{"id":17816,"date":"2012-12-03T09:07:40","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T13:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/2012\/12\/03\/tour-the-picturesque-cities-of-the-netherlands-on-a-european-river-cruise\/"},"modified":"2016-04-21T17:42:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T21:42:19","slug":"tour-the-picturesque-cities-of-the-netherlands-on-a-european-river-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/2012\/12\/03\/tour-the-picturesque-cities-of-the-netherlands-on-a-european-river-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour the picturesque cities of the Netherlands on a European river cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The best time to see the Netherlands is April through May, and the best way to see it is on a river cruise. River cruising is an easy, luxurious, and relaxing vacation that takes you between scenic towns like <strong>Amsterdam<\/strong> and <strong>Rotterdam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Choose from eight- to ten-day cruises visiting windmills, tulip fields and WWII battlefields. Depending on the cities you want to visit, your journey could take you along Holland\u2019s waterways and stop at many historical sites, including :<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Amsterdam<\/strong> the home of the <strong>Anne Frank House<\/strong> and <strong>Van Gogh Museum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Alkmaar<\/strong> and the &#8220;<strong>Tulip Road<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Antwerp<\/strong> and take a city tour including <strong>Cathedral of Our Lady<\/strong> and <strong>Steen Castle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Arnhem<\/strong> the city famous for the Battle of Arnhem of WWII.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Friesland-Enkhuizen<\/strong> the agricultural region and the <strong>Zuiderzee Museum<\/strong>. Taste some of the region\u2019s local cheese and juniper-flavored liqueur known as Genever.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Hoorn-Lelystad-Kampen<\/strong> and historical sites of the <strong>Dutch East India Company<\/strong> and board the <strong>Batavia ship<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Makkum<\/strong> a traditional fishing village.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Rotterdam<\/strong> which has been referred to as the world&#8217;s busiest port. Go on a tour of this city, which was rebuilt after being destroyed by German bombs in WWII or select to visit the pristine gardens of Keukenhof.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Volendam<\/strong> offers many excursions to windmills, historic buildings and homes dating back to the \u201cGolden Age,\u201d and cheese markets. You&#8217;ll be amazed at how a town that dates back to the 1600s has retained so much of its original beauty. Here, you won&#8217;t want to miss out on exploring <strong>Protestant Stolphoevekerk<\/strong>, a church built in 1658.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to know more about this fabulous river cruise and others like it, contact us today at CruiseExperts.com. Our knowledgeable and Cruise Line International Association-accredited agents can answer any questions you may have. Feel free to call us at 1-888-804-CRUISE (2784) or log onto our user-friendly website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.cruiseexperts.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ll sample local cheeses and liquors in Friesland and have the opportunity to explore a church that was built in 1658 when in Volendam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-european-river-cruises"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruiseexperts.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}