Best of Holland 2011
7 day tour from US$1850.00*
Day 1
ARRIVE AMSTERDAM (2 nights)
Welcome to Amsterdam! After check-in there's time to relax and unwind or perhaps start exploring this friendly city. Tonight, enjoy a Welcome Drink with your Tour Director and fellow travellers.
Hotel: Novotel City (F)
Day 2
AMSTERDAM SIGHTSEEING AND AT LEISURE
This morning explore the city on your included canal cruise in a glass-topped boat. Then a guided tour of the Rijksmuseum will reveal Rembrandt’s masterpiece, the ‘Nightwatch’. Finally, visit a diamond polishing factory to discover many interesting facts about these precious gems.
Meal(s): (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Day 3
AMSTERDAM - AALSMEER - KEUKENHOF - DELFT - ROTTERDAM
An early start takes you to Aalsmeer to see the flower auction. Next visit the bulb fields at Keukenhof. (Open from April until the middle of May – when closed you will visit 'Holland in Miniature' at Madurodam.) Then stop in Scheveningen before driving through The Hague. The town of Delft and the Royal Delft Pottery factory is your last visit of the day before arriving in Rotterdam.
Meal(s): (Buffet Breakfast)
Hotel: The Manhattan (SF)
Day 4
ROTTERDAM - NIJMEGEN - ARNHEM - ZUTPHEN
After breakfast, an orientation tour of Rotterdam reveals the most important river port in Europe. Next journey to Nijmegen to visit the museum at Groesbeek, dedicated to the history of Operation Market Garden in 1944. Finally, make your way to Arnhem to see the famous World War II bridge.
Meal(s): (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Eden Hotel Zutphen (F)
Day 5
ZUTPHEN - APELDOORN - GRONINGEN
Today you are taken to Hoge Veluwe Park and the 'Kröller–Müller' Museum which houses some of Van Gogh’s most famous works. Then to Apeldoorn to visit the 17th century Het Loo Palace with its formal gardens. Next to quaint Staphorst and finally to Groningen.
Meal(s): (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Mercure Martini Plaza (F)
Day 6
GRONINGEN - VOLENDAM - AMSTERDAM
Your day begins with a scenic drive into the Frisian Lake District to Bolsward, Workum and the fishing port of Makkum. Next continue along the Afsluitdijk via the cheese-making village of Edam to Volendam. This afternoon visit Zaanse Schans with its many windmills, to see how wooden clogs and Dutch cheese are made before returning to Amsterdam. This evening enjoy a Farewell Dinner together.
Meal(s): (Buffet Breakfast / Farewell Dinner)
Hotel: Novotel City (F)
Day 7
DEPART AMSTERDAM
This morning after breakfast, bid farewell to your travelling companions as your insightful tour of Holland comes to an end. Transfers are available. Conditions apply.
Meal(s): (Buffet Breakfast)
What's Included
Sightseeing Highlights - Amsterdam Orientation shows you the City Hall and Tower of Tears. Enjoy a canal cruise and visit a diamond-cutting factory. Guided tour of the Rijksmuseum.
- Zaanse Schans Visit a cheese farm and wooden clog workshop.
- Aalsmeer Visit the flower auction.
- Keukenhof Visit the magnificent bulb fields when open.
- Scheveningen Visit this seaside resort.
- The Hague Visit the 'garden city', home of the Dutch Royal Family.
- Delft Visit the charming village and the Royal Delft Pottery factory.
- Rotterdam Orientation tour.
- Nijmegen Visit the famous war museum at Groesbeek.
- Arnhem See the "Bridge Too Far".
- Hoge Veluwe Visit the 'Kröller-Müller' Museum set in a magnificent park.
- Apeldoorn Visit Het Loo Palace.
- Staphorst Visit this timeless village.
- Makkum Visit this fishing port famous for its ceramics.
- Volendam Visit this fishing village.
Dining Highlights - Welcome Drink with your Tour Director in Amsterdam.
- 6 hot buffet breakfasts.
- 3 three-course dinners.
- Farewell Dinner with wine in Amsterdam.
First Class Travel Highlights - First Class hotel accommodation includes twin-bedded rooms with private facilities.
- All hotel service charges and tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes included.
- Touring by luxury air-conditioned coach with reclining seats and a washroom onboard.
- The services of one of Trafalgar's top professional multi-lingual Tour Directors.
- A stylish wallet, travel documents and Welcome on Tour book with map.
- These prices are correct at the time of the website going live, however are subject to confirmation at the time of booking.
- All tour information is correct at time of tours going live, however is subject to change, please confirm all details at time of booking.
- For full terms and conditions, please refer to our Conditions page.
- Hotel Class Key: D: Deluxe SF: Superior First Class F: First Class
