
The walking tour was extensive and fantastic - the guide was entertaining and informative about the history and attractions giving us a huge insight into Amsterdam. Loved it!
Review by: Ravi O, July 2014
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Aline V, July 2014
I have done throughout the Europe the Free Sandemans New Europe walking tours and those were much more fun! We had a guy that was his first time as a guide. Not very good English, athough we can tell he knew a lot about history. This tour is VERY much concentrated in history. It is not about fun facts and showing off the city. We didnt even go to the I amsterdam Sign, which is the postal card of the city. I expected more for the high price they charge. As an advise: always go for free walking tours!
Review by: Joan L, July 2014
This was disappointing, as it was listed for a Thursday on Viator, but apparently in error. They offered to put us on another day, which didn't suit us. And a credit wasn't possible, we were told. So we took the equivalent value in other attractions. I think a credit should have been made, or at least something extra for the inconvenience of missing out.
Review by: Jed T, May 2014
The tour guide was very knowledgeable and personable. We were a group of 6 and all felt that the tour would have been more complete if instead of snacks we had the ability to sample more food. We expected more of a walking food tour. We did not do the canal cruise that day but did it separately the following day and also found that worthwhile.
Review by: Mrb2040, May 2014
This tour was great. Our guide Steve was very knowledgeable . He made the tour very interesting and fun. He tried to get my daughter to eat the herring without much success. He answered questions and gave us great insight into the history of Amsterdam.
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