I’ll be in Amsterdam for 7 days in late April-early May. We’re planning on seeing the big museums—Rijksmuseum, Stedelik, and Van Gogh—as well as the Amsterdam Museum, Hermitage Amsterdam, Dutch Resistance Museum, and Jewish Historical Museum. And possibly the Willet-Holthuysen Museum, the Museum van Loon, and Rembrandt’s House. The omission of the Ann Frank Huis was intended. I understand the Beginhof is something we could see while walking in the area. We would also like to see the Waterlooplein Flea Market, which I know is closed on Sunday, and take a canal boat ride. I think we have enough time for a half day at Keukenhof Gardens, and day trips to Delft, Zaanse Schans and possibly Haarlem. We’re staying at The Seven Bridges Hotel, which is close to some of the places we’d like to visit.
Here’s what I thought might work in terms of daily planning:
Arrive early on a Saturday morning: Amsterdam City walk (from the RS book, about 3 hours?), includes Amsterdam Museum, Begijnhof, Flower Market, cheese tasting at Reymenaer; one of the big museums? Some museums near our hotel (the Willet-Holthuysen Museum, the Museum van Loon) ?
Sunday: Canal boat ride; rest of the big museums; Jordaan walk (from the RS book,about 90 minutes)? Dinner in Jordaan area?
Monday: Waterlooplein Flea Market; Museums near our hotel: Rembrandt’s House, Jewish Museum, Dutch Resistance Museum, the Willet-Holthuysen Museum, the Museum van Loon if not already there, Hermitage Amsterdam; Red Light District walk
Tuesday: Keukenhof Gardens
Wednesday: Haarlem? We have Concertgebouw tickets at 8:15
Thursday: Delft, market day
Friday: Trip to Zaanse Schans and Volendam
Saturday: return home
Please let me know if I’m trying to do too much in the first three days! I’ve seen that many books suggest 3-4 days in Amsterdam, and I think there will be additional time in the afternoon of the day we visit Keukenhof, and I want to be flexible about that to go on a nice day.
Thanks for any suggestions!