This was a great bargain on the air conditioned bus with a tour guide. Had we done this on our own, we would have been lost. The old Dutch Windmill village is gorgeous. I can now say I have been inside and on the upper deck of a windmill (this was 5 euros extra but so worth it). Our guide, Harold made sure everyone was enjoying themselves and kept us informed. There was plenty of free time to roam the village, go around the windmills or take a boat ride for a small fee, again worth it. The cheese making and wooden shoe demonstration were cool and just 10-15mins each so you get to spend most of the time on the windmills and the quaint historic village The Chocolate waffles in one of the shops were spectacular. I would do this tour again.

Hosts were very friendly and funny! The bus journey is comfortable and air conditioned (we went on a hot day and we were both comfortable). We learnt so much about the history of the windmills, watching the clogs get made was really interesting and it was great to see the craftsmanship that goes into this. For any cheese lovers this trip is a YES, so many different flavours to try (they were all so nice!). Highly recommend getting the freshly made waffles near the car park for €3 they are divine! Only critique would be the windmills and open air museum shut at 5pm, we had free time until 5:30pm so we went for a long walk before going to enter the windmills but they shut as we were walking into one. None the less the experience was great, amazing value for money and would definitely recommend to anyone wanting an out of city experience. Thanks for a great day!!

3.5hrs is enough to go around Zaanse Schans. We had 1 hr free time to take photos with the windmill and for us it was enough already. I just find the price a bit too much because the shoe factory and cheese factory are free of charge. so the 27 euro is just for the bus and tour guide.