Rotterdam Travel Forum

We are going to be landing from a cruise ship in Rotterdam in the morning of June 24th, and would like to go to Kinderdijk on some kind of tour. I do not think I will have the energy on day 15 of an 18 day trip to be hopping on and off public transportation. We have to get off the ship and get to our hotel (the Golden Tulip and drop our luggage off before we take the tour, and we want to be back for the VT meeting at 7:30.

It looks like there are two possibilities for a boat tour

1. Canal Tour: 30-minutes which takes you along a row of windmills fully-narrated tour. The first tour is at 10:00 am, and the last one departs at 5:00 pm. This looks very flexible.

Does this leave from Kinderdijk?

2. Boat Excursion on the "Nehalennia" - this leaves at 10:45 am and 2:15pm. Refreshments are sold, but it only stays at the dock for 45 minutes before returning to Rotterdam. I'm told that 45 minutes is not sufficient for the Canal tour and to visit a windmill. Also I'm not sure whether I could get there by 10:45, and the 2:15 is too late.

Are there any other tours that go out there that would leave us enough time for the canal tour and to see the windmill?

hi there,
I'll look into it. If my work schedule permits, I may join you. Rather feel like an outing to Kinderdijk myself. No promises though :-)

That would be terrific.

Great AT, IŽll come back to this forum after our Portugal trip.

PJ

Whatever Anke Thea's day schedule will be, Start of the meeting is at the Golden Tulip Rotterdam Centre lobby between 6PM and 7 PM (The hotel is at Leuvehaven 80 3011 EA Rotterdam).

PJ