Amsterdam City Tours

Amsterdam Holiday Tours are all about what makes The Netherlands such a special place to visit. What could be more characteristic than a field of tulips? The Keukenhof Flowershow Amsterdam City Tour operates between March and May. Visit the places where the bulb area appears like a magical canvas of tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, alive with the most delightful smells and colours. The history of the tulip is filled with intrigue, thievery, instant fortunes and broken hearts. In the period 1634 to 1637 the Dutch obsession with tulips peaked when bulb prices sky rocketed as 'Tulip fever' spread like wild fire amongst the normally solid and sensible Dutch. The period of absurd speculation in tulips became known as "Tulipomania", when at its height a single bulb could be sold for a price which could have purchased a house in the best parts of Amsterdam!

Perhaps it is cheese and windmills which seems most symbolic of the Dutch countryside. Two Sightseeing Tours in Amsterdam showcase cheese and windmills. One visits Alkmaar, a 750 year old city, famous for its weekly cheese market, the other visits medieval Edam. Both visit the picturesque windmill village of Zaanse Schans and a wooden shoe factory.

Amsterdam Tours also revisits the city’s recent history of occupation and persecution on a tour where you visit the house and attic where Anne Frank and her family hid during the Second World War. Sightseeing Tours in Amsterdam can be done independently or through an escorted Amsterdam City Tour which makes it all so easy. All Sightseeing Tours in Amsterdam can be booked online to make it even more convenient.