Sightseeing Cruises

Amsterdam: 75-Min City Canal Cruise on Closed Heated Boat

Name: Amsterdam: 75-Min City Canal Cruise on Closed Heated Boat
Start: 2025-12-05T12:15:00
End: 2025-12-05T13:30:00
Location: Amsterdam

Passengers enjoying Amsterdam canal cruise through boat window.

Canal boat cruising under a bridge in Amsterdam.

Canal cruise boat on Amsterdam's scenic canal with historic buildings and trees.

Person enjoying a drink on an Amsterdam canal cruise boat.

Duration

1 hr 15 min

Free cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience

Book now, pay later

Book now without paying anything. Cancel for free if your plans change.

Audio guide

Enhance your experience with multilingual audio guide

Guided tour

4.5/5

(4,513)

Donald

Nov 2025

Verified booking

4/5

Why only 2 guests? Good tour with a clear commentary. Advertised as 75 minutes but back to pier in 60. Great to follow the route on maps on the tables.

Sascha

Sep 2025

Verified booking

4/5

Nice captain, who was able to provide all kinds of additional information. This was also very amusing. The trip was well worth the money.

Roy

Jul 2025

Verified booking

5/5

The staff could not have been more helpful both at the ticket booth and on board one of our party has a disability and they looked after her making it so easy for her to board and disembark the cruise itself was excellent

Discover the charm of Amsterdam on a 75-min cruise through its canals, with the convenience of choosing from two centrally located boarding points.

Board near the Heineken Experience to start your day in the Museum District, or near the Hard Rock Cafe for exploring the Leidseplein entertainment area.

Enhance your journey with immersive audio commentary available in 19 languages, plus children under 12 years old can sail with discounted tickets.

Marvel at the baroque architecture lining the waterways and cruise past highlights such as Nieuwmarkt, once known for public executions, now filled with markets and cafes.

Upgrade your ticket to include a tasty snackbox featuring chips, popcorn, stroopwafels, nuts, and your choice of water or a soft drink.

75-min Amsterdam canal cruise

Boarding from Hard Rock Cafe or Heineken Experience (as per option selected)

Audioguide in English, French, Russian, Spanish, German, Chinese, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Japanese, Turkish, Polish, Czech, Croatian, Indonesian, Cantonese, Korean, and Hindi

Kids audioguide and activity package

Complimentary earphones

Additional paid upgrades:

Snackbox (chips, popcorn, stroopwafels, nuts, and water or soft drink of your choice)

TOTAL DURATION75 minutes
FREQUENCYEvery 30 minutes
MODE OF TRANSFERBoat
2 Boarding points
Heineken Experience Pier
Get direction
Hard Rock Cafe Pier
Get direction
Sights covered
Canal Ring (Grachtengordel)
Clayton Hotel Amsterdam American
Westerkerk
Anne Frank House Museum
IJ
A'dam Lookout
Centraal Station
NEMO Science Museum
The Amstel
Magere Brug
Heineken Experience
Rijksmuseum
Hard Rock Cafe Amsterdam
Holland Casino Amsterdam Centrum
Van Gogh Museum
Moco Museum Amsterdam
ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo
Nieuwmarkt
Bloemenmarkt
H'ART Museum
Het Scheepvaartmuseum - The National Maritime Museum

You can cancel these tickets up to 24 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.

4.5
4,513 reviews
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What our guests say
Donald
Nov 2025
Verified booking
4/5
Why only 2 guests? Good tour with a clear commentary. Advertised as 75 minutes but back to pier in 60. Great to follow the route on maps on the tables.
Andres
Nov 2025
Verified booking
5/5
The views during the tour!
Sascha
Sep 2025
Verified booking
4/5
Nice captain, who was able to provide all kinds of additional information. This was also very amusing. The trip was well worth the money.
Helen
Aug 2025
Verified booking
5/5
The canals are beautiful at night and it was a comfortable and beautiful experience!
Simillion
Aug 2025
Verified booking
4/5
Pleasant canal cruise with lovely views.

What to bring

Complimentary earphones are provided, but you are encouraged to use your own.

What’s not allowed

Outside food and drinks are not allowed onboard.

Due to cruise restrictions, your pets are not allowed on board.

Accessibility

This experience is wheelchair accessible. Wheelchair accessible boats only depart from the dock opposite Hard Rock Cafe at the 10:30am, 12pm, 2pm, and 3:30pm time slots.

Your guide dogs are welcome on the cruise.

Additional information

Children up to and including 4 years old may board for free. Children between the ages of 5 and 11 years can board with discounted tickets. Children older than 11 pay the same price as adults.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Most boats have a roof that closes fully and have central heating on board. So even if it is cold outside, you will be warm inside the boat. The boats mostly sail within the city centre, where the water stays very calm, so they can sail in almost any weather.

If a cruise cannot take place due to extreme weather circumstances, the company will contact you to reschedule your ticket to another date.

Please arrive 15 mins before your departure.

Your voucher will be emailed to you instantly.

Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the boarding point.

Please arrive at the boarding point 15 minutes before the scheduled time of your cruise to avoid any delays.

Boarding point

Please check your final voucher for the boarding point details and specific instructions.