Amsterdam - Day trips from Amsterdam (PDF Chapter)
This is the Day Trips from Amsterdam chapter from Lonely Planet’s Amsterdam guidebook.
Want to escape the city? This chapter includes the very best excursions from Amsterdam and they can each be completed in a day. Must-sees include Haarlem and Leiden.
- alleys wind among grand 17th-century buildings in lively Haarlem, just a 15-minute hop from Amsterdam
- Leiden, Rembrandt’s picturesque, canal-woven birthplace is home to the country’s oldest and most prestigious university
- see the world’s largest, loveliest flower gardens in bloom during spring at Keukenhof Gar-dens
- Delft’s Gothic and Renaissance architecture rivals its beautiful Delftware pottery
- watch windmills twirl and meet the millers at delightful Zaanse Schans
Coverage includes: Haarlem, Leiden, Keukenhof Gardens, Delft, Zaanse Schans.
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