Arrival in Amsterdam and settle down in the hotels
City tour of two hours.
At night: guided tour on a river boat on the Amsterdam canal, accompanied by a gastronomic diner.
(time : 2h30)
DAY TWO
Tour of « Yselmeer »
After breakfast: departure to Leeuwarden, via the nice villages of Naarden and Laren. There will be a stop at Giethoorn (lacustrian village).
Breakfast at Leeuwarden (optional)
Crossing of the dike and visit of the villages of Den Oever and Hoorn.
In the late afternoon, return at the hotel in Amsterdam.
DAY THREE
After breakfast, a guided walking visit of Amsterdam city.
What to see
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Dam: Central place of Amsterdam from where you can join the Royal Palace.
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Leidseplein: This place is situated in a busy area and is surrounded with cafés, theatre and other places of entertainment like Clubs, Bars, Restaurants,.. To join the place, you take the Leidsestraat which is a pedestrianized street.
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Waterlooplein: Vast place where you can enjoy the flea market.
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Rembrandtsplein: A pleasant place where you can take a walk and sit down at a terrace.
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Muntplein: This place is next to the Munttoren where the Dutch money was hittening in 17s. You can also see the Flower market which is near the place.
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Old Kerk: The oldest church of Amsterdam.
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Heineken-brouwerij: Visit of this building where Heineken has brewed his beer during several years.
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Artis: The famous zoo of Amsterdam.
Free breakfast in at restaurant in the city.
Afternoon, you can walk around in the city and lounge about. There are a lot of interesting museum to visit.
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The Rijksmuseum: This is the museum that you don’t have to forget to visit! Among painters, you can see: Rembrandt (« ronde de nuit »), Vermeer and many others. You can also find in the decoration side collections of pieces of porcelain and dolls’ houses.
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The Van Gogh Museum: This is also a nice museum which takes you on a trip around 200 paintings and 500 drawings of Van Gogh Vincent.
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The maritime museum: This museum tells the story of the shipping trade of the city and you can discover the replica of an Indian ship.
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House of Anne Frank: This is the come back to the dark period of Amsterdam during the Second World War with the sad story of a young girl. She has to hide herself in a house but she finished in a German camp.
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House of Rembrandt: Rembrandt lived and worked there for about 20 years. There is a collection of 250 engravings.
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Stedelijk Museum: Museum of contemporary art. There is an exposition which is all-time developing.
DAY FOUR
After breakfast, let's go to Keukenhof where you will see a colourful explosion of tulips, narcissus, hyacinth and many other flowers.
You have also the opportunity to sit down in a sunny terrace or under a pavillon so you can put yourself together in front of a fresh drink or Dutch pancakes.
Keukenhof
The park of keukenhof is the biggest park in the world which has flowers with bulbs.
You can see clumps of flowers whish are fitted into the natural decor or are presented on the ground
In the late afternoon, departure for Den Haag and settling at the hotel.
DAY FIVE
After breakfast, departure for Delft and free visit of the city
Most of Dutch pieces of earthenware come from this city.
Delft is an old city which has kept is own character.
What to visit: The central place (The market) The ‘nieuwe Kerk’ (A gothic church) Old Delft, Prinsenhoft And the Lambert Museum of Meerten (impressive collection of piece earthenware.
After breakfast, departure for Brussels (through Kinderkijk). Or departure for Amsterdam.
Kinderdijk
Since 1997, windmills of Kinderdijk are on the list of the world patrimony of the UNESCO. In kinderdijk, 19 windmills are divided in two rows and are facing each other. One row of windmills are dry and the others are used to pump the water.
Installation at the hotel in Amsterdam of Brussels (as you want)
Diner in a typical restaurant of Brussels of Amsterdam (optional)
DAY SIX
After breakfast : transfer to the airport or station
* Prices on request depending of type of tour and class of hotel
