Leiden Walking Tours with guide (Wandeling Leiden met Gids) are Unique Tours we offer: We at Holidays in Holland give you the opportunity to walk in city of Leiden and surrounding neighborhoods in the vicinity of Leiden with guidance. These are always close to the nature with a local so that you can get the best of the Dutch landscape. It is not like a mega excursion where ten or twenty people would participate.  Netherlands walking tours in Leiden (Wandeling Leiden met Gids) are very personalized and creative. We give you the opportunity to see the man built environment or nature in the best way possible. And that through walking.

We offer Two very special Leiden walking tours (Wandeling Leiden met Gids) among other types of excursions:

LEIDEN WALKING TOUR WITH GUIDE (Wandeling Leiden met gids)

Dutch Windmills & Polder Walking tour (Eur 30 p.p)

 

Days and Times – ON REQUEST (OP AANVRAAG)

Starting and meeting points

 

We start this Leiden Walking Tour at the outskirts of Leiden (specifically at the bushalte- Zwartemeerlaan/ Take bus no 3 or 4 from Leiden central in the direction Merenwijk). At this place you meet your local guide.

From here we visit the Dutch Windmills and Dutch Polders in the Leiden area. First there is a small introduction on the Dutch Windmills and Polders and how they came to originate. Then we walk towards the river Zijl through a quiet neighborhood. During this part you see the architecture of typical Dutch houses and apartments. We explain to you why the west of Holland is much congested than the other parts of the country. And also the explanation on while still there is much nature in the West of Holland.

 

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Before going into the details of this nature tour, we would like you to get a preview of the Leiden walking tour (Wandeling Leiden met Gids) in the Lake district virtually. In this video, you will see the beautiful nature we come across .

 

Attractions we come across in this tour

At the beginning of this Leiden walking tour (Wandeling Leiden) we walk towards the River Zijl through a quiet neighborhood. During this part you see the architecture of typical Dutch houses and apartments. The river Zijl is a small , 5 km river flowing through Leiden and outskirts through Polders. It has a picturesque landscape where people can enjoy the whole year. We walk along this river towards the polders and the windmills where we will take some photos.

During this walking tour, we don’ forget to visit couple of old windmills from outside, which were used to pump water to reclaim land. Some of those are the Broekdijk windmill and the Boterhuis Windmill. The work of the windmills made sure that the Holland was not flooded with sea water. This old technique can be learned very simply once you see how a windmill works. Also we pass a golf course where natural beauty is abundantly to be seen. We would also explain on the benefits of participating in this Leiden walking tour (Wandeling Leiden met Gids) in Netherlands.

During this Leiden walking tour we visit the Stadsmolensloot. This is also one of the attractions we come across during our tour. The windmill of the Leiden city, located in the outskirts of the city was also used to pump water and reclaim land. Also it was used in another phase to make grain. We visit this windmill also from outside and spend around 10-15 minutes.

This sort of imagery is not rare in the lake district of Leiden

During the walk in the Leiden lake district, we will see the beauty of the Holland’s nature. Ducks, geese, parrots, swallows are four of the very many species we will see on the way. We also walk along houses which are built next to small canals. Here you can see how the Dutch are harmoniously living with water. We also make a small walk in the forest in the lake district surrounded with greenery during this Leiden walking tour.

The Leiden walking tour (Wandeling Leiden met Gids) will end by bringing a visit to the Children’s farm in the lake district (Kinderboerderij Leiden). Here you see more farm animals which you will not see in your home country. The guide will finally bring you to the starting point where you take the bus or own transport to return. Note that the walking tour in the Merenwijk in Leiden is one of the unique Netherlands walking tours, which only Holidays in Holland offers.

The guide will finally bring you to the starting point where you take the bus or own transport to return. Note that the Leiden walking tour in the Merenwijk (Wandeling Leiden met Gids) is one of the unique Netherlands walking tours, which only Holidays in Holland offers.

Ducks are a normal sight in the canals in the lake district