Tolerant, wealthy, practical and historic Netherlands is a great destination. Amsterdam is full of great museums and leafy canals. There are delightful towns, open air museums, and a land where literally people built from the sea. Altogether a great place to visit!
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Itineraries
Itinerary
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is a fantastic city - beautiful canals, incredible history, great restaurants...you won't want to leave. With only 2 days, focus o…
Itinerary
Netherlands
Canals, tulips, windmills, colorful gabled houses...you are in for a treat. Two weeks allows you to really get a chance to enjoy the country…
Eat & Drink
ML
Michelin starred ML in Haarlem has wonderful food in a lovely space
De Kas
This is a great place to eat in Amsterdam. A bit away from the main downtown area its is e…
Cepes
Fantastic food in Otterlo. Worth the trip just for the food
RIJKS
Outstanding food at this Michelin star retaurant just outside the risjkmuseum. Plan 3 hour…
Jopenkerk
Upscale brewpub inside an old church. Cool place with a great beer selection
Jopenkerk
This is a pretty cool place - a great craft beer selection and food inside an old church. …
De Lachende Javaan
Great place to try Rijssttafel (Indonesian feast) in Haarlem
See
Rijksmuseum
This is one of there great museums of the word. well laid out, a joy to visit. May of the …
Van Gogh Museum
This is the nbest collection of Van Gogh paintings in the world. You start at the bottom a…
Mauritshuis
The Mauritshuis Gallery is housed in a mansion built for a sugar trader and has quite an a…
Keukenhof
The most beautiful spring garden in the world. Acres and acres of tulips, hyacinths, daffo…
Corrie ten Boom Museum
This house-turned-museum is where three generations of the Ten Boom family lived between 1…
Anne Frank House
This is the office building where the Jewish Frank family hid for two years from the Nazis…
Zuiderzeemuseum
Outdoor museum in north holland showing life as it was in 1905.
Rijksmuseum Boerhaave
Interesting science and medicine history museum
Teylers Museum
Tyler's Museum (audioguide essential) was the first museum in the Netherlands, dating b…
Alkmaar Cheese Market
Fascinating unchanged market with traditional guilds, dress, tools unchanged for hundreds…
Our Lord in the Attic Museum (Former Hidden Catholic Church)
In tolerant Amsterdam after the catholic church was illegal (but tolerated) a wealthy merc…
Kröller-Müller Museum
This interesting museum houses a great collection of modern art including a large number o…
Hoge Veluwe National Park
This park is a former hunting reserve and is 13,000 acres of woodland, sand dunes, and moo…
The St. Bavo Church in Haarlem
Impressive church in the center of Haarlem. Many dutch churches are pretty bare inside but…
Vermeer Centrum Delft
While there are no Vermeer's here (visit The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Mauritius in…
Frans Hals Museum
Frans Hals was a native of Haarlem and some of his best works are here
De Museummolen
Museum of three working windmills n a very scenic setting
Volendam Museum
This museum in Volendam has several interiors of old houses, costumes, and photos of old V…
Westfriesmuseum
Museum with 17th century art and interiors in Hoorn
Netherlands Open Air Museum
Large open air museum with hisptrial buildings from all over he Netherlands relocated here…
Do
Amsterdamsel walking tour of Amsterdam
history · tour · walk
Explore Delft walking tour
Delft is compact and you can wander it on your own but you can get a great sense of the hi…
Pure Boats Amsterdam
beer · boat · tour
Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam – Museum of WWII Resistance
history · museum · war
Best of Leiden walking tour
This company offer private tours of Leiden of various length. While you can tour on your o…
Stay
Hotel de Sterrenberg | Otterlo, Veluwe
Lovely hotel and spa in the village of Otterlo, just outside the national park, The wonder…
Hotel Ml
Wonderfully located very pleasant Hotel In Haarlem, Netherlands in a former printing house…
Bridges House Hotel
Nice canal house lodging on the Oude Canal in Delft - just a short walk from all of the si…
Mr Jordaan Hotel
Located in the lovely Jordaan neighborhood in Amsterdam this lodging is pleasant and welc…