Bus day trip Holland Windmill -Zaanse Schans, Marken and Volendam from Amsterdam

My mom and I enjoyed a wonderful tour of several places of interest today! My fear was that I would want to spend more time in Zaanse Schans (it was supposed to be 60 minutes, but it ended up being around 45), but it was enough time to walk around quickly, go in a few places and get some photos of the windmills. We were supposed to get to go inside a windmill, but sadly it was closed. I think on a nice day when more things are open, I would probably have been disappointed that I couldn’t stay longer, but for today, the timing was fine. The next few stops were also interesting- we learned how Dutch cheese and stroopwafels are made and got to do some tastings, walked around some beautiful villages and enjoyed a demonstration of how wooden clogs are made. It was a lot packed into a short day, but seemed to be paced very well. This is a Spanish tour company and the group was led by 2 guides - the lovely Mar, who we joined the day before on a trip to Bruges, and the excellent Javier, who took our very small English group of 3 people- very much like our own private tour! We truly enjoyed Javi’s perspective and the history he shared with us. He made the trip even more interesting and engaging by making sure we saw all the best spots and sharing the history of what we saw. We truly enjoyed the tour and can definitely recommend it, as well as the 2 wonderful guides! The fact that this is a Spanish company might put off some English speakers who are worried about the language issue, but I can assure you that both guides are completely fluent in English and while much of the conversation on the bus was in Spanish, Javi always made sure the English speakers knew what was going on. Mom and I would definitely book another tour with this company and these wonderful guides!