Travel Planning Tips and Experiences
Read about Focused Travels’ sights, hotels and itineraries for visiting the Netherlands. Cities visited include Amsterdam and Zaandam.
After finishing my meetings in Amsterdam, I was feeling for sightseeing. It was a cold and wet evening, but I just could not see myself spending the evening in my hotel room. I went online and booked a canal tour of Amsterdam – it provided the best option of sightseeing while remaining dry and indoors. …
After our disappointing day in Brussels, we spend one night at the Best Western Zaan Inn Hotel. We arrived at Zaandam in cold, wet and miserable weather. The wind was so cold, it felt like it cut right through our jackets. And it was drizzling – the most horrible weather for arriving at a new destination …
After the work part of an overseas trip was finished, my partner joined me in Amsterdam for a few days in Europe. We met at Amsterdam Central station. It was a rainy and cold spring day in Amsterdam. It was quite miserable to be outside. Since we only had the one day in Amsterdam, we decided to make …
After arriving at Zaanse Schans, which is less than 20 minutes from Amsterdam, we decided to first go to the Dutch wooden shoe workshop. We had never seen Dutch wooden clogs before and wanted to learn more about these shoes. Click here for the ultimate list of bucket list items for Amsterdam! Please note that …