Welcome to Dutch Links Tours!
Artistic masterpieces, centuries-old windmills, tulip fields and romantic candlelit cafés coexist with visionary architecture, cutting-edge design and a dynamic nightlife in the Netherlands, a tiny but prosperous nation that has made a sizeable mark on the world. You will always feel a friendly welcome everywhere you go, and since English is widely spoken, you don’t have to worry about language barriers.
Some two-thirds of the country is devoted to agriculture, including beautiful rainbow fields of crocuses, daffodils, hyacinths and tulips that burst into flower each year between March and May—an ideal time for a visit.
This is the country that gave birth to Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh and Piet Mondrian. World-renowned art museums in Amsterdam, Den Haag, Rotterdam, Haarlem and Leiden feature scores of masterpieces. Architecture buffs can discover Romanesque and Gothic medieval edifices, Dutch Renaissance palaces and romantic Golden Age gabled houses. But make no mistake: contemporary architecture – green and innovative – is a perfect reflection of a country known to protect its environment.
With fabulously pancake-flat, scenic landscapes beckoning along every last dyke, canal, river and coastal shore, cycling in the Netherlands is one of Dutch life’s greatest pleasures, even with headwinds.Cycling for visitors is a wonderful means of exploring and getting around. Bike-rental outlets are everywhere, and the country is covered with some 32,000 km of cycling paths, including the Dutch ‘motorways’ of cycling, the long-distance LF routes. Grab some wheels and go!
When the Dutch say café they mean a pub, and there are thousands – with glorious summertime terraces peppering flower-strewn canals, looking out to sea, hidden down ancient lanes, standing on every town’s Grote Markt (market square). In a country that values socializing and conversation more than drinking, cafés are places for go-slow contemplation and camaraderie, over dusk-time borrel (‘drinks’) with bar snacks or a fabulous meal any time of day.
While Amsterdam is a must-see city, and the largest metropolis in the Netherlands, if time allows, be open to daytrips and even overnight stays in other parts of the country. Among our favorite places to visit, we highly recommend Delft and the Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht and Den Haag, to name a few. At Dutch Links Tours, we can arrange special family reunions, including bar and bat mitzvahs in Amsterdam, organized in the footsteps of Anne Frank. So just feel free to contact Rachel so we can set you up!
