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1 - Arrive Amsterdam (2 nights)
You are met on arrival and transferred to your hotel. After check-in
there's time to relax or perhaps explore this friendly city.
Tonight, we enjoy a Welcome drink and a canal cruise in a glass
topped boat to have dinner in a local Dutch Rijstafel restaurant. (Highight
Dinner)
Hotel: Novotel (2 nights)
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2 - Amsterdam sightseeing & at leisure
This morning after breakfast, we visit a diamond-polishing factory.
Then to the Rijksmuseum, with a local guide who shows us
Rembrandt’s masterpieces including the ‘Nightwatch’. This
evening dinner is at our hotel. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
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3 - Amsterdam – Aalsmeer – Keukenhof – Delft – Rotterdam
Early morning departure to Aalsmeer to see the flower auction. Next
we visit the bulb fields at Keukenhof. (Open from April till the
middle of May - when closed we will visit Holland in miniature at
Madurodam.) Then to Scheveningen before we drive through the The
Hague. The town of Delft, and the Royal Delft Pottery factory, is
our last visit of the day before arriving in Rotterdam. Your evening
is at leisure to do as you please. (Buffet Breakfast)
Hotel: The Westin
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4 - Rotterdam – Tiel – Nijmegen – Arnhem
After breakfast, an orientation tour of Rotterdam, followed by a
drive to visit the 'Delta Expo' at the Eastern Scheldt Dam. Then to
Tiel where we visit an old Pewter factory. Next we journey to
Nijmegen to visit the museum at Groesbeek, dedicated to the history
of 'Operation Market Garden' in 1944. Finally, we make our way to
Arnhem to see the famous World War II Bridge before reaching our
hotel for the night. (Buffet Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Mercure
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5 - Arnhem – Apeldoorn – Groningen
This morning we enter the largest park in Holland, the Hoge Veluwe
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. Here there's time at leisure
perhaps for some lunch before stopping in Staphorst where life has
hardly changed over the last 400 years! Finally we continue our
journey to Groningen for the night. Dinner is at the hotel. (Buffet
Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Best Western City Hotel
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6 - Groningen – Volendam – Amsterdam
After breakfast we begin our journey into the Frisian Lake District
to Bolsward, Workum and the fishing port of Makkum. Next we will
continue our journey along the Afsluitdijk and on via the
cheese-making village of Edam to Volendam. Then this afternoon we
will visit Zaanse Schans, with its many windmills to see how wooden
shoes and Dutch cheese are made before we make our way back to
Amsterdam via the Ijtunnel. The remainder of your day is at leisure.
You may wish to visit the Anne Frank House or one of the city's
modern Art museums. This evening, why not experience some of the
city's exciting nightlife? (Buffet Breakfast)
Hotel: Novotel
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7 - Depart Amsterdam
This morning after breakfast, bid farewell to new-found friends
and our Tour Director as we transfer you to the airport for your
return flight home. (Buffet Breakfast)
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