Itinerary 1 itinerary
Day 1
Meet at meeting point: We meet right next to the entrance of the Anne Frank House. Look for the crew in orange clothing.Attractions and Activities: Skinny Bridge (Free entry) The romantic and iconic wooden bridge of Amsterdam
Attractions and Activities: Amsterdam Canal Ring (Free entry) Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has more than one hundred kilometers of grachten (canals), about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals (Herengracht, Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht), dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings.[1] The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht and Jordaan, were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010,[2] contributing to Amsterdam's fame as the "Venice of the North"
Attractions and Activities: Anne Frank House (Free entry How to visit:No indoor visits) The museum where Anne frank and her family hide from the Nazi's
Attractions and Activities: Jordaan (Free entry) The most common theory on the origin of the name is as a derivation of the French word Jardin, meaning garden: most streets and canals in the Jordaan are named after trees and flowers. Another theory is that the Prinsengracht canal was once nicknamed Jordaan (the Dutch name for the river Jordan) and that the neighborhood beyond the canal came to be called this as well. Our Flagship canal tour will start and end here in the Jordaan.
Attractions and Activities: Prinsengracht (Free entry) One of the three main canals of Amsterdam, named after the three prinses of Holland. Construction started in 1612 on the initiative of Mayor Frans Hendricksz. Oetgens, after a design by city carpenter Hendrick Jacobsz Staets and city surveyor Lucas Jansz Sinck. The part between the Leidsegracht and the Amstel was developed during the city explanation of 1658. The section to the east of the Amstel was constructed during the last expansion. This part was named Nieuwe Prinsengracht. The Korte Prinsengracht is in the extension of the Prinsengracht between the Brouwersgracht and the Westerdok.
Attractions and Activities: Houseboat Museum (Free entry) Our boats will cruise along with the houseboat museum at the Prinsengracht. A perfect way of seeing how Amsterdammers live in their houseboats. a low price submission. Especially fun for kids as well..
Attractions and Activities: 9 Little Streets (Negen Straatjes) (Free entry) We will pass this amazing place, with the most amazing shops. Not those big chain companies, but smaller lovely boutiques, local little restaurants, local designers and beautiful vintage shops.
Attractions and Activities: Leiden Square (Leidseplein) (Free entry) One of the two entertainment areas of Amsterdam. Al lot of bars, restaurants, night clubs and concert halls. Anybody who wants to threat the inner human with music and drinks. This is the location to be.
Attractions and Activities: Spiegelkwartier (Free entry) The imposing Rijksmuseum can be seen from the Spiegelgracht. This canal connects the Prinsengracht with the Lijnbaansgracht and runs into the Nieuwe Spiegelstraat. The Spiegelgracht is part of the Spiegelkwartier which is characterized by its many galleries and antique shops. As an art lover, you can walk from the Museumplein along the Spiegelgracht where you can continue to enjoy the most special paintings, antiques, and art (objects).
Attractions and Activities: De Duif (Free entry) The present church owes its name to a predecessor, the 17th-century hiding church 'Het Vrededuifje' that once stood on the Kerkstraat. The first stone for the current Duifkerk, designed by Leiden architect Th. Molkenboer was laid in April 1857. Due to lack of money, the church became increasingly decayed in the course of the 20th century. For more than twenty-five years the building has been packed because the monumental façade had become detached. This danger has since disappeared. De Duif reopened in 2002 after an intensive restoration. During that restoration, the original murals were reappeared under layers of wall paint.
Attractions and Activities: The Amstel (Free entry) The Amstel is the biggest canal of all, and Amsterdam was founded from this canal which was originally a river. Fisherman builds a "dam" and called is Amsterdam. Amstel is also the name giver to the famous beer.
Attractions and Activities: Koninklijk Theater Carre (Free entry) The Royal Theatre Carré (Dutch: Koninklijk Theater Carré) is a Neo-Renaissance theatre in Amsterdam, located near the river Amstel. When the theatre was founded in 1887, it was originally meant as a permanent circus building. Currently, it is mainly used for musicals, cabaret performances, and pop concerts.
Attractions and Activities: H'ART Museum (Hermitage Amsterdam) (Free entry) Hermitage Amsterdam is a branch museum of the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg, Russia, located on the banks of the Amstel river in Amsterdam. The museum is located in the former Amstelhof, a classical style building from 1681.
Attractions and Activities: Blauwbrug (Free entry) The Blauwbrug (English: Blue bridge) is an historic bridge in Amsterdam, Netherlands over the river Amstel. It connects the Rembrandtplein area with the Waterlooplein area and lies south to the Stopera.
Attractions and Activities: National Opera & Ballet (Free entry) Dutch National Opera (DNO; formerly De Nederlandse Opera, now De Nationale Opera in Dutch) is a Dutch opera company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Its present home base is the Dutch National Opera & Ballet housed in the Stopera building, a modern building designed by Cees Dam and Wilhelm Holzbauer which opened in 1986.
Attractions and Activities: South Church (Zuiderkerk) (Free entry) The Zuiderkerk is the first church designed for Protestant worship in Amsterdam. The church was built near the Sint Antoniesbreestraat in the Last, a neighborhood that was added to the city at the end of the 16th century. Today this is the Nieuwmarkt neighborhood. The church is located at Zandstraat no. 17.
Attractions and Activities: Amsterdam Cheese Museum (Free entry) Get ready for the #1 Cheese Experience in Amsterdam: the Amsterdam Cheese Museum. The Amsterdam Cheese Museum is not just offering another free cheese tasting. You can also relive the history of cheese making and experience the unique flavor of the best cheese of Holland. Learn more about Dutch cheese, see the most expensive cheese slicer of the world and have fun dressing up like a traditional Dutch cheese farmer.
Attractions and Activities: Emperor's Canal (Keizersgracht) (Free entry) The three main canals (Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht), dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings. The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht, and Jordaan, were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010, contributing to Amsterdam's fame as the "Venice of the North"
Attractions and Activities: Herengracht (Free entry) The three main canals (Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht), dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings. The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht, and Jordaan, were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010, contributing to Amsterdam's fame as the "Venice of the North"
Attractions and Activities: Statue of Anne Frank (Free entry) Anne Frank is one of Amsterdam's best-known historical figures. Anne and her family lived in hiding from the Nazis for more than two years in a house on the Prinsengracht. Anne was eventually deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945, where she later died at the young age of 15. Today, Anne's spirit lives on through her diary and the huge numbers of visitors who come to Amsterdam every year to learn more about her short life.
Attractions and Activities: Skinny Bridge (Free entry) One of Amsterdam's many bridges is the beautiful Magere Brug, known to English speakers at the Skinny Bridge. This wooden drawbridge was once so narrow that it was hard for two pedestrians to pass each other. To cope with increasing traffic on the Amstel, a wider bridge replaced the narrow original in 1871. Also known as a love bridge, kiss on top or underneath and your love will be forever!
Attractions and Activities: Begijnhof (Free entry) The Beguinage and its chapel are open every day from 9.00 - 17.00. You can reach the chapel via the gate at the Spui. The Beguinage is a private possession and is not a public ground. It is also a place of silence. We request you, as our guests, to respect this silence. Therefore, the Beguinage is closed for groups and excursions. Explanation about the Beguinage, if wanted, must be given out of the yard.
The Bloemengracht and bloemenmarkt (flowermarket) is well known with all the little stalls, selling the famous dutch tulips. bulbs and a lot of typical dutch souvenirs.
Attractions and Activities: Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht - a concept by Hyatt (Free entry) This luxurious, modern hotel on the Prinsengracht is two kilometers from the Anne Frank House and the Van Gogh Museum. Dam Square is one kilometer away.
Attractions and Activities: Museum of the Canals (Free entry) For centuries here, money has been earned, art created, feasts celebrated and life enjoyed. This is the story that the Museum of the Canals brings to life.
Attractions and Activities: Amstelveld (Free entry) Amstelveld is a square in the center of Amsterdam, between Reguliersgracht, Prinsengracht, and Kerkstraat, close to Utrechtsestraat. The Amstelkerk, a predominantly wooden building, stands on the square. The characteristic plantation consists of 46 Caucasian wingnut trees
Attractions and Activities: Xtracold Icebar Amsterdam (Free entry) The Amsterdam Icebar is one of the coolest locations in the city (literally) and is certainly in the top 10 best things to do in Amsterdam. This fantastic bar is kept at a constant temperature of -10 ° C and everything is made entirely of ice. Be surprised by this fantastic experience and unique location while enjoying your favorite drinks
Attractions and Activities: De Kleine Komedie (Free entry) The Kleine Komedie is a theater in Amsterdam located on the Amstel and was built in 1786. It is the oldest theater in Amsterdam and can accommodate 503 spectators. The theater that focuses on small art has since the 1980s become 'the cabaret temple of the Netherlands.
Attractions and Activities: Rokin (Free entry) The Rokin is a water and a street in Amsterdam, located between Dam Square and Muntplein, part of the former course of the Amstel.
Attractions and Activities: De Krijtberg - Sint Franciscus Xaveriuskerk (Free entry) The Krijtberg or St Francis Xaverius church is a Roman Catholic rectorate church in the center of Amsterdam, dedicated to St Francis Xaverius. It is served by priests of the Society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits.
Attractions and Activities: Mozes en Aaronkerk (Free entry) The Moses and Aaron Church, officially dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua, is a Roman Catholic church on Waterlooplein in Amsterdam, in the Dutch province of North Holland.
Attractions and Activities: Cromhout House (Free entry) The Bijbels Museum is a museum on the Herengracht in Amsterdam. The purpose of the museum is to provide insight into the role of the Bible in society and culture in the present and the past and to search together with the visitor for the stories and sentiments that live within our society and culture, both within the museum walls as in the country.
Attractions and Activities: Amsterdam Museum (Free entry) The Amsterdam Museum, known until 2011 as the Amsterdams Historisch Museum, is an Amsterdam based museum, dedicated to the present and past of the city.
Attractions and Activities: (Free entry) In the narrow streets of the alternative De Pijp, you will find numerous eastern eateries, traditional pubs, and cafés with terraces. At the Albert Cuyp Market, the maternity holders sell Dutch specialties such as herring and syrup waffles.
Attractions and Activities: Rembrandtplein (Free entry) The Rembrandtplein is a square in the center of Amsterdam, between Reguliersbreestraat and Amstelstraat. The square borders on the Thorbeckeplein. The Reguliersdwarsstraat, Korte Reguliersdwarsstraat, Halvemaansteeg, Bakkersstraat, and Utrechtsestraat also lead to the square.
Attractions and Activities: The Cat Cabinet (Free entry) The Cat Cabinet is an art museum in Amsterdam entirely devoted to cats. The collection includes paintings, drawings, sculptures and other works of art from cats, including works by Picasso, Rembrandt, Toulouse-Lautrec, Corneille, Sal Meijer, Théophile Steinlen and Jože Cha.
Attractions and Activities: Willet-Holthuysen Museum (Free entry) The Willet-Holthuysen Museum on Herengracht 605 in Amsterdam is a canal house that is open to the public, with fully furnished period rooms. The museum gives a picture of life in a chic building on the Amsterdam canals in the 18th and 19th centuries. The museum is managed by the Amsterdam Museum.
Attractions and Activities: Homomonument (Free entry) The Homomonument is a memorial on the Westermarkt, located between the Westerkerk and the Keizersgracht in the center of Amsterdam. The monument was unveiled on 5 September 1987 and consists of three pink, granite triangles, arranged in such a way that together they form a large triangle.
Attractions and Activities: Amsterdam Tulip Museum (Free entry) The Amsterdam Tulip Museum, also known as the Tulip Museum, is located at Prinsengracht 116, opposite the Anne Frank House. The museum shows the history of the tulip below, from its discovery in Central Asia to the present time.
Attractions and Activities: Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam (Free entry) The Waldorf Astoria Amsterdam is a five star hotel of the Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts. The Waldorf Astoria in Amsterdam opened on May 1, 2014. It is the 25th hotel of the WA Hotels & Resorts. The hotel is located at Herengracht 542-556, between Utrechtsestraat and Reguliersgracht. Together with G A Design International, the buildings, which are from the 17th and 18th centuries and are on the UNESCO list, were converted into a whole. The hotel has 93 rooms. The staff wear clothes designed by Jan Taminiau. The receptionists wear dresses printed with a map of the Amsterdam canals.
Guests leave on their own: End the tour on your own and bring your trip to a happy conclusion We meet right next to the entrance of the Anne Frank House. Look for the crew in orange clothing.
*Itinerary times are in the local time of the place of visit and may be subject to changes due to weather conditions, road conditions, and other factors. We appreciate your understanding.
