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Amsterdam or Zaanse Schans private Schiphol airport layover tour

Make the most of your layover at Amsterdam airport and explore the city instead of waiting at Schiphol. In a few hours, your driver/host will …More

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Amsterdam or Zaanse Schans private Schiphol airport layover tour

Make the most of your layover at Amsterdam airport and explore the city instead of waiting at Schiphol. In a few hours, your driver/host will...

3 hours • Free Cancellation
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$63
Private tour from Amsterdam, windmills, clogs & cheese..

Enjoy a fully customizable private full or half day tour with your own driver/guide to any village or place of your choice from Amsterdam into …More

4.8 (55)

Private tour from Amsterdam, windmills, clogs & cheese..

Enjoy a fully customizable private full or half day tour with your own driver/guide to any village or place of your choice from Amsterdam into...

4 to 8 hours • Hotel pickup offered • Free Cancellation
4.8 (55)
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$85
Zaanse Schans Windmills Private Tour from Amsterdam Airport

After your flight into Amsterdam airport Schiphol (AMS), your personal guide and driver brings you to world-famous Zaanse Schans to see windmills, clog making and …More

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Zaanse Schans Windmills Private Tour from Amsterdam Airport

After your flight into Amsterdam airport Schiphol (AMS), your personal guide and driver brings you to world-famous Zaanse Schans to see windmills, clog making and...

3 hours • Free Cancellation
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Layover flight private guided tour in Amsterdam (3, 4 or 5 hours)

Maximize your layover at Schiphol Airport with our private guided tour! Tailored to suit your interests, our tour ensures you get the most out of …More

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Layover flight private guided tour in Amsterdam (3, 4 or 5 hours)

Maximize your layover at Schiphol Airport with our private guided tour! Tailored to suit your interests, our tour ensures you get the most out of...

4 to 5 hours • Free Cancellation
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$313
Amsterdam: Private 3,5h Layover Walking Tour & Canal Cruise

Turn your Schiphol layover into a memorable visit to Amsterdam with this private, worry-free experience. Your private driver will meet you at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport …More

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Amsterdam: Private 3,5h Layover Walking Tour & Canal Cruise

Turn your Schiphol layover into a memorable visit to Amsterdam with this private, worry-free experience. Your private driver will meet you at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport...

3 hours 30 minutes • Hotel pickup offered • Free Cancellation
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Private Amsterdam Schiphol Layover Food Tour with a Local Guide

This is not a group tour with headsets and a strict schedule. This is your chance to explore Amsterdam like you're meeting up with a …More

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Private Amsterdam Schiphol Layover Food Tour with a Local Guide

This is not a group tour with headsets and a strict schedule. This is your chance to explore Amsterdam like you're meeting up with a...

5 to 7 hours • Hotel pickup offered • Free Cancellation
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Private custom tour from Amsterdam to Giethoorn

Enjoy a full day private tour of sightseeing and discover more of the Netherlands. All our tours are customizable to suit your interests. Do you …More

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Private custom tour from Amsterdam to Giethoorn

Enjoy a full day private tour of sightseeing and discover more of the Netherlands. All our tours are customizable to suit your interests. Do you...

7 to 8 hours • Hotel pickup offered • Free Cancellation
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Holland Countryside Private Windmill Tour from Amsterdam

Your experience begins with convenient pickup from your Amsterdam accommodation, where you'll be greeted by your private vehicle for a personalized journey. Our first stop …More

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Holland Countryside Private Windmill Tour from Amsterdam

Your experience begins with convenient pickup from your Amsterdam accommodation, where you'll be greeted by your private vehicle for a personalized journey. Our first stop...

4 to 5 hours • Hotel pickup offered • Free Cancellation
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Our morning tour with...
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Private tour from Amsterdam, windmills, clogs & cheese..
Kevin_B, Aug 2026
Our morning tour with...
Our morning tour with Winston could not have worked out better. At pick-up, we discussed the itinerary I’d researched (Zaanse Schans, then Broek in Waterland, followed by a drive-through of downtown Amsterdam) ending with drop-off at Schiphol for our return flight. He recommended we instead start in downtown, expecting to encounter many fewer bicycles and cars on a Sunday morning. It quickly became apparent that our visit there would have been significantly less enjoyable had we been fighting traffic along the way. Winston also suggested we make a short detour to Volendam which hadn’t surfaced in my research. We were so impressed with the area that we decided to include a stayover there during next year’s Amsterdam visit. Great job, Winston!!
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What a fun way to travel...
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Zaanse Schans Windmills Private Tour from Amsterdam Airport
Suzanne_N, Aug 2026
What a fun way to travel...
What a fun way to travel from the airport to your hotel and see a lot of Dutch culture and countryside along the way. We learned so much, had the loveliest guide Maakie, we learned about the topography, engineering, people, food, and history of the Netherlands. 10/10
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We thought this tour was...
New York City
Private tour from Amsterdam, windmills, clogs & cheese..
Reuben_R, Aug 2026
We thought this tour was...
We thought this tour was excellent! Ramsey was our guide and he was very friendly and informative. We were touring with my elderly parents including one in a wheelchair and this tour was easy for them and was very accommodating.
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Worth every penny!
New York City
Amsterdam or Zaanse Schans private Schiphol airport layover tour
Kimberly_B, Jun 2026
Worth every penny!
Eric was great, we got lost from the airport. He was able to find us and still have a great tour of Amsterdam in 2.5 hours. It was worth every penny we spent and I would do it again and again. I will continue to book longer layovers to enjoy quick city tours when they are available.
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Great value
New York City
Zaanse Schans Windmills Private Tour from Amsterdam Airport
Robert_R, May 2026
Great value
Very enjoyable and everything we thought it would be tour guide was very informative and friendly very patient with my wife who has mobility issues
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Great layover tour!
New York City
Amsterdam or Zaanse Schans private Schiphol airport layover tour
ashleyfR4368XW, Apr 2026
Great layover tour!
We really enjoyed our layover tour. Our driver took us to some fields and took pictures of us in the tulips and then also to the gardens. It was a great way to spend a few hours rather than staying in the airport. Driver was sensitive to timing for returning and we got back with plenty of time to spare. Driver was ver helpful and kind as well.
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Amsterdam tour
New York City
Holland Countryside Private Windmill Tour from Amsterdam
Ruwani_L, Aug 2025
Amsterdam tour
Ramsy came on time and he was well prepared with the tour plan. Within 5 hours of our time, we visited windmills, wooden shoe facotory, Cheese facotry with good cheese to taste, fishing vilage and a small tour in Amsterdam city. He was friendly and explained well about the locations.
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Ramzy is the best!
New York City
Holland Countryside Private Windmill Tour from Amsterdam
Paul_M, Jul 2025
Ramzy is the best!
Ramzy gave the best customer service possible. He went above and beyond to accommodate our family. The van was comfortable and clean and he allowed us to spend as much time as we wanted at each place. Best experience in our trip!!
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Amazing experience
New York City
Private Amsterdam Schiphol Layover Food Tour with a Local Guide
nikolsi188, May 2025
Amazing experience
honestly didn’t think we’d have time for anything but duty free and bad airport coffee. but Otto met us at the gate with a stroopwafel (YES), helped stash our bags and suddenly we were sipping jenever on a canal corner like locals?? felt like i blinked and had a 1-day trip in 5 hours. Otto is funny as hell too. best decision we made on this whole trip.
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Great layover tour
New York City
Private Amsterdam Schiphol Layover Food Tour with a Local Guide
911irynay, May 2025
Great layover tour
I lived in Amsterdam for two years and thought I knew the city pretty well — but when my family had a 7-hour layover at Schiphol, I booked this tour so they could get a taste of the city without getting lost or overwhelmed. I decided to tag along just to keep them company... and wow.Otto blew us away. He’s got that rare combo of deep knowledge and hilarious delivery. We didn’t just eat stroopwafels — we learned why they exist. We didn’t just walk the canals — we learned how they changed global trade. He even made my dad laugh, which is a miracle on 3 hours of sleep.I’ve walked past the flower market and Begijnhof dozens of times — but seeing it through Otto’s eyes made me fall in love with the city all over again. And yes, we were back at the airport early, full of food and great stories.Highly recommend, even if you think you "know" Amsterdam.
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Windmills, Tulips and Waterways - A private experience!
New York City
Private custom tour from Amsterdam to Giethoorn
Passport22029119507, Apr 2025
Windmills, Tulips and Waterways - A private experience!
We wanted to “see the tulips” but avoid the crowds of tour buses! Rudy delivered! He knew how to provide a “custom” countryside tour we will never forget. Clearly he is proud of his dutch heritage and his local knowledge is valuable for clients wanting privacy but seeing what makes the dutch countryside and its’ people so charming. We were lucky to find Rudy!
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Excellent day tour
New York City
Private custom tour from Amsterdam to Giethoorn
AHightowerIII, Mar 2025
Excellent day tour
We chose the customizable tour because, while we want to see the key sites, we also like to go off the beaten path. On this tour, we saw the windmills, including seeing how they make wooden clogs and touring the working saw(wind)mill, which was fascinating and included a nice discussion with one of the gentlemen who actually work the mill. We next visited a cheese farm and store, which was excellent, showing us how the cows live and are milked (by robots) and even getting to pet them, and then a cheese tasting, which was fabulous. We then visited two fishing villages, getting to one by ferry, which really shows us how locals live (and lived, historically). We capped it off by visiting a market in Amsterdam. Ramzy was an excellent driver and tour guide and created a really nice environment for our tour and made great suggestions about what we might enjoy doing. Communication with Rudi was excellent so we know exactly what to expect. Highly recommend!
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I would highly recommend this tour!
New York City
Layover flight private guided tour in Amsterdam (3, 4 or 5 hours)
wilhelminav2016, May 2024
I would highly recommend this tour!
We had a layover at Schiphol airport and came across this perfectly tailored guided tour. We were introduced to the history of Amsterdam and the red light district. Our tourguide was very charming and friendly!
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Best tour guide we have had so far on this trip!
New York City
Amsterdam: Private 3,5h Layover Walking Tour & Canal Cruise
SummerK011, Jun 2023
Best tour guide we have had so far on this trip!
Enno was great...super personable and nice! He was super knowledgeable about the city, as he has lived there his whole life and studied history, so he truly knew the history. His English was perfect, and he took us to non-touristy places (like an amazing bakery) in addition to the places everyone has to go to when in Amsterdam. We also loved that he had arranged a boat tour for us...we hopped right on and had an hour-long guided tour of the city. He was also very easy to communicate with; he sent us lots of messages to WhatsApp letting us know where to meet him (and even what he looked like!). He even sent us pictures after the tour of things we had asked him about (ex. the private gardens behind the magnificent brownstone homes of Amsterdam). We highly recommend him. If we could give him more stars, we would!
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Tour fit nicely into schedule
New York City
Amsterdam: Private 3,5h Layover Walking Tour & Canal Cruise
Carla_C, Dec 2020
Tour fit nicely into schedule
Excellent customer service. Learned a lot about Amsterdam and the current culture. Guide was personable and informative. Got us at airport, tour, then to ship for cruise.
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Great way to end our vacation…
New York City
Private tour from Amsterdam, windmills, clogs & cheese..
Maneesh_J, Aug 2026
Great way to end our vacation…
Our family enjoyed this tour a lot! We took it on our last day-they picked us up with our luggage, took us around, and dropped us at the airport z. It was the perfect ending to our trip. Our tour guide was knowledgeable, the van was very clean, and we saw everything we wanted to. The cheese was the best!!
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