As I walking I past this location I stopped in because I wanted to do the tour bus hop on, hop off; however, I was warned that it was not worth it and the cruise would be a better option. I spoke with the guy in the store and he informed me the night time light cruise was coming to an end for the season-- I decided that would be best to see Amsterdam, at night. The employee here was very helpful and friendly. The tour was good and quite informative. While they do give you directions of how to get there, it's relatively confusing. Luckily they have several locations across the route and I had to pop in to two other locations for further instructions. read more

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This comment is to report the driver of bus number 161 (who refused to identify himself when we asked his name). He wouldn't let us board, claiming he had to wait for his passengers, even though we had purchased tickets. No bus number was assigned, only the time. His attitude was extremely rude, and the bus was at least 50% full. We wasted over 30 minutes looking for another bus despite having purchased tickets. Your seat depends on the drivers and their arrogant attitude. read more

We paid cash for a two-person Bruges tour from Amsterdam through the Tours & Tickets outlet. At the time of purchase, we specifically asked whether there were sufficient participants for the tour to proceed and were assured by the salesperson that there were. Unfortunately, the tour was later cancelled the day before the excursion by the operator - Enticon, and we were not notified of the cancellation. Both parties have since shifted responsibility to each other, including alleging that emails may have ended in my email Spam folder (there is none recevied, spam or otherwise). Tours & Tickets have refused to take further responsibility and have directed us to seek a refund directly from the tour operator - Enticon, despite the payment having been made in cash to Tours & Tickets. Based on this experience, I strongly recommend purchasing tour tickets directly from the tour operator rather than through a ticketing agent such as Tours & Tickets, as direct bookings ensure you receive timely and reliable communication from the operator. read more

Took the Volendam, Marken, and Windmills Day Trip from Amsterdam. Our Guides were Toni and Serri ! Tour was awesome! Wish we could have stayed a little longer at the windmills area. That's the first stop. Was super cool and you see how they use the same methods from way back in the day! There's a whole village there! Wanted more time in it. Windmills were pretty. Had a coffee place right after in it and we ordered two and she said "if I have time..." what?! So we just left. Walked around and wished we had more time at that location to see everything in that village there. Next stop was where they made shoes/clogs. Was very interesting to see though they still don't look that comfy! Last place was Vaandamm where we did a cheese tour. That was super awesome and you got to try a lot of cheese. I found out which ones I like and bought a few, though the people at the cash register were NOT nice at all. Weird. But good cheese. Then we went around shopping. Has some cute little shops. They recommended a restaurant but we weren't hungry so we just kept window shopping. There was a stroopwaffles tour we missed because we were one minute late. But got to try different stroopwaffles so its all good. Headphones didn't work on the tour. I let them know so their mechanic could fix that one spot. Your guides were so sweet and awesome and I'd totally go on a tour with them again... read more

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Attrape-touristes ! À fuir ! C'est un attrape-touristes ! Si vous pouvez trouvez une autre agence, ou même vous débrouiller sans, faites-le ! J'ai posé des question lors d'un achat pour une excursions et les informations données étaient fausses ! Je me suis retrouvée à faire une excursion pour Giethoorn de 9h en car, pour seulement 3h sur place. Ce n'est aucunement indiqué sur les éléments de communication et ce n'est pas ce que l'on m'a indiqué à l'achat. Pratique commerciale trompeuse ! Si vous osez réclamer un remboursement par mail, ils vous répondront avec Chat GPT ou je ne sais quelle IA. La honte ! read more

Very disorganized. The workers were standing around talking to each other without coordinating the queue and lining up people.

had a wonderful tour covering Rotterdam, Delft, and The Hague. Everything was very well organized and efficient, making it easy to enjoy each stop without feeling rushed. Our tour guide, Luka, was fantastic - knowledgeable, friendly, and full of interesting insights. He brought a real Italian warmth and enthusiasm to the experience, which made the day even more enjoyable. Highly recommend this tour to anyone wanting a well-structured and memorable introduction to these beautiful Dutch cities read more

Let's begin by saying this is not a luxury bus. The bus they use is a cityseeing tour bus for hop on hop off (double decker so a lot of people in your tour). The seats we had allowed the space like a plane very little. There were a few with more space but many did not. Secondly I don't appreciate them constantly telling us the bus will leave us behind if we are late getting back. They left at least 2 behind on our tour. Call me crazy but I don't think that is the best business model to repeatedly tell everyone you will be left behind before you even reach the first destination. Everyone was asking when the bus would leave for fear of being left behind - not my kind of vacation. The time in each stop was fast and left very little time to get an idea/feel for the places we stopped. The cheese factory was walking in as a very large group sitting for about 10 min at the most and walking up to the sales area where you grabbed a piece of cheese from a plate everyone else was grabbing (hope everyone had clean hands). Didn't get to see the museum part as you walked in since they rushed you straight through. Skip this tour and take one of the busses we consider luxurious that we saw in many of our stops. read more

Completely Terrible experience!! I don't recommend them ever to anyone! They are Rude and horrible and don't use them. The terminal they are in has Zero signage and parts under construction!!! We arrived on time in the AM and trip had already left and they have an afternoon and they requested a 20 Euro fee per person to change to afternoon!! Never ever go and they are Extremely Rude and don't care about tourist or business. read more

We booked 2 tours at a discounted price when we purchased our Holland Passes. The first was a walking tour of Amsterdam, which I highly recommend. We had a limited amount of time in the city, and had certain things that were on our "can't miss" list. This tour walked us through those parts of town that we were interested in, yet wouldn't have time to fully explore. It gave us a decent overview of several areas: the Red Light District, Chinatown, the Begijnhof, Dam Square, and the Nine Streets neighborhood. Our guide, Yvette, did a great job of keeping our diverse group (Aussies, Americans, Germans and Portuguese) together, on the move, and informed. At the Begijnhof, we were given a little free time to take lots of pictures and explore the church on the property. As a group, we took a break at a cheese shop in town where we were given samples, not only of cheese, but the Dutch national liquor, Genever (also spelled Jenever). Genever is known as Dutch gin by Americans, but the Dutch liken it to whiskey. After a little more touring, we said our goodbyes at Dam Square and were left to continue exploring the city on our own. We had booked a second tour for the day, a tour of the Red Light District, but, as we had arrived in Amsterdam that morning, were feeling jet lagged, and our feet were not up to another walking tour. We inquired at the tour counter if we could change our 2nd tour to a canal cruise, and were allowed to do so. Look for that review under the KINboat business page. I can't recommend Tours and Tickets enough. There are so many different tours and price point options that you are sure to find something that fits your vacationing style and timeframe. I don't normally like scheduled tours, because they never give you enough time to see/photograph everything, especially when in a larger group, but the walking tour fit our needs perfectly. 28/2019 read more

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My daughter and I took the windmills and countryside tour. It was a beautiful, wonderful experience. Our guides and driver were joyful and helpful - Romie, Clark, Dimitri I would take the tour again if ever I return to Amsterdam. read more

Went on one of their guided tours. A young couple brought an infant that cried uncontrollably during the whole tour. They were trying to be good parents but there are times when that does not work. We didn't hear most of the tour. When we got back I asked if there was something they could do so we could do the tour again. In short they said "too bad, so sad, but no." So if you want to book with this group know your answer will be the same. If something outside of your control happens that makes the tour much less than what you hoped for or paid their answer will be "too bad, so sad but nope". read more

terrible company/ absolute lack of customer service Yes, they will claim it's your fault that you miss the bus located 500 feet upstairs leaving on time, while they issue a ticket for you and enjoy you running to catch that bus. read more

It was a wonderful tour to Bruges despite the rainy day. The double decker bus was comfortable so the 2.5 hour drive didn't seem as long. It also has an on-board toilet which makes it convenient. Pieter was a good tour guide. He pointed out areas of interest and other historical places. He also made recommendations on where to eat and where to buy gifts such as chocolate. Bruges is a beautiful place especially this time of year. I recommend this tour. read more

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Terrible experience. Booked 4 tickets for the Zaanse Schans, Volendam, and Marken Trip. When we arrived, we discovered it was oversold and we couldn't board. No alternative was offered but here's the worst: Tours & Tickets would not give our money back!!!! Everyone in the office said they were sorry but were not authorized to give a refund. read more

Just came inside to redeem our tour voucher. The woman (Ana) at the counter seemed nice at first but when I couldn't understand her she got offended and was completely rude along with rolling her eyes. This is a tourism office, you deal with people from all over the world if someone cannot understand you please be patient with them. I'm giving 4 stars generously because the other employees were nice and helpful. read more

Let me just start the review with this: the night ended with me being taken to hospital by paramedic, due to a crash our tour driver caused. The tour itself: my husband and I decided to book this because we had one full day in Amsterdam and the Netherlands, we had used the CityBus Hop On and Off Service in many cities and always enjoyed it. While booking that, we saw the "Country Tour" and took a chance. Unfortunately, for us at least, we felt it was a very cheesy and gimmicky tour with three stops to what looked like Disneyland villages. It was nice to learn a little about a windmill, clogs and cheese but it was all extremely rushed and touristy. My favorite part was the freshly made waffle at the very end of the night, it was pretty darn good. The crew was overall nice, but we felt they over did it in personality sometimes. Even without what happened next, we would not recommend this tour to our friends and family as we know this is not our type of travel; but to each their own. Now, what happened at the end of the evening. We took the afternoon tour so when we were finally done and headed back into Amsterdam it was around 20:15 PM. The driver, whose name started with an "S" was given the mic to entertain the bus, while driving.... so he was driving one handed, one hand with the mic and "teaching Dutch," which really was telling jokes. He looked back at the bus and when he looked forward, the two cars in front of him were apparently stopped. My husband and I were on the bottom level of the bus, with our seatbelts on, which were only the lap belts. The driver did break, but it was too late. We were on the expressway and going too fast. We slammed into the cars in front of us, the bus windshield was completely shattered. The two forward vehicles were propelled a significant distance in front of the bus from the impact. We were then evacuated off the bus and onto the expressway, then climbed over the metal barriers to try and get "some" protection. It was extremely cold, it was the last week of October around 21:00 PM by this point. No one on our bus appeared to be injured. The paramedics arrived and I told them that I was 4 months pregnant. They took me into the ambulance to evaluate and after checking my vitals, the doctor that was called onto the scene directed them to take me to hospital for an ultrasound. Another one of the drivers of the other vehicles was seriously injured, according to the paramedic. We are in the process of getting our money back for this tour, as I'm sure they would rather give us our money back & pay for any medical bills I have accrued because of this, rather then be sued. Do yourself a favor and if you are going to do a tour like this, do it with a more professional and safe company. read more

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We utilized tours and tickets for the following: (1) small boat cruise and (2) countryside excursion. This company has booths and offices throughout town and it's as if they are on every corner. I found them quite helpful as a one-stop shop for anything and everything to be seen and heard around Amsterdam. There are several custom cruises with smaller groups and a more luxurious setting, but these will be more expensive, so despite the seemingly high price, tours and tickets is "relatively" affordable. The small boat cruise was a wonderful experience, a smaller crowd, 1-hour tour continuous tour (non hop on hop off) was refreshing, informative and calming. What I liked best was this was an electric boat, without the noise and the fumes. The countryside excursion was a 6-hour experience that took us to a windmill farm, the port cities of Volendam and Marken, with time for lunch, a cheese factory tour and a clog making demo. So this is a very large group, and probably not the individualized custom experience some might be looking for, but hey, we had fun with this. The guide spoke both English and Spanish, and could've added in French or German had it been required. Impressive. The timeline for this tour was tight, and to move a group as large as this one, he gave very clear advanced warnings about meeting places to regroup and at what time. Also made clear, that the bus would leave if not back on the agreed time. Overall, our experience with Tours and Tickets was pleasant for the price. It was quite enjoyable. read more

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I Am currently on a day trip to Burges from Amsterdam. The bus was nice enough, but prepare yourself for at least a three hour drive. That is not bad as long as you are aware of how far this destination really is from Central Station in Amsterdam. Once at Burges, we were shuffled off the bus with no direction on if we could keep our belongings on the bus. As it turns out, yes you can. However, getting this answer was hard to do. Here is where the experience goes downhill fast. We were all given hearing devices so that we could hear the guided tour. Over half of the devices did not work. When the group told the guide (Adrian), he didn't seem to care and suggested that we listen to it on the Spanish channel of the device. I don't speak Spanish. However, the only difference between the channels is what he is speaking. So after quite some time, he realized that he could also speak English on the Spanish channel. Amazing realization! But, to our dismay, the Spanish channel also only broadcast about every third word. The guide still did not seem to care and even asking him to speak up to hear him seemed like I was annoying him. Long story short, if you want to spend a long journey on a bus to see a small town that is nice and cute and deal with a horrible tour company, then this is the trip for you. All would have been fine if there was at least a little bit of empathy coming from the tour guide. But the NO to a request to speak was all that I got. read more

I've used this tour company on two visits to see the Kuekenhof Gardens. Both times went exceptionally smooth in purchasing the tickets, catching the bus and returning. All the employees were very professional, courteous and knowledgeable. The buses were nice and clean though they could have run the A/C as we waited. The guide on the bus was very knowledgeable about the surrounding areas highlights and spoke in a few languages to accommodate the diverse group. It's a great way to see the surrounding areas wonderful sites. read more

Communication is terrible. Customer service isn't their forte. It seems like a lot of entry level employees with zero training or awareness.

We took the small tour to Zaanse Skanse and Volendam. Overall it was a good 5.5 hour tour. It would have been better if the Zaanse Skanse portion went so rushed- we barely got to look around and spent less that 1 hour there. Then we spent too much time in Voldedam- which is embarrassingly touristy. Even my 7 years old thought it was too touristy. The tour is a good way to see a lot in a short amount of time, but they should adjust the amount of time at each place. read more

I usually refrain from writing negativity but I got a yelp account solely to write this review. My husband and I booked the tour to see windmills, cheese and clog making, and for only €9 more, a canal tour. We wanted the countryside tour at noon as opposed to the 9am tour, but they insisted we take the 9am tour to consolidate people. After some pleading we gave in (we should have never let the company dictate the customer). Next day, the bus was full and left on time. They give you headphones to listen to instructions and facts while driving. They informed us the meet-up time would be posted on the door of the bus and the guide would inform us again before we go off. Needless to say, that did not happen. Everyone got off the bus and started to take pictures following the tour guide and her flag. She was walking so slow and with such a big mob, we crowded the little towns streets. We couldn't even hear her over the crowd of people. Finally we decided to break off and find her later. Half the tour did the same. We assumed we were with our group from the bus but other buses had come and we ended up with the wrong crowd. My husband noticed a bus across the way that looked our tour, driving away! We ran! Luckily the bus was stopped at the gate of the parking lot and we saw heads turn to look at us. But as soon as the gate lifted, they were gone, leaving us to get back to Amsterdam on our own. And we weren't the only ones, 2 other people had gotten left behind, ON THE FIRST STOP. Who knows how many others got left behind at the 2 other stops. My husband went to argue at Tours and Tickets after we made our way back by local bus to central. They said it was our fault and no compensation would be given. We decided, fine, we still have the canal tour. Just before sunset, we searched for the Lover's Canal Tour. There are 2 locations, 1 to give the tickets and on the other side of the canal, you get on the canal bus. Nobody was at the door of the bus, except for some customers. We walked on and it was crowded, every seat was taken. We had to sit outside in the back of the boat in the cold with others who couldn't fit inside. 5 of us squished on the bench while 2 stood. We couldn't hear what the captain was saying throughout the tour. Finally, my husband and I walked back inside after 30 minutes. My husband stood the rest of the 1 hour 15 minutes and I sat on a pump or something on the floor. We have gathered, organization and customer convenience are not necessities to this company. It all comes down to the money. €90 which ended up being $122 for us. That is a lot of money to only end up with a cold and a terrible experience. Just because we are on vacation doesn't mean we are here to just blow money. If anyone intends to spend money on vacation, they expect quality. If you value yourself, your time, and your hard earned money, then do NOT book any tour with Tours and Tickets, who also does tours through Lindbergh Excursions. read more

STRANDED IN BELGIUM!! BEWARE!! BEWARE!!! OF THIS COMPANY I made a reservation on September 13 via Novotel Amsterdam City for a tour to Bruges, Belgium that leaves on September 14. The bus left around 9:30am from Amsterdam central station With The tour guide name Alejandro (Alex). The trip took 3 hours to get to Bruges. When we arrived in Bruges, Alex took us around the city and in between explaining about the city he also mentioned that he will be standing in front of the city hall at 5:45 pm if any body wanted to walk to the bus together with him. After the almost an hour walking with him we had our free time. I did not want to wander too far because I was afraid I would got lost and miss the bus. At 5pm I had coffee at plaza cafe where you can actually the the city hall from there. At 5:45pm sharp i was at the city hall, but I didn't see Alex anywhere. I started to panic, because it was not easy to find your way around in the city. Alex gave me a map that not easy to read and I got lost, so i decided to use google map, so then i found out I was so far away from the entrance. I jogged and walked as fast as i can (I'm a 5K runner, and workouts regularly I can jogged and walked real fast) When i got to the designated place around 6:14pm the bus has already left. Also I found out that 2 at her passengers from the same tour bus were also stranded. While, I called the ticket and tours office, but the lady didn't want to hear my explanation. i was trying to explained the story to her that Alex didn't show up at the spot that he promise to be, the same story for Corina and Alberto, that Alex told everybody that he will be at the Pizza Hut pick anybody up so that they can walk together to the bus. So we walked to the train station but it will took us 2 transfers to get to Amsterdam and it took around 4 and half hours we didn't want to take the change to get lost again (it was getting late around 7:30 pm) finally we took taxi and we have to pay 350€ I read this company review in TripAdvisor, I found out this was not the first time you let your passengers stranded, and with their bag still in the bus containing camera and passport! DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY, unless if you want to take the risk to be left behind in another country. read more

Great tours. Thank you to Diana and Nico for making it a wonderful experience. Everything was timely and fun.

The guide walked to fast and did not show consideration to older people. The bus seats are crammed i cant even take off my jacket while seated. If you are 1.80m or bigger you simply don't fit. read more

We originally on planned on visiting Amsterdam, but this day trip to a neighboring country caught our attention. We booked a day trip with Tour and Tickets to Bruges from Amsterdam and it was a wonderful experience. Our tour guide Marianne was very knowledgeable. She gave us lots of stories and tidbits about the local culture and along the way, making the walk in Bruges and the bus ride both very enjoyable. read more

They are very rude. We bought tickets for the windmill tour and were crammed into an over full bus. While our tour guide Rick was AWESOME, everything else was terrible. The cheese factory is NOT a factory and the shoe factory is NOT a shoe factory. Avoid this tour company at all cost. read more

Huge tour sizes, very impersonal. My tour was about 80 people on a double decker bus. They also left without me and my fiance and wouldn't help us get back. They wouldn't return my belongings on the bus until we spoke with the police. The staff was laughing at us every time we tried to get our stuff back. read more

This has to be the worst customer service in all the tourist industry. Picking up holland Pass after buying online and never receiving email Confirmation seemed to require the Queens pardon. Like every time is the first time. read more

Came here to buy Dungeon tickets. They sell them for about €2-3 less than buying at the door (about the same as buying online). They share an office with a tour group and only have one person working each side, so if they're on the phone or dealing with other customers, it takes a while. But otherwise, super helpful and nice people. read more

There's this bald thinly bearded guy who is really unhelpful. We missed our tour because he was talking to some women and afterwards he just kept telling us we are late, as if we don't know. After a while he decided he didnt want to talk to us anymore and walked off. Pretty bad service. Will not recommend. Try another agency. read more

Nothing to compare it to, never been on another service. Guide from Spain was friendly, funny knowledgeable and had lived in Amsterdam a long while. It was a very large crowd on our tour, 70 people I believe, but they had 5-6 guides to keep us all rounded. The Country Side Windmill tour is what I visited and they did a great job to see all sites in the time. Would have liked "options" for the young crowd to go apart - but I see keeping everyone together. read more

We were suppose to have our tour on Saturday. We had arrived 10 minutes before departure time which was at 9:30 am. The tram from our hotel to the location ran late. The tour was still there and passing out pink bracelets from Amsterdam to Bruges. When we got there with our confirmation which was paid for months ago they said we were not in the system and the bus left without us! The bus was still there and they were still call the last calls and I told them we're here but they can't find us in the system! This is because They sold our paid tickets to people on the wait list!!!!! That is unheard of!!!!! Who does that???!!!! It wasn't even 9:30 yet!!! They are dishonest and reselling sold tickets because we weren't at check in 5 minutes before. But they were still calling names!!! They were bought months ago and we leave the next day to the states! Beware of this company!!!!!!!! Beware!!!! They didn't even want to give a manager name. After 30 minutes I got a name but not sure whose name!? Annabelle-Louise? Not sure if she is a manager? I would be careful before booking! Luckily I got my money back with my wonderful agent cause I took a pic of the arrival time!!! read more

Tours & Tickets - Historical Tours Near Me - Amsterdam, New Hampshire

We went on 6 tours - hop on/off, Delft and Hague, Volendam, bike tour, a boat tour and a pub crawl. The bike tour by yellow bike was good. This review is not about it. The information given on all other tours was minimal and much less than we have received on other similar tours in other cities. The boat was not as promised or expected, the Delft was simply not informative, the Hop on off was so disappointing (slow loading, useless earphones) we never hoped on again, In general, all the tours were overbooked and had inexperienced tour guides who gave minimal information about our location. It was extremely overpriced with long waiting times. Ironically, punctuality was required to not have the bus leave you even though we had to arrive 30 minutes early to every tour. read more

Booked a tour with them for one hour canal tour, the boat is half an hour late. Called in to Tours and Tickets and got disconnected multiple times. Do not use these guys. read more

This company dosent even deserve half a star!!! I just selected it to get your attention. My wife and i bought the country side tour along with the "lovers" cannal tour. $120.00 down the drain!!! Seriously!! What a scam. First off theyle pack the buss with as many people as possible making it uncomfortable. I saw one guy runn out of the buss to puke at the Windmill stop. Then the tour took us through the neighborhoods like a motley crue, where all the tourists where stopping traffic, in the midddle of the streets to pose and take pictures. It was a huge mob of people running around this peacefull preserved landmark and the locals didnt Look to happy to see us there. The guide mentiond that the buss would have the times posted as to when to return to the buss, LIE, the tour goes directly from point a to point b the buss so unless your all holding hands with the guide you wont see the time. The guide was moving extremely slow and was stressing out the crowd, i saw one Spanish couple arguing and getting upset, so so sad because the location was so beautifull. my wife and i and about half the crowed moved ahead. We made some purchases at the gift shop and the next thing we knew we were running after the buss while it drove away!!! WTF!!! We approached it casualy while it waited for a gate to open and im pretty sure the driver saw us approaching accross the empty parking lot, however it didnt stop him from saying FU and driving away. What garbage. The Windmill village was Awesome and nice, there they told us about a buss and that we were most likly better off going back to Amsterdam, becauses chances of catching up to the bus were not an option. So we waited for a local bus back to Amsterdam along with two other gentlemen who were ALSO left behind (im sure there were others too). One guys wife and kid left without him and we paid for his fare back to Amsterdam. Upon arrival to Amsterdam i went back to theyre office and explained what happened, apparently i wasnt the only person with a complain. If you want to see foreigen couples argueing infront of their kids thats the place to be, anyhow They refused to be accountable and offered to give us another tour but we were leaving the next day so all i really needed was a refund or a discount, seeing as how we were left behing on the first stop!!!!. $120.00 gone !!! to the scavanger bastards at Tours and Tickets!!! The "lovers" cannal tour took the love out of it! It was more of an obligation at that point and didnt fully enjoy that either, same overcrowded expirence only diffirence is your on a boat. A Tourist trap, should have known better!!! Do not use this company, there are better alternatives, pay a little more perhaps and have yourselves a good time. We all come to Amsterdam to have a good time, dont get taken advantage of. read more

I am an active person who doesn't like to travel in groups or sit for long periods of time. My mom booked us on the 8 hour charms of holland tour and I wasn't looking forward to it for the aforementioned reasons. However, I've done tours before where I learned loads about history and culture so thought maybe this would be one of those tours. Now that I've done the tour, I feel like I've seen a lot- charming buildings, the clogs, windmills, cute towns, good cheese, but I don't feel like I learned a lot. You kind of just herd around and listen to people explain their craft. I wish we had done it at a much faster pace. Our tour guide was very kind. read more

"Tours and Tickets" was on my ticket stub for the 48 hour canal pass I purchased. They seem to be called "Tours and Tickets". but they have a more well known company name "City Sightseeing Amsterdam" which you will see in little storefronts all over Amsterdam in their trademark bright red lettering. They are also apparently the Lovers company and some of the staff had jackets that said Lovers Canal Cruises on them, to add to the confusion. They offer hop on/hop off bus tours, canal tours and combo tickets as well as excursions in other parts of the Netherlands. I will say when you are researching tours in Amsterdam, it is very confusing when you book online and what you think you are getting and what you actually get might be two different things. Part of the confusion is that there are several different tour operators that have very similar sounding names and tour packages and the route stops may share a dock area which only adds to the visual noise. I thought I was buying a canal tour that offered me access to three different canal tours (the red, green and blue lines) but that turned out to be a tour that was run by a different company. When I bought the ticket, I asked several times if the ticket allowed me to hop on/hop off the green, blue, red lines and the person at the desk circled things on the map that were in red and blue and seemed to be saying 'yes', but in actuality, the answer is no, that is a tour run by a different outfit. It almost seems like they were being vague on purpose and count on the confusion of visitors to the area not understanding the subtle differences between tour operators. I'm sure they were aware of the 'other' company offering the red, blue, green tour that I was interested in, but they chose to be vague to close the sale. In any event, today was a cold and rainy day with some hail thrown in and not a very good day to be walking around. I activated my 48 hour hop on/hop off ticket and chose to do the entire canal tour first to get a feel for the stops. There were 7 stops on my tour, and at least two of them were in very touristy areas (Ann Frank House and Rijksmuseum). I paid 27 euros for my 48 hour pass and I think it was worth it even though it was not the ticket I thought I was getting. You could easily pay half of that amount for just a one hour tour and one hour really isn't enough to get a good sense of what Amsterdam is all about. The ticket was a good value for someone like me who wasn't trying to adhere to a tight tourist schedule and could enjoy doing the entire route a couple of times. I will use it for more ot the hop on/hop off capacity tomorrow now that I know the stops and the areas a little bit better. So, to recap: this company is Tours & Tickets; Lovers Canal Cruises; City Sightseeing Amsterdam (" The official tour"). . They also offer discount tickets to attractions such as the Ice Bar, Madame Tussand's Wax Museum, and tours of the Red Light District. read more

Absolutely horrible. If you are looking for a tour that takes you to the worst tourist traps at warp speed than this is the tour for you. There is not enough time to see the "attractions" let alone shop or take in any history. We were on the windmills and wooden shoes tour and I would rather have paid for a taxi to take me to the windmills. We were rushed, pushed, crammed and jammed through a whirlwind tour. The attractions were similar to visiting Time Square in New York, piled high with junky souvenir shops and hokey tourist shit. Search out a better, smaller tour company if you want a more authentic experience. Two wooden shoes down, way down. read more