Amsterdam City Cruise

This five day mini cruise leads you to the most beautiful cities and through the most attractive areas in the “Garden of Amsterdam”. These short journeys in late summer offer you an excellent opportunity to visit the most beautiful high points in and around the capital of the Netherlands in a very relaxed way, on board a comfortable ship. Numerous museums and shops entice you in Amsterdam, the “smallest metropolis in Europe“, and the canals which quite recently came onto the UNESCO world heritage list are famous all over the world. You visit the historical city of Haarlem, the open-air museum Zaanse Schans with wind mills and a cheese farm, the cheese city Alkmaar and the picturesque small town with a harbour, Volendam am IJsselmeer.
The English-speaking courier takes care of everything: a number of excursions on land & guided tours in the towns are included. Bicycles are available on board for short excursions or longer tours.

Itinerary for 5 days / 4 nights

Day 1: Arrival and embarkation in Amsterdam | In the evening: Amsterdam - Haarlem

In the afternoon from 2 pm embarkation in Amsterdam, Veemkade. From about 5 pm a "dinner cruise" to Haarlem. A stroll around the city in the evening through the historic old city of Haarlem.

Day 2: Haarlem – Zaanse Schans | In the afternoon: Zaandam – Alkmaar

A cruise by ship to the open-air museum "Zaanse Schans" (incl.) with its beautiful wind mills, an old-Dutch village, a cheese farm and a traditional wooden clogs maker. You then journey in the afternoon to Alkmaar for a short stroll around the town there.

Day 3: A cruise by ship Alkmaar – Amsterdam – Volendam

After breakfast you travel by ship from Alkmaar through the Polder land of the Province of Northern Holland and over the IJsselmeer to the fishing village of Volendam, and subsequently a short stroll around the town (included). In the harbour enjoy the smoked eel "Paling" or the salted herring "Matjes".

Day 4: Volendam - Amsterdam

You travel by ship over the IJsselmeer back to Amsterdam. In the evening: there is the opportunity to take a trip together on the canals.

Day 5: Amsterdam

After breakfast: disembarkation by 10 am and the end of the trip.

We reserve the right to change the program + details, if necessary, for example for meteorological or nautical reasons. The shipping line reserves the right to change the program slightly due to weather conditions or for nautical reasons.

What's included:

- Tour and accommodation on board 5 days / 4 nights from/to Amsterdam, cabin in the booked category;
- Meals on board (Full board: breakfast, lunch and three course dinner);
- Use of bed linen and towels (change of towels daily possible)
- Daily short cleaning of the cabin
- Tour leader (multilingual) with daily briefings of the bike tours and some short city tours;
- Board- and land program according to program;
- use of bicycle, Maps and info material for unguided individual bike tours on board.
Not included: Transfers to/from docking place Veemkade in Amsterdam, other transfers, parking fee, entrance fees & excursions (others then mentioned in program), drinks on board, personal insurances, gratuities (at your discretion).