Day 1 - Depart Canada
Overnight flight to Amsterdam.

Day 2 - Arrive Amsterdam (2 nights)
Welcome to Amsterdam! After check-in there's time to relax and unwind or perhaps explore this friendly city. Tonight, we enjoy a Welcome Drink with our Tour Director and fellow travellers.  

Hotel: Novotel City (2 nights)

Day 3 - Amsterdam sightseeing & at leisure
This morning we explore Amsterdam on our canal cruise in a glass-topped boat. Then we have a guided tour of the Rijksmuseum, including Rembrandt’s masterpiece, the ‘Nightwatch’. Finally, we visit a diamond polishing factory. This evening dinner is at our hotel. (Buffet breakfast / Dinner)

Day 4 - Amsterdam – Aalsmeer – Keukenhof – Delft – Rotterdam
An early departure to Aalsmeer to see the flower auction. Then to the bulb fields at Keukenhof. (Open from April until mid May, when closed we will visit Holland in Miniature at Madurodam.) Then to Scheveningen before we drive through The Hague. The town of Delft and the Royal Delft Pottery factory is our last visit before arriving in Rotterdam. (Buffet breakfast) 

Hotel: The Westin

Day 5 - Rotterdam – Nijmegen – Arnhem
After breakfast, we have an orientation tour of Rotterdam, the most important river port in Europe. Next we journey to Nijmegen to visit the museum at Groesbeek, dedicated to the history of Operation Market Garden in 1944. Finally, we make our way to Arnhem to see the famous World War II bridge before reaching our hotel for the night. (Buffet breakfast / Dinner) 

Hotel: Golden Tulip Doorwerth

Day 6 - Arnhem – Apeldoorn – Groningen
Today our Tour Director will reveal a Hidden Treasure to us! But first to Hoge Veluwe Park and the Kroller – Muller Museum, which houses some of Van Gogh’s most famous works. Then to Apeldoorn to visit the 17th century Het Loo Palace with its formal gardens. Next to Staphorst, where life has hardly changed over the last 400 years, and finally to Groningen for the night. (Buffet breakfast / Dinner) 

Hotel: Mercure Martini Plaza

Day 7 - Groningen – Volendam – Amsterdam
We begin our journey into the Frisian Lake District to Bolsward, Workum and the fishing port of Makkum. Next we continue to the Afsluitdijk and on via the cheese-making village of Edam to Volendam. This afternoon we will visit Zaanse Schans with its many windmills, to see how wooden shoes and Dutch cheese are made before returning to Amsterdam. The remainder of your day is at leisure. This evening we enjoy a Farewell Dinner together. (Buffet breakfast / Farewell Dinner) 

Hotel: Novotel City

Day 8 - Amsterdam – Canada
This morning after breakfast, bid farewell to new-found friends and our Tour Director as we transfer you to the airport for your return flight to Canada. (Buffet breakfast)

Free airport transfers:
Transfers on Day 2 at Amsterdam Airport will operate at 09.00, 11.00 and 13.00. Passengers arriving later should make their own way to the first hotel. Return transfers on the last touring day will arrive at Amsterdam Airport at 08.00 and 10.00.

Departures from May to September 2010