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Tours of the City Walking Tours The Amsterdam Tourist Office – VVV (tel: (020) 551 2525 or (0900) 400 4040; fax: (020) 625 2869; e-mail: info@amsterdamtourist.nl; website: www.visitamsterdam.nl) publishes a number of brochures detailing informative and interesting walking tours. The series A Walk Through… includes Maritime Amsterdam, Jewish Amsterdam and The Jordaan. Another, Amsterdam in the Footsteps of Vincent Van Gogh, covers places associated with the artist. Mee in Mokum, Hartenstraat 18 (tel: (020) 625 1390), offers guided tours around the Old Town and Jordaan. All of the tour guides are long-term residents over the age of fifty. The content of the tours varies between guides, as each has their own very personal and individual perspective on the city. The two-hour tours, which only run on Saturday and Sunday, leave from the Historisch Museum and cost €2.50 – advanced booking is essential. Bicycle Tours Yellow Bike, Nieuwezijds Kolk 29 (tel: (020) 620 6940; fax (020) 620 7140; website: www.yellowbike.nl), operates bicycle tours between April and November, with prices starting at €17 for a two-hour tour of the city, including the Vondelpark and the Jordaan. Tours are conducted and English but German, French, Spanish or Italian speaking guides also can be arranged on request. All tours depart from Nieuwezijds Kolk 29, which is a five-minute walk from the Centraal Station. Water Tours Probably the best way to see Amsterdam is from one of the many canal tour boats available. There are a number of companies operating these tours. The hour-long itinerary varies little but the price and delivery of information does. Visitors should choose from The Best of Holland, Damrak 34 (tel: (020) 623 1539), Holland International, Prins Hendrikkade 33A (tel: (020) 622 7788), Lindbergh, Damrak 26 (tel: (020) 622 2766), Lovers, opposite Prins Hendrikkade 25-27 (tel: (020) 622 2181), and Rondvaarten, opposite Kooy BV Rokin 125 (tel: (020) 623 3810). The tours run throughout the year, at regular intervals during the day. Passengers can choose either to go round once in a loop or use the boats as a hop-on hop-off way of getting around the main attractions. The price per adult starts at €8, for the basic once-round loop. |
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