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Tour Code: RW
Tour Length: 8 days
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DUTCH MASTERPIECE
Overview Click map for larger sizeThis treasure of a vacation allows you to discover the unique heritage of Holland. Your trip begins in Amsterdam, Holland's capital, where a canal cruise and a guided visit to the Rijksmuseum with Rembrandt's masterpieces are included. Enjoy the surrounding areas, where you visit a flower auction, followed by a visit to Hoorn. Travel over the Barrier Dam to Friesland, home of Mata Hari, and the Frisian Lake District. Stop in Giethoorn and enjoy a boat trip through the canals. Continue on to Epe in the densely wooded Veluwe area to stay for the night. Visits to the Royal Palace of Het Loo and the Airborne Museum near Arnhem are included. Via Tiel, travel to Kinderdijk, where you can admire a whole row of windmills. Continue via picturesque Veere and the Storm Surge Barrier to Rotterdam, where an orientation drive is included. Next is Delft's world-famous Royal Delft Pottery Factory and The Hague, seat of the Dutch government and the International Court of Justice. In springtime, a visit to the Flower Park of Keukenhof is included (Departures 0405-0506 only. Departures 0510-0913, 1011 visit the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam instead.). Your Holland trip ends back in Amsterdam. This vacation through Holland shows you a country that is quaint and scenic, yet worth visiting, because it may have many of the answers an increasingly overcrowded world needs for survival. City Highlights
Amsterdam:
Welcome dinner; guided sightseeing, visit Rembrandt's masterpieces in the Rijksmuseum; canal cruise; visit a major diamond center. Departures 0510-0913, 1004 visit Anne Frank House
Aalsmeer:
Visit the flower auction
Barrier Dam:
Drive over the dam between the North Sea and the former Zuiderzee
Hoorn
Giethoorn:
Orientation by boat
Staphorst
Het Loo:
Visit the Royal Palace
Arnhem Area:
Visit Van Gogh's masterpieces in the Kröller-Müller Museum and the World War II Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek
Leerdam:
Visit a pewter factory
Kinderdijk:
Take pictures of the windmills
Zeeland:
Orientation of Veere; take pictures of the Storm Surge Barrier, part of the Delta Project
Rotterdam:
Orientation drive
Delft:
Orientation; visit the Royal Delft pottery factory
The Hague:
Orientation drive
Keukenhof:
Visit the Flower Park (tours 0405-0506)
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