Does anyone have a recommendation of a guide/driver for an elderly couple visiting Amsterdam? We would like day and half day tours of the countryside. We are mobile but can't ride bikes or walk long distances.
Thanks, Susan
Posted by
Orange Park, Fl
985 posts
Susan, Mark Law of ThatDamGuide has a countryside tour. You might email or call him in regards to your needs. If his company can't arrange what you need he might know who to put you in touch with.
website: ThatDamGuide
contact info: mark@thatdamguide.com
You can also phone but please bear in mind that I don't answer my phone during tours.
+31 6272 69604
Posted by
OP
3 posts
Thanks so much for the info.
Susan
Posted by
Centennial, CO, US
2124 posts
Instead of (or in addition to) a guide or driver, you might try the Waterlands bus. This is a public bus that you can catch from a platform behind the train station, which has circular routes throughout the Netherlands countryside. There are several routes, but the one we chose took us first to Edam and seemed to have buses at each stop every hour or so.
We got off in Edam, wandered around the town (it's small and easy to walk). Then we went back to the bus stop and caught a bus to Volendam, where we had lunch along the scenic harbor. Then we took a ferry (which had an extra fee) to Marken, where we saw the wooden shoe factory. Then we caught a bus back to Amsterdam. It was a fun, spectacular day and the cost was just 10 euros per person for the day (plus the ferry).
The website is www.localbus.nl