Day Trips from Amsterdam

Day Trips from Amsterdam is a collection of guided excursions and independent experiences that take visitors beyond the city into the wider Dutch landscape and beyond. Departing from Amsterdam, these trips reach destinations as varied as Rotterdam, with its striking modern architecture and waterfront regeneration, and The Hague, seat of the Dutch government and home to the Mauritshuis royal picture gallery. Further afield, the historic market town of Alkmaar has hosted its famous cheese market since the seventeenth century, where wheels of Gouda and Edam are still weighed and carried in the traditional manner by guild porters.

For those travelling with families, the programme extends to Efteling, the celebrated fairy-tale theme park in the North Brabant province, and Beekse Bergen, the safari and wildlife park set around a large lake near Hilvarenbeek. Together these excursions offer a practical way to experience the Netherlands beyond the canals of Amsterdam, each trip making use of the city's central position as a transport hub for the region.