My spouse and I are two 70 yr olds and will be spending 4.5 days in Amsterdam prior to our Rhine River cruise. This is our first time visiting. Our intention is to travel with one carry-on and a personal item.
We arrive at Schiphol Airport around 6:30am on Tuesday morning, April 18. We will be staying in Haarlem during our stay and relying on public transportation.
Our tentative itinerary is:
Arrival day, Tuesday ( assuming good weather)—leave our luggage at the airport and take a bus to Keukenhof Gardens. We want to be up and moving after our long flight. Ideally we would like to get there as early as possible to get a jump on the crowds..
—return to the airport to get our luggage and then catch a train to Haarlem. Check-in the hotel and then start to explore Haarlem.
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Day 2: canal ride in Amsterdam, Vermeer exhibit (tickets for 4:30pm…only time available). So bummed to learn we can’t enter Rijksmuseum prior to our Vermeer timed ticket
Day 3: Ann Frank House tickets for 11:30am, explore the city
Day 4: open to suggestions We enjoy the outdoors and scenic places to take photos.
Kinderdijk?? Molendriegang Drie Molens?? Would love to learn about windmills.
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Day 5: need to catch River cruise by 2pm
Questions:
Should we purchase the combo Keukenhof tickets at the airport? Where can we store our luggage?
Should we pre-purchase transportation tickets? If so, which one?
What route to take to Kinderdijk or Molendriegang?
Thanks in advance for any feedback.