Private Tour
Private Guided Keukenhof Gardens and Zaanse Schans Tour
Overview
Available languages
6 hours
Mobile ticket
We’ll visit The Zaanse Schans, a charming historic preservation village filled with traditional houses and iconic windmills. You’ll have the opportunity to explore the windmills, watch clogs being crafted, and enjoy a delightful cheese-tasting experience.
Afterward, we’ll head to Keukenhof, the world’s most stunning spring garden! The gardens are open from March 20th to May 11th, 2025, and feature around 7 million spring flowers, including tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, and crocuses. Keep in mind that the flowers don’t all bloom at the same time, so the display may vary throughout the season.
Additional Info
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Amsterdam
You will be picked up from your hotel in Amsterdam.
Zaanse Schans
We arrive at The Zaanse Schans. This is a preservation village with a variety of historical houses, warehouses, and working industrial windmills. It feels like you’re traveling back in time! You will experience how life was between the 18th and 19th centuries. We’ll enjoy a pleasant stroll passing the old wooden houses with their preserved original details, like ceremonial doors and carved lintels, taste local chocolate at the chocolate shop, concluding with a visit to a working windmill.
What‘s Included
Private transportation
Keukenhof entrance ticket
Private professional Guide
Air-conditioned vehicle
Entrance ticket to a historical windmill
Parking Fees
Cheese tasting
Bottle of water
Gratuities
Lunch
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Private Guided Keukenhof Gardens and Zaanse Schans Tour
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Reviews
7 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
An awesome day with Esther!
meeplish,May 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Had an awesome day visiting windmills and viewing tulips with Esther! She had great insight into how windmills work and millers operate, being a miller’s daughter herself (hence Windmill Girl!). She also knew all the best photo spots and took great photos! Super friendly and generous, too, with great taste in music. We had a super fun day with her!
Beautiful day trip!
mlanthi,Apr 19, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Esther was friendly, informative, and a pleasure to spend the day with. She took good care of us, sharing interesting background and facts about Amsterdam (and the Netherlands), guiding us through Zaanse Schans, and ensuring that we stopped at every possible scenic tulip field location along the way to Keukenhof. Added bonus, she'll capture your photos during the tour and share them with you at the end. Thank you Esther!
Bucket List - Check. Our experience with Windmillgirls Tours was fantastic!
V7010IIkimberlyg,Apr 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This tour is well paced- just the right amount of time at each stop. Esther was engaging and provided so many interesting details for contact- definitely a highlight of our trip. We HIGHLY recommend this tour!
Favourite day out exploring
Branter,Mar 24, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Incredible trip! Esther was fun, friendly and informative. Loved the local knowledge and ties to the area. Early in flower season she made sure we saw as much as possible, just one among many efforts made to see that we had an exceptional day. Highly recommend, well worth the money filled with great memories.
Nice tour, excellent host/guide
F5410KEdavidl,Mar 21, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our guide’s name was Esther and she is a native of Nederland and actually grew up in a working windmill that her parents still own and operate today. Bring a local means that she has additional information and unique perspectives to share as you go from place to place. We did the windmill and tulip tour. It was March 21st so just a bit too early to see the tulips in bloom. We did still see fields of yellow daffodils which were pretty, but the tour was quite expensive and we were a bit disappointed that the tulip farm didn’t offer a “low season” rate or at least throw in lunch or something. I would definitely recommend hiring Esther as your guide, but if you’re going to see the tulips, she tells us that mid-April until end of May is the best time to go.
This was absolutely one of the best things We’ve ever done. Esther was THE BEST!! Dutch charm and beauty on all levels.
U9011LUdanab,May 1, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was absolutely one of the best things I’ve ever done. Esther was THE BEST!! Dutch charm and beauty on all levels. Esther is so professional and at the same time so easy to talk. We will be back.
Fantastic tour and guides!
jordanfR9123QI,Apr 5, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Had such a great time on our day trip from Amsterdam. We learned a lot and Esther was passionate and a fantastic guide. I would gladly recommend them— you will have a blast.
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