| Citytour
Amsterdam and canal cruise |
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The
best way to start your stay with a city tour through Amsterdam.
During this extensive coach tour we take you through 700 years
of history.
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The
capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, is a unique city. The
old merchant houses, the canals and the lively streets make Amsterdam
incomparable to other cities. A city full of culture & a
variety of large museums like the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh
museum. The tour will go through the historic centre with Dam
and the royal palace, along the canals and the famous ‘Skinny
Bridge’ and the museum quarter.
One perfect way to see an other side of the city, is with a canal
cruise through the canals of Amsterdam. Holland’s capital has
100 canals and 1000 bridges. While cruising through the old city
you will see elegant merchant’s mansions, carillon-topped churches
and warehouses dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries.
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| City tour The Hague + visit Madurodam |
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The
Hague is the government centre and also the most royal city of
the Netherlands. A
city of tree-lined avenues, elegant buildings and historical
landmarks. |
In
the very centre is the “Binnenhof” seat
of the Dutch parliament and the impressive Knight’s Hall. It
is also where the royal picture Gallery Mauritshuis is located. The
Mansions along Lange Voorhout and the small palaces of the royal
family are at walking distance.
Madurodam is the well known miniature city. Here you can see the
different architectonic styles of Holland. It gives an opportunity
to visit all of the Netherlands within a couple of hours. |
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| City tour Rotterdam + harbour cruise |
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This modern
harbour city with its Euromast is the second biggest city of Holland
and has the biggest harbour of the world. |
| The centre is completely renovated after
the second world war and has many sculptures, monuments, museums
with a lot
of futuristic architecture and houses. In the oldest city area Delfsthaven
one can still see the life of former days. The best way to explore
Rotterdam, with one of the biggest world-ports “Europoort”,
is from a canal-boat. In merely 75 minutes you have an impressive
image of enrolling, docking, wharf’s, silos, container-ships,
river-vessels and ocean liners. You will get a good idea of everything
that goes on in a world-port. |
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| Excursion Delta Works |
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Through
the landscape of the islands of the province ‘Zeeland’ we
will drive towards the Deltaworks. This part of Holland contains
one of the youngest parts of land of the world. |
| We will drive via Brielle, Hellevoetssluis to Zierikzee
and afterwards over the Zeelandbridge, one of the longest bridges
of Europe (5022 meters). More than half of the Netherlands is below
sea level. The fascinating Delta Expo shows how the people of the
low parts won their battle against the mighty North Sea. You will
see the worlds largest flood barrier; the Oosterschelde barrier.
Besides the flood barrier, there is also an open air exhibition.
In this exhibition the accent lies on the environment, fishing, farming
mussels, oysters and trout. |
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| Variety of cuisines |
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The
restaurants of Holland are noted for their diversity. |
| Besides the typical, hearty Dutch meals, such as the
flavourful endive-potato casserole with bacon, the cooks of Holland
have many more specialities up their sleeves. Pancake houses are
very popular, with more than 30 kinds of pancakes to choose from.
And those interested in a culinary glance back to the 17th century,
when ships from the Netherlands made regular journeys to the Dutch
East Indies, might consider a sumptuous rice table in an Indonesian
restaurant. |
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| Excursion Kröller Müller + Palace ‘t
Loo |
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At
about one and a half hour drive from Amsterdam lies another surprise
waiting to be
discovered.: National Park “de Hoge Veluwe”. |
Originally this park was the private
property of the Kröller Muller family. It also houses a museum
with an impressive collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings
from the 19th and
the early 20th century. This museum actually houses more paintings
by Vincent van Gogh than the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
A visit is made to the city of Apeldoorn where the Royal Palace ‘t
Loo is located. The palace was built in 1684 by order of Willem III
as the summer-residence. This Palace used to be the favourite summer
residence, country-residence and hunting-seat of the Stadhouders
and the Royal Family of The Netherlands from 1686 till 1975. The
interior decoration of the Palace reflects the lifestyle of the Royal
Family during the past three centuries. |
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| Excursion Zaanse Schans and Marken |
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The city of Zaanse
Schans is actually a characteristic residential community on the
banks of the River
Zaan. |
Zaanse Schans is a village cum open
air museum where you can see what every day live used to be like
before the Industrial Revolution. The houses in the Zaan area are built in wood and painted in bright
green and white, which gives the village a very picturesque character.
There are three windmills still in operation and a visit to one of
them is included in the tour. There is time for a short stroll throughout
the village.
We make a nice walk at Marken, a fishing village along the coast
of Holland’s IJsselmeer lake, once the saltwater Zuiderzee.
In protestant Marken most people live in one of the cute painted
wooden houses. Many of them still wear their traditional dresses.
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| City tour Utrecht + visit |
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This lively historic
university town and the 13th Century atmosphere make Utrecht a very
special place. |
Landmark the ‘bishopstown’ Utrecht is the
112 m high Dom tower - once separated by fire from its Cathedral.
In summer musicians add to perfect shopping along ‘werven’ -
where little cellar restaurants face the canals.
The national museum from Musical Clock to Street Organ contains an
international collection of automatic musical instruments from the
17th to the 20th century. Everyday you can witness demonstrations
of the instruments. |
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| Dinner in Holland |
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Eating
and drinking in charming restaurants with tempting menus – that’s
also part of the Holland experience. |
| We’ve chosen a wide range of restaurants
throughout the Netherlands especially for your guests. Suitable
for large or
small groups, they are restaurants known for their gracious service
and unique ambiance. |