Alkmaar Cheese Market, Windmills & Dutch Countryside Tour
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Duration: 4h 30m
Location: Alkmaar, Netherlands | Alkmaar, Netherlands
Category: Day Trips & Excursions
Highlights:
Dutch icons, cheese & windmills
Lively whirl of a traditional cheese auction
Customs of porters & merchants
Windmills, slow-moving rivers & quaint village life
Polders & dikes, land reclaimed from the sea
Inclusions:
Guided tour of Alkmaar, Schermerhorn, and the Dutch countryside
Cheese tasting
Roundtrip transportation to and from central Amsterdam
Description:
Leave Amsterdam and find a first-hand, vivid experience of the cheese-trade traditions and windmills characteristic to Holland. A scenic drive takes you to both a quaint village with picturesque windmills and to a farm to taste its famous Edam cheese.
Step back in time at the Alkmaar cheese auction and get a real sense of Dutch market life. Following a pleasant guided stroll in the old town, let a 600 year-old tradition unfold in front of your eyes. Hear the excitement building up as bidders whistle, clap, and compete for a good deal on locally produced cheese in the main square. See the colorful, special costumes of porters and traders and watch the bill get tallied at the 14th-century Weigh House.
Pass dikes and polders, land reclaimed from the sea by the hard-working Dutch people centuries ago, on your way to Schermerhorn village. See a historic collection of windmills and visit one inside. Make your way to a farm to learn about the methods of cheese production, and, of course, sample the famous Edam variety before you return to Amsterdam.
Cancellation Policy: 4 days
Know before you book:
Children 3 and younger are complimentary.,
Tour stops vary.,
Check-in is 30 minutes prior to the booked tour start time.
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