The best time to see the Netherlands is April through May, and the best way to see it is on a river cruise. River cruising is an easy, luxurious, and relaxing vacation that takes you between scenic towns like Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
Choose from eight- to ten-day cruises visiting windmills, tulip fields and WWII battlefields. Depending on the cities you want to visit, your journey could take you along Holland’s waterways and stop at many historical sites, including :
• Amsterdam the home of the Anne Frank House and Van Gogh Museum.
• Alkmaar and the “Tulip Road.”
• Antwerp and take a city tour including Cathedral of Our Lady and Steen Castle.
• Arnhem the city famous for the Battle of Arnhem of WWII.
• Friesland-Enkhuizen the agricultural region and the Zuiderzee Museum. Taste some of the region’s local cheese and juniper-flavored liqueur known as Genever.
• Hoorn-Lelystad-Kampen and historical sites of the Dutch East India Company and board the Batavia ship.
• Makkum a traditional fishing village.
• Rotterdam which has been referred to as the world’s busiest port. Go on a tour of this city, which was rebuilt after being destroyed by German bombs in WWII or select to visit the pristine gardens of Keukenhof.
• Volendam offers many excursions to windmills, historic buildings and homes dating back to the “Golden Age,” and cheese markets. You’ll be amazed at how a town that dates back to the 1600s has retained so much of its original beauty. Here, you won’t want to miss out on exploring Protestant Stolphoevekerk, a church built in 1658.
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