Amsterdam Itin Help
Sep 15th, 2003, 01:59 PM
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Amsterdam Itin Help
I want help with my Amsterdam itinerary (we leave in a bit more than a week). We have never been there and will be there for four days. I dont think we will see too many museums - Anne Frank and maybe one more. My question is regarding day trips. I'd like to spend 1/2 a day in Haarlem and maybe a full day in either Brugges or Brussels. Question 1 - which one, Brugges or Brussels? Question 2 - is that too little time in Amsterdam?
Sep 16th, 2003, 05:15 PM
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What is the travel-time to/from Brugges? Does your "4 days" count the day you arrive, and is it your flight arrival destination? If so, you will probably not benefit from a full day after the flight (if coming from outside Europe).
There are quite a few nice things to see in Amsterdam that are not 'museums'per-se.
The Begijnhof is a lovely little oasis in the core of the city (off the Squi square), surrounded by homes for women primarily of Catholic tradition. The oldest wooden house in Amsterdam is in there, with beautiful tiles on the outer wall depicting Biblical events.
A canal boat tour is always in order, the better to see the fronts of many canal houses and bridges.
Vondelpark is a huge green space, great for walking, biking, rollerblading or just café-sitting to people-watch.
The Anne Frank house is an important memorial and interesting - for a 2nd museum, I really enjoyed the Van Gogh but then I do like his art. The Rijksmuseum has more variety although I did not thoroughly explore it as yet.
I haven't been to Haarlem, but it is on my list and should be very easy to reach and navigate.
A wonderful day-trip that you can do on your own is to go by train to the town of Enkhuizen - walk out behind the train depot to the Tourist Office for information /tickets to visit the outdoor folk museum (Zuiderzee). Beyond the Tourist Office is a boat launch - you are carried to the folk museum entrance by this boat and picked up later on, at any of the stated times.
The Zuiderzee museum is set up like a Dutch village, with actual buildings brought in or reconstructed as they were used in 1600-1800's, including the requisite windmill. It is next to the water where we saw people windsurfing, and also beautiful 'tall ships' with billowing sails floating past. A very interesting place. And don't forget to stroll into Enkhuizen itself, for a few streets at least - very charming.
Brugges is very appealing, just not sure that you should spend an entire day traveling there and back, out of only 4 for the Amsterdam area.
There are quite a few nice things to see in Amsterdam that are not 'museums'per-se.
The Begijnhof is a lovely little oasis in the core of the city (off the Squi square), surrounded by homes for women primarily of Catholic tradition. The oldest wooden house in Amsterdam is in there, with beautiful tiles on the outer wall depicting Biblical events.
A canal boat tour is always in order, the better to see the fronts of many canal houses and bridges.
Vondelpark is a huge green space, great for walking, biking, rollerblading or just café-sitting to people-watch.
The Anne Frank house is an important memorial and interesting - for a 2nd museum, I really enjoyed the Van Gogh but then I do like his art. The Rijksmuseum has more variety although I did not thoroughly explore it as yet.
I haven't been to Haarlem, but it is on my list and should be very easy to reach and navigate.
A wonderful day-trip that you can do on your own is to go by train to the town of Enkhuizen - walk out behind the train depot to the Tourist Office for information /tickets to visit the outdoor folk museum (Zuiderzee). Beyond the Tourist Office is a boat launch - you are carried to the folk museum entrance by this boat and picked up later on, at any of the stated times.
The Zuiderzee museum is set up like a Dutch village, with actual buildings brought in or reconstructed as they were used in 1600-1800's, including the requisite windmill. It is next to the water where we saw people windsurfing, and also beautiful 'tall ships' with billowing sails floating past. A very interesting place. And don't forget to stroll into Enkhuizen itself, for a few streets at least - very charming.
Brugges is very appealing, just not sure that you should spend an entire day traveling there and back, out of only 4 for the Amsterdam area.
Sep 16th, 2003, 07:33 PM
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I can help a little: fastest rail time from Amsterdam to Brugge is about 3 hours 30 minutes (with either one or two changes) one way. You'll almost undoubtedly be routed through Brussels. On the other hand, Haarlem takes about 15-20 minutes by train.
In terms of "time enough" in Amsterdam, it all depends on how much you want to see and do. Museums alone could easily take up a couple of days but since those are not high on your list four days may be enough time. Have a great trip.
In terms of "time enough" in Amsterdam, it all depends on how much you want to see and do. Museums alone could easily take up a couple of days but since those are not high on your list four days may be enough time. Have a great trip.
Sep 18th, 2003, 07:10 AM
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You can take several 1/2 day coach tours from this provider, located on Damrak.
http://www.lindbergh.nl/uk/excuries.html
We used them for 2 different ones - note that they keep tightly to the schedule, so don't get left behind!
http://www.lindbergh.nl/uk/excuries.html
We used them for 2 different ones - note that they keep tightly to the schedule, so don't get left behind!
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