16 Days Europe Vacation Package Day 11 Amsterdam – Zaanse Schans – Volendam – Amsterdam

16 Days Europe Tour – White Christmas Day 11 Amsterdam – Zaanse Schans – Volendam – Amsterdam

NH Weinheim Hotel

This morning, after breakfast in Radisson Amsterdam Airport Hotel, we departed for Zaanse Schans, Netherlands’ Windmill village. It was very interesting to visit the Dutch wooden clogs outlet and Henri Willig Dutch Cheese Farm.

The Netherlands Windmills

Pretty Dutch Wooden Clogs

Dutch cheese farm

Next we went to Volendam Netherlands, a very quaint fishing village with picturesque Dutch houses. Here we had a 3 course fish meal at Restaurant DeKoe TeaRoom.

De Koe TeaRoom

Check out the holiday travel tips for Volendam Netherlands. ☺


After visiting Volendam, we went into the city to take the hour-long canal cruise of Amsterdam which ended at the Gassan diamonds Amsterdam factory where we were given a brief overview of how a diamond is made.

Boarding the boat for the canal cruise

The Amsterdam canal cruise brought us to the Gassan Diamonds factory which was an interesting experience where we learned more about how the carat, colour, clarity and cut of the diamonds contributes to its price.

Diamonds ...

Whilst waiting for some of our group members to make their Gassan diamonds purchase, we crossed to the next building to try Amsterdam's favorite Stroopwafels.

Stroopwafels Amsterdam

Our tour manager, Ricky from Chan Brothers, then brought us on a walk and we were able to see some tourist attractions in Amsterdam.  We walked around Amsterdam’s red light district before going back to the hotel. As it was almost 2000 hrs, we decided to have dinner in the hotel’s restaurant, The Lighthouse.

One of the tourist attractions in Amsterdam

Vibrant Amsterdam is a maze of small streets and canals and are best viewed from a rented bicycle if you have the time.

Amsterdam houseboats

Anne Frank House

One of the thousands of bridges in Amsterdam

We had a great dinner at the Radisson Blu Amsterdam Airport Hotel.  It was a very exciting day and we looked forward to the remaining few days left of our Europe vacation package.

The Lighthouse

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Henri Willig Dutch Cheese Farm

Dutch cheese is the specialty of Holland based Henri Willig cheese makers.  Being in the cheese business for more than thirty years, Henri Willig now has three cheese farms, four shops and two cheese production facilities.


At the Catharina Hoeve cheese farm in Zaanse Schans where we had the good fortune to visit during our Europe vacation package, you will have the opportunity to see a demonstration of how cheese is made.  Here, you will be able to experience the art of cheese making from the milk to the finished product.


With the various cheeses that are produced, you will also get the opportunity to sample the unique flavours at leisure as well as explore and experience the ambience.  You are more than welcome to do your shopping here or even snap a picture of the staff in their traditional Dutch costume.


Here is the live demonstration of the cheese making at the Cheese farm:-




And here is the step-by-step process of the Dutch cheese making:-





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