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Amsterdam Maritime History Tour with Tastings and Museum Entry

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Walk Amsterdam's seafaring past with an expert guide in a small private group. From the Tower of Tears where Henry Hudson set sail, through the VOC warehouses and past admirals' houses, to a private guided visit inside the National Maritime Museum — museum admission included. Starts with a welcome drink and snack. The story of how a small city traded its way to global dominance, told on the streets where it happened.

In evidenza

    Cosa è incluso

    • Professional English-speaking guide
    • Snacks
    • Admission fees
    • Ask your guide anything! He is happy to give you tips what to do in town.

    Non incluso

    • Meals

    Itinerario

    1. Weeping Tower

      Your guide meets you at the Tower of Tears, a 15th-century watchtower on Prins Hendrikkade where Henry Hudson set sail for America in 1609. The VOC story starts here over a welcome drink and snack included in the tour price.

      20 minutiIngresso gratuitoVedi sulla mappa

    2. Amsterdam Red Light District

      A walk along Amsterdam's old sailor strip past Café het Aapje, one of the city's oldest bars. Sailors returning from the tropics paid their tabs with exotic animals. Your guide explains the VOC crew culture and where the Dutch expression 'broodje aap' comes from.

      Si passa senza fermarsiIngresso gratuitoVedi sulla mappa

    3. New Market Square

      The square is dominated by De Waag, Amsterdam's oldest surviving castle gateway turned weighing house, dating to 1488. Your guide brings the spice trade alive here — the VOC used the Waag to weigh exotic goods from the East Indies, and the square once buzzed with merchants and sailors from across the world.

      15 minutiIngresso gratuitoVedi sulla mappa

    4. A 16th-century watchtower on the Oudeschans canal, the Montelbaanstoren was used by the VOC to muster sailors before departure. Rembrandt sketched it many times from the opposite bank. Your guide shares stories of the sailors who assembled here for voyages that could last three years.

      15 minutiIngresso gratuito

    5. Amsterdam's most beautiful Art Nouveau building, completed in 1916 as the headquarters for six major shipping companies. The ornate facade is packed with maritime motifs — anchors, sea creatures and compasses — celebrating Dutch dominance of world trade. Your guide decodes the symbolism and explains how the building marked the peak of the VOC's legacy.

      15 minutiIngresso gratuito

    6. Along this grand waterfront boulevard your guide points out the house where Admiral Michiel de Ruyter lived — the man who twice defeated the English and French fleets and is buried in the Nieuwe Kerk. De Ruyter rose from rope-maker's son to commander of the Dutch navy, an extraordinary story of social mobility in the Golden Age.

      10 minutiIngresso gratuito

    7. De Bijenkorf

      Europe's largest 19th-century warehouse complex, built to store colonial goods from the VOC trading routes. The 84 warehouses each carry the name of a Dutch colony or trading post — from Batavia to Ceylon. Today it's a charming residential canal, and your guide explains how the spice trade that once filled these stores shaped the modern world.

      15 minutiIngresso gratuitoVedi sulla mappa

    8. National Maritime Museum

      Your tour concludes with a guided visit inside the National Maritime Museum, one of the world's finest collections of seafaring history. Housed in a stunning 17th-century naval storehouse, highlights include the full-scale replica VOC ship Amsterdam, historic sea charts, and the globe collection that once guided Dutch navigators to the ends of the earth. Admission is included in your tour price.

      1 oraIngresso inclusoVedi sulla mappa

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    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • Mobile or paper ticket accepted
    • One per booking
    • Please show your e-ticket to your guide at the meeting point at Schreierstoren (Tower of Tears), Prins Hendrikkade 94–95, Amsterdam. Your guide will be waiting near the tower entrance.

    Cancellazione e rimborso

    For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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    Fornito da
    Adam & Eve Amsterdam Food Tours
    Codice prodotto
    375412P16

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