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Amsterdam: Dutch Food & Canal Walk with Wine Tasting
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Amsterdam: Dutch Food & Canal Walk with Wine Tasting★★★★★★★★★★ 4.92 (487)4hYou walk through Jordaan and along the canals in a group of eight or fewer, stopping at six local spots to taste Dutch apple pie, cheese, sausage, herring, and bitterballen. A guide with deep Amsterdam roots handles the route and the introductions at each stop, so you're welcomed rather than rushed. Plan for three hours of walking and standing, with reserved seating at three of the stops and a private wine tasting included.Free cancellationMost bookedfrom€ 130View ›
Amsterdam: Anne Frank & Jewish Quarter Walking Tour
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Amsterdam: Anne Frank & Jewish Quarter Walking Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.64 (478)2hYou walk through Amsterdam's Jewish Quarter with a local guide for two hours, visiting the Portuguese Synagogue, the National Holocaust Memorial, and the Dutch Resistance Museum area. You'll learn about Anne Frank, her family, and the broader history of Amsterdam's Jewish community during Nazi occupation: the deportations, the hiding places, the resistance. The guide meets you at Waterlooplein and the tour ends at New Market Square, so you know exactly where to start and finish.Free cancellationTravelers' pickfrom€ 28View ›
Rembrandt House Museum Amsterdam: Entrance & Live Demos
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Rembrandt House Museum Amsterdam: Entrance & Live Demos★★★★★★★★★★ 4.61 (467)1hYou get timed entry to the Rembrandt House Museum with access to all five exhibition spaces, including the newly opened etching attic and studio. The multimedia tour in your choice of 13 languages guides you through his life and work, and you can watch live etching and painting demonstrations daily in the rooms where he created. No separate booking for the guide or the demos. Both are included with your ticket.Free cancellationTravelers' pickfrom€ 22View ›
Amsterdam Albert Cuyp Market Food Tour with Local Guide
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Amsterdam Albert Cuyp Market Food Tour with Local Guide★★★★★★★★★★ 4.98 (462)2h 30m–3h 30mYou walk the Albert Cuyp Market with a local guide who takes you straight to the best stalls, not the tourist ones. You taste Dutch fries, haring, stroopwafels, and foods from the immigrant communities that shaped Amsterdam's food culture, all tastings included. The guide shows you where locals actually shop and eat, and takes you into the Pijp neighborhood so you see how the city actually lives. Three hours, no separate food costs, and you leave knowing where to come back.Free cancellationInfants freefrom€ 110View ›
Amsterdam Canal Cruise: Small Group & Local Captain
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Amsterdam Canal Cruise: Small Group & Local Captain★★★★★★★★★★ 4.90 (460)1h 30mYou board a small electric boat with a local captain who skips the script and adjusts the route based on light, weather, and who's on board. Ninety minutes takes you through the canal rings (past the Seven Bridges, Skinny Bridge, Stopera, Dancing Houses, and Wester Tower) with an open bar of Heineken, wine, and coffee included. The boat has a heated saloon, outdoor deck, and a toilet, so you're not choosing between comfort and fresh air. Book a departure that fits your afternoon and show up five minutes early.Free cancellationTravelers' pickfrom€ 49View ›
Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam Small Group Guided Tour
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Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam Small Group Guided Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.88 (455)2hA two-hour guided tour of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam with a live guide in English and whisper system, moving through the permanent collection from his early self-portraits through the works of Arles and Saint-Rémy. Groups stay under 14 people, or choose the semi-private option for five or fewer. Special exhibitions are available to explore on your own after the tour ends.Free cancellationTravelers' pickfrom€ 80View ›
Amsterdam: All-Inclusive Saloon Boat Cruise & Unlimited Drinks
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Amsterdam: All-Inclusive Saloon Boat Cruise & Unlimited Drinks★★★★★★★★★★ 4.97 (453)1h 30mYou board a 12-person saloon boat at Central Station and spend the afternoon or evening floating Amsterdam's UNESCO-listed canals with unlimited wine, beer, soft drinks, and Dutch snacks included. The local skipper narrates the highlights: the Red Light District, the Basilica of St. Nicholas, the leaning Dancing Houses, the illuminated bridges at night, while you stay warm inside and never run out of a drink. No need to arrange separate tickets or worry about finding a restaurant. It's all on the boat.Free cancellationfrom€ 55View ›
Amsterdam: Zaanse Schans, Edam & Volendam Private Day Trip
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Amsterdam: Zaanse Schans, Edam & Volendam Private Day Trip★★★★★★★★★★ 4.76 (448)7hYou visit four villages in one day without arranging transport or timing the stops yourself: windmills and wooden-shoe makers at Zaanse Schans, a working cheese farm in Edam where you taste the product, the harbor and fish restaurants of Volendam, and the quiet island landscape of Marken. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, and lunch happens on your own during the Volendam break.Free cancellationfrom · per group€ 695View ›
Amsterdam Evening Canal Cruise: Lit Bridges & Gold-Lit Houses
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Amsterdam Evening Canal Cruise: Lit Bridges & Gold-Lit Houses★★★★★★★★★★ 4.95 (446)1hAn evening canal cruise on the Amstel River in Amsterdam where you glide under lit bridges and past gold-lit historic houses while a local guide shares stories about the city and its residents. The cruise lasts an hour and includes a drink. You can add unlimited drinks at checkout or purchase drinks on board. Children are welcome from age 4.Free cancellation-18%from€ 20View ›
Amsterdam: Van Gogh & Rijksmuseum Skip-the-Line 5.5hr
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Amsterdam: Van Gogh & Rijksmuseum Skip-the-Line 5.5hr★★★★★★★★★★ 4.98 (444)5h 30mYou skip the entry lines at both museums and spend 5.5 hours with a guide who knows the collections inside out, moving from Rembrandt and Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum to Van Gogh's full body of work at his dedicated museum. A lunch break is included, the group never exceeds 8 people, and all entry fees are covered. Book with a mobile phone number on hand. They'll need it for the reservation.Free cancellationKids −44%from€ 259View ›
Amsterdam: Small Group Canal Cruise with Dutch Bites & Local Captain
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Amsterdam: Small Group Canal Cruise with Dutch Bites & Local Captain★★★★★★★★★★ 4.99 (413)2hYou get a two-hour Amsterdam canal cruise with a local captain steering a historic electric boat through the UNESCO canal belt, the Amstel River, and neighborhoods where large tour boats can't reach. The group stays under ten, so you're not competing for space or the captain's attention. Dutch snacks, cheese, and a full bar (Jenever, Cava, wine, gin) are included. The boat has both open and heated indoor seating, a restroom, and runs year-round except during official weather alerts.Free cancellationTravelers' pickfrom€ 67View ›
Amsterdam Food Tour: 10+ Tastings in Jordaan with Local Guide
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Amsterdam Food Tour: 10+ Tastings in Jordaan with Local Guide★★★★★★★★★★ 4.94 (410)3hYou walk through Jordaan tasting ten-plus Dutch classics (herring, poffertjes, cheese, stamppot, and a secret dish), while a local guide shows you the family-run shops and courtyards that define how Amsterdam actually eats. The pace is slow enough to notice the neighborhood's 17th-century architecture and the stories behind each stop. Plan for a full afternoon of walking in comfortable shoes.Free cancellationInfants freefrom€ 97View ›
Amsterdam: Smoke-Friendly Canal Cruise & Coffeeshop History
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Amsterdam: Smoke-Friendly Canal Cruise & Coffeeshop History★★★★★★★★★★ 4.91 (409)1hYou board in the Red Light District and spend two hours on a small, smoke-friendly boat learning Amsterdam's coffeeshop history from an English guide. The route covers the Amstel River, Central Station, and the 17th-century Canal Belt. All fees and the guide are included. You just show up at the dock.Free cancellationTravelers' pickfrom€ 22View ›
Amsterdam Food Tour: Dutch Tastings & Canal Stories
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Amsterdam Food Tour: Dutch Tastings & Canal Stories★★★★★★★★★★ 4.95 (400)3h 30mA 3.5-hour small-group food tour in Amsterdam led by a local guide through the canal ring, Jordaan and historic neighborhoods, with tastings of aged Gouda, fresh herring, veal croquettes, bitterballen, stamppot and local drinks. The guide weaves in stories of 17th-century canal trade, Surinamese and Indonesian migration, and the neighborhoods themselves: why herring comes with onions and pickles, how flavors became Dutch staples, what the city's layers taste like today. Groups stay under 10, and the food is generous enough to replace lunch.Free cancellationTravelers' pickfrom€ 90View ›
Amsterdam: Canal Cruise & VR 17th Century Experience
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Amsterdam: Canal Cruise & VR 17th Century Experience★★★★★★★★★★ 4.93 (398)1h 15mYou board a luxury enclosed boat at Leidsekade and cruise Amsterdam's canals for 75 minutes while an audio guide narrates in English or Dutch. At seven stops, you put on a VR headset to see the same locations as they were in the 1620s: the harbor full of merchant ships, the elite neighborhoods, the shipyard, the city wall. You get a drink included and help with the equipment. The whole thing keeps you moving through present-day Amsterdam while showing you its past.Free cancellationKids −29%from€ 43View ›
Amsterdam Brothel Tour with Ex-Sex Worker Guide
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Amsterdam Brothel Tour with Ex-Sex Worker Guide★★★★★★★★★★ 4.93 (388)50m–1hA private, partly self-guided tour of Amsterdam's Tour de BonTon gentleman's club, hosted by a former sex worker who shares insider stories and answers questions about legal prostitution in the Netherlands. The roughly one-hour visit includes all rooms (bar, dressing area, VIP spaces) a free drink, and the option to try the stripping poles yourself. Minimum age 18. Bring your smartphone for the self-guided sections.Free cancellationfrom€ 69View ›
Giethoorn Day Trip from Amsterdam: Private Boat & Canal Village
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Giethoorn Day Trip from Amsterdam: Private Boat & Canal Village★★★★★★★★★★ 4.96 (368)8hYou get picked up at Amsterdam Central, driven to Giethoorn, and take a private boat tour through the quietest canals before the main groups arrive. Then you explore the village on foot, with your guide available if you want the stories or happy to let you wander alone. Transport, boat, and guide are all included. You're back in Amsterdam by late afternoon or can finish at the beach instead.Free cancellationTravelers' pickfrom€ 116View ›
Amsterdam: Anne Frank Walking Tour & Jewish Quarter History
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Amsterdam: Anne Frank Walking Tour & Jewish Quarter History★★★★★★★★★★ 4.84 (367)2hYou walk through Amsterdam's Jewish Quarter for two hours with a guide who speaks your language, seeing the Anne Frank House from outside, the Portuguese Synagogue, memorials and monuments, and hearing the layered history of the community before and after World War II. All entry fees are included, the group stays under twelve people, and you're back in the city center by the time most walking tours are still getting started.Free cancellationTravelers' pickfrom€ 15View ›
Brussels & Bruges Day Trip from Amsterdam: Grand Place & Canals
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Brussels & Bruges Day Trip from Amsterdam: Grand Place & Canals★★★★★★★★★★ 4.71 (366)15hYou board a coach in Amsterdam and spend the day guided through Brussels's Atomium, Grand Place, and Manneken Pis, then travel to Bruges for the Lake of Love and medieval town center, with free time in both cities to eat and explore on your own. Pickup and all transport between cities is included, plus a guide for the main stops. Plan for a full day out: roughly 7 hours of coach time total, broken into two legs with stops in between.Free cancellationTravelers' pickfrom€ 199View ›
Private Canal Cruise Amsterdam: Under the Seven Bridges
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Private Canal Cruise Amsterdam: Under the Seven Bridges★★★★★★★★★★ 4.94 (349)1h 30mYou get a private boat with a local skipper who adapts the route to what catches your eye, whether that's the Seven Bridges, the leaning Dancing Houses, or the canal where Monet painted. Drinks are included, the boat works in any weather, and you're back on land in ninety minutes, which is exactly what makes this fit a tight schedule.Free cancellationTravelers' pickfrom€ 138View ›
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