Flower Auction & Kinderdijk - Private Tour - Incl. pick up

Flower Auction & Kinderdijk - Private Tour - Incl. pick up

Visit the royal flower auction first, where you experience the bustle on the floor, watch traders buy by the auction clock and be amazed by the enormous amount of beautiful flowers from nearly 50 countries that are traded every day. Enjoy a live-guided tour in English, exclusive for your party, and learn about the flower industry.
Continue to visit world heritage site Kinderdijk, the location of a group of 19 authentic windmills which were built to pump up the polder water. Upon arrival, enjoy a walking tour of the area (2 mi) and visit 2 mills. Climb the stairs inside one mill and discover how this medieval engineering works and how a family with 13 children lived in the old days. Meet one of the current millers and ask them anything you'd like to know about milling. The other mill shows how millers and their families lived self-sustainable in the 1950s.
Enjoy a 30-min canal cruise on the glittering waters of the Kinderdijk basins; a guarantee for marvellous pictures.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Royal FloraHolland, Legmeerdijk 313, 1431 GB Aalsmeer The Netherlands

The auction starts at 7:00 am and it's worth to be there early to experience the hustle & bustle of the floor of the flower auction hall! Although nowadays a lot of trading is done online, you still see traders bidding against the auction clock. Enjoy a live-guided tour in English exclusive for your party, and let your guide share inside information about the flower industry with you from a special gallery. After the tour you have some free time to take pictures or shop at the souvenir shop, before making the transfer of 75 minutes to Kinderdijk.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: World Heritage Kinderdijk, Nederwaard 1, 2961 AS Kinderdijk The Netherlands

Upon arrival at this world heritage site, watch a brief introductory movie about Kinderdijk and learn about its historical importance. Enjoy a walking tour of the area (2 mi) and visit two mills. Climb the stairs inside museum mill Nederwaard and discover how this medieval engineering actually works. See how miller Hoek, his wife and their thirteen children lived in this windmill in the old days. Now you can meet one of the current millers and ask them anything you'd like to know about milling or milling life. Continue to windmill Blokweer and see how millers and their families lived completely self-sustainable in the 1950s. All the other windmills in Kinderdijk are still inhabited by millers and their families.

Once back at the visitor's center your guide sets up a meeting point and time, so that you have some free time to explore the windmills from the water. Let the skippers of the Kinderdijk Canal Cruiser carry you across the glittering waters of the Kinderdijk basins for 30 minutes; a guarantee for marvellous pictures. Then it's time for the transfer back to your drop-off address.

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes