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Gouda Cheese and Delft Blue: Full-Day Private Tour

By Discover Delft
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$1,585 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

Discover two of the most iconic Dutch cities on this full-day private tour: Gouda and Delft, each with its own history and world-famous product.

In Delft, your guide walks you along the old canals and past historic churches, bringing the stories of Vermeer and William of Orange to life. You visit Royal Delft, the only Delft Blue manufacturer still operating since the 17th century, and you enjoy lunch on a historic square.

In Gouda, you explore the market square, admire the 15th-century Town Hall, and see St. John's Church, home to exceptional medieval stained glass. At the old weighing house, you finish with a cheese tasting.

Lunch, museum and church admissions, transfers and the cheese tasting are all included. You can start in either city.

This is a private tour. You set the pace, and if you have any special requests or an interest in a certain topic, just let us know.

Activity location

  • Waag (Weighing House)
    • Markt 35/36,
    • 2801 JK, Gouda, The Netherlands

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Hugo Grotius Statue
    • Markt
    • 2611 GW, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

Check availability

Dutch. Start in Delft

  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • Dutch

Starting point:
Hugo Grotius Statue, GW, Markt, 2611 GW Delft, Netherlands

Language options: Dutch
Starting time: 9:00 AM
Price details
NZ$1,584.57 x 1 AdultNZ$1,584.57
Total
Price is NZ$1,584.57
Until Sun, 12 Jul

Dutch. Start in Gouda

  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • Dutch

Starting point:
De Goudse Waag, Markt 35, 2801 JK Gouda, Netherlands

Language options: Dutch
Starting time: 9:00 AM
Price details
NZ$1,584.57 x 1 AdultNZ$1,584.57
Total
Price is NZ$1,584.57
Until Sun, 12 Jul

English. Start in Delft

  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

Starting point:
Hugo Grotius Statue, GW, Markt, 2611 GW Delft, Netherlands

Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00 AM
Price details
NZ$1,584.57 x 1 AdultNZ$1,584.57
Total
Price is NZ$1,584.57
Until Sun, 12 Jul

English. Start in Gouda

  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

Starting point:
De Goudse Waag, Markt 35, 2801 JK Gouda, Netherlands

Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00 AM
Price details
NZ$1,584.57 x 1 AdultNZ$1,584.57
Total
Price is NZ$1,584.57
Until Sun, 12 Jul

German. Start in Delft

  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • German

Starting point:
Hugo Grotius Statue, GW, Markt, 2611 GW Delft, Netherlands

Language options: German
Starting time: 9:00 AM
Price details
NZ$1,584.57 x 1 AdultNZ$1,584.57
Total
Price is NZ$1,584.57
Until Sun, 12 Jul

German. Start in Gouda

  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • German

Starting point:
De Goudse Waag, Markt 35, 2801 JK Gouda, Netherlands

Language options: German
Starting time: 9:00 AM
Price details
NZ$1,584.57 x 1 AdultNZ$1,584.57
Total
Price is NZ$1,584.57
Until Sun, 12 Jul

English. Pick-up and drop-off

  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

With pick-up and drop-off: Up to 1 hour before the start time, you will be picked up from the location you select. You are dropped off again afterwards.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00 AM
Price details
NZ$2,475.88 x 1 AdultNZ$2,475.88
Total
Price is NZ$2,475.88
Until Sun, 12 Jul

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    2 Private City Tours
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel Pick-Up and Drop-Off by car (if the option is booked)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Admission to old churches in Delft and Gouda (not on Sundays)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    All Fees and Taxes
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Admission to Royal Delft Factory and Museum
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Cheese tasting in Gouda (with paired beer, wine or tea)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    The short transfer between the cities is done either by train or by car.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Lunch in Delft (with a drink of choice)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge (optional)

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Activity itinerary

Waag (Weighing House)

  • 15m
The tour starts at the historical weighing house of Gouda. For centuries, this is where farmers from the wide area used to come to get their cheese weighed on market days.

Stadhuis Gouda (City Hall)

  • 15m
You'll see the charming gothic town hall of Gouda and you';; learn more about its history and significance.

Sint-Janskerk

  • 15m
This is the longest (not tallest!) church of the Netherlands, with the first building phase starting in 1272! Learn more about the building, its history and historical significance.

Museum Gouda

  • 15m
You'll see the former St-Catharine's guest house that now houses Museum Gouda.

Rijksmonument De Visbanken

  • 15m
De Visbanken is an area in Gouda where fish used to be cleaned and prepared, already from 1588! Learn about this charming place and enjoy the view.

De Goudse Waag

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
You and your guide will now enter the Cheese Weighing House and learn all about the building and Gouda's most famous product. This visit also includes a cheese tasting.

Station Gouda

  • 15m
On your way yo Station Gouda, you will see some more charming streets, and the city's outer canal

Station Delft - Delft Railway Station

  • 38m
After a transfer of 38 minutes, you will arrive in Delft.

Beestenmarkt

  • 1h
We will first make our way to the Beestenmarkt, a former market square for animal markets. Here you will have lunch with your guide. Two drinks per person are also included.

Markt

  • 20m
Here in the centre of the city, we will find The second-tallest church of The Netherlands! Do you know who's buried underneath? I'll tell you all about it. Also learn about that statue of a man, and the stunning old town hall.

Old Church

  • 20m
We are now in the old beer brewing quarter of Delft. Where did the brewers go? We will also see the Old Church, perhaps the most recognisable building of the city. How old is it exactly and why is it so skewed? Who knows.

Museum Prinsenhof Delft

  • 15m
This place has played a deciding role in Dutch history. The Father of the Fatherland was assassinated here! Let's find out more about it.

Gemeenlandshuis van Delfland

  • 10m
On our way down the Oude Delft canal, we will pass by a heavily decorated facade, that of the Gemeenlandshuis. What is this building and why was it so important?

Armamentarium

  • 20m
You will make your way to the south of the city. We will pass by a large former weapons Armoury of the V.O.C. Let's find out more about Delft's role in the golden days of the Dutch Republic. Also around here, we can take a look at the exact spot where Vermeer was standing when he made his painting 'View of Delft'.

Royal Delft - Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles

  • 1h 20m
  • Admission ticket included
You will be transferred to the Royal Delft Museum/Factory, just outside the city centre. Entrance tickets are included.

Location

Activity location

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    Waag (Weighing House)
    • Markt 35/36,
    • 2801 JK, Gouda, The Netherlands

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Hugo Grotius Statue
    • Markt
    • 2611 GW, Delft, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    De Goudse Waag
    • 35 Markt
    • 2801 JK, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    De Goudse Waag
    • 35 Markt
    • 2801 JK, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

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