Your Own Amsterdam.
A Sightseeing Tour

Amsterdam through admiring eyes: what we love in this city
GROUP TOUR

Sightseeing Tour Amsterdam:
Main Highlights + Secret Locations + 3 tastings + One‑Day Amsterdam Itinerary (PDF)

every Friday, Saturday, Sunday
10-00
2 hours
up to 15 people
English
€20 per person
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For many years, the ring of canals has been lovingly wrapping us in its charms with its cozy brown houses. It lulls you to sleep each evening with the rustle of old plane trees and stories of its astonishing past—corsairs and untold treasures, free‑spirited, proud, hardworking people, and fantastic adventures. And in the mornings, it wakes you impatiently with the cries of green parrots, the smell of coffee, and the toll of church bells. We love this city! And we’ll pull out all the stops so you can befriend it—after all, it doesn’t open its heart to everyone.

On our Amsterdam group tours, we’ll make over fifteen stops. At each one, we will talk about both serious and not‑so‑serious things, decipher old façade signs, and hunt for the city’s little tricks. We’ll discover what life was like in the city centuries ago, and what it’s like to be an Amsterdammer today, where the roots of its national traditions lie, and how people of nearly two hundred nationalities manage to live happily here. We will also tell you what you absolutely must see in Amsterdam and the Netherlands.

Also, once our small group tours Amsterdam experience ends, we’ll email you a full‑day walking itinerary for Amsterdam: with charming museums, top cafés and restaurants, art galleries, photogenic spots, offbeat shops, and so much more. Use it, and you will see the true Amsterdam, just as locals know and love it. And that makes another great day of your trip.




What We’ll See: Iconic sights and hidden treasures of Amsterdam

Of course, on our sightseeing tours Amsterdam, we’ll see all the must‑see highlights:

  • The Royal Palace and Dam Square;
  • De Nieuwe Kerk, where royal inaugurations and wedding ceremonies take place;
  • The National Monument dedicated to the victims of World War II;
  • The Rembrandt Monument;
  • The “floating” flower market;
  • The medieval Begijnhof;
  • Amsterdam’s oldest house;
  • The stall with the best herring in Amsterdam;
  • The historic Munttoren tower;
  • Delftware—traditional Dutch blue‑and‑white pottery;
  • The Beurs van Berlage (Amsterdam Stock Exchange);
  • The former prison;
  • The leaning canal houses;
  • Examples of Northern Renaissance and Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) architecture;
  • Europe’s most luxurious cinema, and much more!
There’s even more to come. On our group tours Amsterdam, we’ll also show you our favorite secret spots that guidebooks don’t mention, like a hidden chapel, the living clock, the mouse city, the spot where Ocean’s Twelve was filmed, and the church where electronic music plays.

What We’ll Learn:
Culture, History, Traditions, and Modern Life on Our Amsterdam Group Tours

On our small group tours Amsterdam, we’ll tell you:

  • What’s the difference between Holland and the Netherlands?
  • How do the Dutch manage to live below sea level, and how does that shape their lives?
  • How was Amsterdam founded, and how did it become one of the richest, most influential, and freest cities in the world?
  • How did the tiny Netherlands grow into a vast colonial empire, and how do people today view that colonial past?
  • Why does Amsterdam have so many canals?
  • How did the Netherlands become the most bicycle‑friendly country in the world?
  • Is there a Dutch cuisine?
But that’s not all. Want to know how to peek through the windows of the Royal Palace? Where did the green parrots in the city come from? Who steals bikes from the locals? How can you become a nun and still have a personal life? What is happening in Dutch cathedrals or former prisons? Why is our national color orange? Why are there no curtains in those big windows? We’ll cover all of that.

After our sightseeing tours Amsterdam, we’ll also recommend what you absolutely must see in Amsterdam and the Netherlands, where to have dinner, and how to spend your evening. And we’ll email you a detailed itinerary for our perfect day in Amsterdam—though there’s so much in that plan it could easily fill several days.

What We’ll Do:
Dive into Local Culture on Our Group Tours Amsterdam

But of course, on our sightseeing tours Amsterdam, we won’t just look and listen. Together we’ll do plenty of fun things:

  • We’ll taste cheese, waffles, and, if you like, the city’s best herring or eel.
  • We’ll decipher what the old façade signs hide.
  • We’ll meet the famous Amsterdam's sweetheart.
  • We’ll experience the passage of time firsthand.
  • We’ll try to find the secret chapel.
  • We’ll meet the local “mafia” and come out unscathed.
  • We’ll come up with a few ways to get rich quickly, and much more.

Of course, you can’t cover everything in two hours, but with our Amsterdam group tours, that’s just the beginning! We’ve got loads more private tours in Amsterdam and beyond, from farm visits to foodie trips, street‑art walks, and so much more. We dreamed them up with a lot of love. Why don’t you come along?

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