Waterland, Amsterdam - Volendam

Discover during this cycling holiday Waterland, Amsterdam & Volendam the area north of Amsterdam were in the 17th century large area recovered from the sea and reclaimed through the use of hundreds of windmills. It's here that you will find the typical Dutch landscape of polders, mills and harbours.

Amsterdam is a city to be explored on foot and we recommend the following places of interest: the rings of canals, the Jordaan area, with its many pubs, outdoor cafés and quaint shops, Vondelpark with its open air concerts, Leidseplein, Rembrandtsplein, the antique shops in the Spiegel district, Museum Square with the Rijksmuseum (National Museum), Stedelijk Museum (Museum of Modern Art) and the Van Gogh Museum.Volendam: traditional costumes, sailing ships and long johns on the clotheslines. In Zaanse Schans, a lovely little hamlet on the banks of the river Zaan, the mills, houses, shops and traditional Dutch crafts bring the past to life.