Overview
Explore the Dutch countryside in the most local way: by bike. Your private guide will cycle with you to see windmills at Zaanse Schans and through cute villages and the countryside. Zaanse Schans is a unique village full of windmills, green wooded houses and traditional crafts. You will visit a wooden shoe workshop for a live demonstration of clog making and a cheese farm for cheese tasting. This tour involves 2 hours of cycling (22 km) You can also choose a shorter route: 8.5, 10 or 12.8km.
What you will be doing
You will be guided around by a local guide who will tell you all about the sights and history of this region, with windmills, green wooden houses and traditional crafts. You will visit a clog-making demonstration, a cheese-making explanation with cheese tasting and an operational industrial windmill together with your guide.
Visit the wooden shoe museum, watch a live demonstration of clog making and have some free time to shop or to take pictures of wooden shoes.
Receive an explanation of how Gouda cheese is made and have some time to taste a large variety of cheeses.
Visit a working industrial windmill which still produces pigments for paint as the last working paint mill in the world. See how the pigments are being made by using wind power and climb up the stairs for an amazing view from the platform.
By bike, you and your guide will pass this old lock.
Stop at this tower and your guide will tell you about the meaning of it.
Cycle through this lovely village with typical Dutch Dijksloten and a rich history which your guide will tell you about.
Cycle through the Duch countryside and pass farms with sheep, cows and horses.
You will cycle through a unique old neighbourhood which is very well preserved.
Where we'll meet
🧭 Meeting/pick-up point: Amsterdam, Netherlands
🗺️ Instructions: We will pick you up from the hotel.
Things to know
Accessibility:
Children friendly
Fitness requirement
Moderate fitness level
Tour Language
English
License requirement
None
Additional information:
Minimum age is 8
Not recommended for people with back problems, pregnant travellers and people with heart conditions
Inclusion ✅
Cycling equipment
Snack
Refreshments
Water
Air-conditioned vehicle
Pick up and drop off transport
Exclusion ❌
Gratuities
About your host
Zaan ToursWe started in 2014 to offer guided tours in the Zaan region. The Zaan region, next to Amsterdam, has its own vibrant history. From controlling the flow of the Zaan River to shipbuilding. From more than a thousand big industrial windmills to a large food industry with companies such as Albert Heijn, Verkade, cacao factories and many more. We wanted, and still do, to show visitors of this region and why we are so proud of where we are from.
For every trip booked, Kodama Travel donates £1 to Just One Tree to restore our forests and the ocean.