Dutch Countryside tour
Dutch Countryside tour
- Flexible Route & Pace
- Including an Experienced Guide
- Minimum 1 Person
Tulip fields, turning windmills, cobblestone fishing villages and 30 flavours of Dutch cheese — all within an hour of Amsterdam.
The Netherlands beyond the city is something most visitors never get to see. Painted wooden houses reflected in still canals. Windmills grinding away as they have for centuries. Fishermen mending nets in harbours that have barely changed since the Golden Age. The smell of freshly made cheese drifting from a centuries-old farm.
With Remo Drivers, you don’t just pass through this world — you experience it, at your own pace, in total comfort.
Our Dutch Countryside Private Tour is a fully tailored, door-to-door escape from Amsterdam into the very best of the Dutch countryside. Your personal driver-host picks you up at your hotel and takes you on a beautifully curated journey through iconic windmills, traditional cheese and clog farms, charming fishing villages, and picture-perfect polders — all without a tour bus in sight.
Purely private. Wonderfully Dutch. Unforgettably yours. Book your countryside tour with Remo Drivers and discover the Netherlands that most visitors only dream about.
Tour Highlights
Zaanse Schans windmills — including inside a working windmill
Dutch cheese farm — taste up to 30 varieties and watch the cheese-making process
Traditional clog workshop — see klompen carved by hand, a true Dutch craft
Volendam fishing village — harbour walk, local waffles & authentic Dutch atmosphere
Broek in Waterland (optional) — the most beautiful hidden village in the Netherlands
Door-to-door private transfer from your Amsterdam hotel
Fully flexible — your schedule, your pace, your wishes
Exclusively your group — no strangers, no group buses
WiFi & refreshments on board throughout the journey
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure
Perfect For
- Families with children — windmills, cheese tasting and clog workshops delight all ages
- Photography lovers — the Dutch countryside is one of Europe’s most iconic landscapes
- Food enthusiasts — Dutch cheese, fresh waffles, and local specialities await at every stop
- First-time visitors to the Netherlands — discover the country beyond Amsterdam’s canals
- Returning visitors — go deeper and explore the quieter, more authentic side of Dutch life
Practical Information
- Duration: Approximately 5–8 hours (flexible, based on your preferences)
- Departure: Flexible—you choose the start time
- Pickup: Direct from your Amsterdam hotel or agreed address
- Group size: Fully private—exclusively your group
- Vehicle: Spacious, air-conditioned luxury vehicle with WiFi and refreshments
- Languages: English and Dutch
- Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the tour begins
Book Your Private Dutch Countryside Tour with Remo Drivers Today
The windmills are turning, the cheese is aging, and the harbor at Volendam is waiting in the morning light. With Remo Drivers, this is your countryside—private, unhurried, and unforgettable. Secure your date now and discover the Netherlands that most visitors never see.
The Real Netherlands Awaits — Just Beyond the City
Amsterdam is magnificent. But the Netherlands that will stay with you forever lies just beyond its edges — in the vast open polders, the creaking wooden windmills, the briny fishing harbors, and the quiet farmyards where cheese has been made the same way for generations.
The Dutch Countryside Tour by Remo Drivers is your private passport to this world. From the moment your personal driver-host collects you from your Amsterdam hotel, you leave the crowds behind and step into a landscape that is as peaceful as it is breathtakingly beautiful. No group schedules, no crowded coach seats, no strangers. Just you, your group, and the real Netherlands unfolding around you.
Zaanse Schans — The Windmill Village That Stopped Time
Your first stop is the legendary Zaanse Schans, one of the most iconic and best-preserved open-air landscapes in the Netherlands. Here, a cluster of magnificent working windmills lines the banks of the river Zaan, their great arms sweeping through the sky just as they have done for centuries.
Your driver-host takes you inside a working windmill — a rare privilege that most visitors simply walk past — where you can climb the creaking floors, hear the grinding of the millstones, and understand exactly how this engineering marvel shaped an entire nation. Alongside the windmills, Zaanse Schans is home to a cluster of beautifully restored green wooden houses, traditional workshops, and charming museums, all set against the kind of Dutch scenery you thought only existed on postcards.
A Dutch Cheese Farm — Where the Tasting is Just the Beginning
Next, your tour brings you to a traditional Dutch cheese farm, where the art of cheesemaking is very much alive. Here you will discover how the Netherlands became one of the world’s great cheese-producing nations — from the process of curdling and pressing to the long, careful aging that gives Dutch cheese its distinctive richness and depth.
And then comes the best part: the tasting. With up to 30 different varieties of Dutch cheese to sample — young and creamy, aged and crystalline, flavored with herbs and spices — this is an experience that turns even the most casual cheese appreciator into a confirmed convert. From the mild sweetness of a young Gouda to the sharp intensity of an aged Edam, each taste tells a story.
While you’re there, don’t miss the clog workshop — a fascinating look at the ancient craft of wooden shoe-making, where skilled artisans still carve and shape klompen by hand from blocks of willow wood. You can even take a pair home as the most authentically Dutch souvenir imaginable.
Volendam — The Fishing Village That Defines the Dutch Soul
From the cheese farm, your driver-host brings you to Volendam, the most picturesque fishing village in the Netherlands and a place that has been charming visitors since the 19th century.
Walk along the wooden harbor front, lined with colorful fishing boats and traditional Dutch houses leaning gently over the water. Explore the narrow cobblestone streets behind the harbour, dotted with artisan shops, bakeries, and cozy cafés serving the famous Volendam waffle — light, crispy, and dusted with sugar in the way only the Dutch know how.
Volendam is also famous for its traditional costumes — the women’s lace caps and striped skirts and the men’s dark fishermen’s jackets that have been worn here for centuries. Many of the locals still wear them with quiet pride, giving the village an authenticity that is rare and genuinely moving.
Take your time. Browse a local art gallery. Sit on a harbor wall with a coffee. Watch the boats. This is the Netherlands at its most unhurried and most beautiful.
Broek in Waterland — The Hidden Gem of the Dutch Polder
For those who want to go deeper into the countryside, your driver-host can also take you through Broek in Waterland — one of the most beautifully preserved and least-visited villages in the Netherlands. A cluster of distinctive painted wooden houses set around a tranquil lake, surrounded by the vast flat polder landscape and reflected perfectly in the still water, Broek in Waterland feels like a place the modern world has simply forgotten to reach. Even Napoleon is said to have admired it.
Why Choose Remo Drivers for Your Countryside Tour?
The Dutch countryside is one of the most photographed landscapes in the world — but seeing it from the window of a crowded group tour bus is not the same as experiencing it up close, at your own pace, with someone who genuinely knows and loves the land they are showing you.
Remo Drivers’ private countryside tours put you in a spacious, comfortable, air-conditioned luxury vehicle with a dedicated driver-host who serves as your guide, your local expert, and your personal point of contact for the entire day. Want to spend longer at the cheese farm? Done. Want a second windmill stop? Of course. Want to find a quiet spot by the water for lunch? Your driver-host knows exactly where to go.
This is the countryside tour designed for people who want more than a tick-box itinerary — it is a genuine, personal, deeply Dutch experience.