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Amsterdam Experience

Suitable for Family, Group, Senior

OVERVIEW

Famous for its Van Gogh Museum, redlight district, and beautiful canals, Amsterdam is also one of the best cities to explore Jewish heritage.

From visiting the renovated Anne Frank House to a Jewish walking tour around the Portuguese synagogue, Jewish tours of Amsterdam are surprising, fascinating, and a great opportunity to learn about a once vibrant Jewish community and how the contemporary Jewish world is coming to terms with the past.

Amsterdam is a lovely location for Jewish family tours to Israel, Jewish educational travel, and other types of Jewish tours. It’s a vibrant city with a rich history, and a unique location in Europe to visit for a memorable vacation.

Amsterdam canal with buildings lining the water, hosueboats and ferrys

Highlights*

Meet with the Director of the Jewish Historical Museum followed by Esther Shaya, the author who wrote a book about the incredible story of Sieny Cohen and how she saved hundreds of Jewish children.
Visit the Anne Frank House and learn the story of Anne’s family, her time during World War II, and video interview perspectives of Holocaust survivors that knew Anne from before the war and from the concentration camp that Anne’s family was later sent to.
Visit the Keukenhof Gardens also known as the Garden of Europe, one of the world’s largest flower gardens covering an area of more than 79 acres with approximately 7 million flower bulbs.
Stop off in Delft, renowned for its ceramic Delft Blue pottery. It is known as the birthplace of Johannes Vermeer, the famous painter of “the Girl with the Pearl Earring”.

*Some experiences are subject to minimum group size

Day by Day Suggested Program

Day 1

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Individual arrivals at Amsterdam Schiphol airport

Welcome dinner in a private room of the Janz restaurant under the supervision of Chef Jeroen Robberegt.

Day 2

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Depart for a city bus tour and travel to the old Jewish quarter of Amsterdam for an Amsterdam Jewish Quarter Walking Tour. .

Meeting with the Director of the Jewish Historical Museum followed by Esther Shaya, author of a book about the incredible story of Sieny Cohen and how she saved hundreds of Jewish children.

Walk with Esther to Hollandse Schouwburg the Dutch Theater, deportation center for the Jews of the Netherlands. The ORT school will lead the group in a short memorial service.

Walk to visit the Portuguese Synagogue followed by a tour of the highlights of the Jewish Museum

Lunch with Jewish Agency Shlichim (emissaries) from the Region

Visit the Anne Frank House.

Dinner at Leisure

Day 3

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Visit the Keukenhof Gardens, also known as the Garden of Europe. It is one of the world’s largest flower gardens covering an area of more than 79 acres with approximately 7 million flower bulbs.

Visit the Mauritshuis Museum in the center of Hague, the historical and political heart of the Netherlands. In the Mauritshuis, discover iconic masterpieces such as the Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer and the Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulip by Rembrandt

Lunch with the Israeli Ambassador

Stop off in Delft famous for its ceramic Delft Blue pottery. It is the birthplace of the famous painter Johannes Vermeer, known from”the Girl with the Pearl Earring”.

Private Dinner Cruise along the Canal

Day 4

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Visit the Van Gogh Museum – dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries. Learn about Van Gogh’s work and his own tortured past.

Go to the Rijksmuseum, the national museum of the Netherlands, dedicated to Dutch arts and history.

Head to Stedelijk museum, a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design.

Lunch is at leisure

See the Secret Annexes where the Jewish people who went into hiding spent their time. Better understand what it must have been like “to live a non-life” as a Jewish person in hiding in the Netherlands.

Early dinner followed by a concert at the Royal Concertgbouw

Accommodation

Conservatorium Amsterdam

In a captivating setting, where vibrant elegance meets cultural richness, discover a location like no other. The city’s crown jewels – the Van Gogh Museum, the Royal Concert Hall, Rijksmuseum, Vondelpark, and Amsterdam’s most indulgent shopping – are just steps away. Adjacent to the cultural epicentre of the Museum Quarter, the regal Conservatorium hotel seamlessly blends the charm of the past with the allure of the present, as it continues to be crowned as the Netherlands’ number one luxury hotel.

Pulitzer Amsterdam

Discover quintessential Dutch elegance set within twenty-five restored 17th and 18th century houses. This 5-star hotel offers intimate guest rooms, tranquil inner gardens, multiple meeting and event spaces, an award winning bar and a restaurant serving simple yet beautifully crafted dishes. Pulitzer Amsterdam is a unique blend of traditional Dutch craftsmanship and modern design nestled amongst the city’s most iconic canals.

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