Amsterdam Luxury Canal Cruise + Unlimited Drinks & Bites option

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

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1 hour (approx.)
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Glide through Amsterdam’s canals in style and comfort aboard a 100% electric luxury boat. Enjoy a relaxed cruise past top landmarks such as the Anne Frank House and the Jordaan district, while your live guide and skipper share stories about the city’s history and culture and pour you drinks from the onboard bar (if option selected). In summer, cruise on an open boat and take in the views with a drink from the onboard bar. On colder or rainy days, stay warm and comfortable on a covered saloon boat, with blankets provided.

Enjoy a peaceful and quiet ride thanks to 100% electric engines
Choose from multiple cruise times and departure locations
Upgrade to include unlimited drinks and snacks while you cruise
Travel in an open boat in summer, and a warm saloon boat on colder days

What's Included

Skipper and Live Guide
Blankets available
Onboard bar (drinks available for purchase)

Drinks available for purchase

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting points

Select a meeting point

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Board an electric luxury boat and set out for a tour of Amsterdam's canals. See many of the city's best-known neighborhoods and attractions as you cruise through town.

Listen to live commentary from your guide as you pass through the Jordaan neighborhood and along the Prinsengracht. Pass by the Anne Frank House and her statue out front before continuing to the Spiegelgracht for views of the massive Rijksmuseum. Continue your journey, passing by Leidseplein and the Bloemenmarkt—a floating flower market—and the Bridge of 15 Bridges, where you can see (and photograph) 15 bridges at once, returning to your departure point at the end of your roughly 1-hour tour.

Flagship Amsterdam - Best Canal Cruise Amsterdam (Pass By)

Anne Frank House (Pass By)

Westerkerk (Pass By)

Koninklijk Theater Carre (Pass By)

The Jordaan (Pass By)

The Amstel (Pass By)

Dutch National Opera & Ballet (Pass By)

Magere Brug (Pass By)

Seven Bridges View Point (Pass By)

Munt Tower (Munttoren) (Pass By)

Herengracht (Pass By)

Rijksmuseum (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
It is colder on the water, please bring warm clothing and don't get surprised by the chilly Dutch weather
Our stewards in the bright orange shirts are there to inform and help you.

A fairly big step has to be made into the boat. Our stewards will assist you with this.
When a lot of rain is predicted and/or the weather is colder than expected, the boat will be covered.
If you are unhappy with your experience, please let us know directly or come by the office at Leliegracht 50D (around the corner of the Anne Frank House).
No bachelor / birthday party groups allowed, please call us for a private boat option.
Tour available for free for infants (0-2 years old).
Please be aware that the points of interest on the route may slightly vary depending on the departure point chosen
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 35 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

HSIENKUAN_L

The guided tour was excellent, the scenery was beautiful, and taking a canal cruise in Amsterdam is a highly recommended choice.

Reviews

4.9

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0/10 Would NOT Recommend

Marcus_A, Jun 2026

I wouldn’t recommend this experience. Unfortunately, a larger group in our party decided to make this into a personal private party. They were very chatty and distracting, then decided to do a marriage proposal in the middle of the guides commentary. We literally just rode around in the canal with no additional dialogue. The seats were wet and left my pants soaked. The “unlimited drinks and snacks” was a scam, as it only came with cheap wine and some crackers. 0/10 experience. When I mentioned this to both Viator and the tour operator, they didn’t even offer a partial refund. This is a cash grab. Terrible experience.

Wonderful tour, excellent guides

Luke_D, Jun 2026

A little difficult to see unless standing up. Guided were young and energetic. They provided insightful details, such as the dancing houses and kissing bridges.

Fun

Kimesha_B, Jun 2026

Great experience. Will visit again next time. Loved to vibe, the guide and captain. Fun fun fun fun fun

Amsterdam canal cruise

emilym, Jun 2026

Very nice and informative beautiful Tour through the canals of Amsterdam! Amaris and Sil where our host and offered much hospitality. We enjoyed the drink and snack package on our comfortable journey. The boat was decorated with flowers and had nice cushions.

See if you can spot the tiniest house on the canal!

Phoebe_J, Jun 2026

Captain Sam and Barmen Duncan were so fun! The tour goes for roughly an hour and definitely wise to book with unlimited drinks. It’s so beautiful seeing all the gorgeous canal houses - a girl can only dream of buying one.

Decent tour of Amsterdam canals

Danielle_R, Jun 2026

The tour advertises bites and drinks, but was just drinks. The guides were good but it was hard to hear and distracting that they were trying to drive the boat and pour drinks while also explaining what we were seeing.

Luke and Katie were...

Lauren_F, Jun 2026

Luke and Katie were friendly, attentive, and hilarious. One of our favorite activities of our trip!!

It was ok! But I would probably skip in the summer time.

Molly_E, Jun 2026

This is a good way to see the city, but don’t expect great insights to the city or a lot of information from the guides! More of just a ride through some canals than a tour I felt like. I did this in June on an open boat, so the sun and heat was very intense. They tried to help by giving us umbrellas but they blocked the views pretty significantly. The tour can’t control the weather of course and they tried their best, but if you’re someone who is sensitive to sun and heat, I wouldn’t do this in the summer months!

There are multiple places...

Beth_S, Jun 2026

There are multiple places to get on tours. The company was very helpful when we went to the wrong location

Evening canal cruise

Lauren_G, Jun 2026

Really enjoyed the evening canal cruise with Marten. He was a great guide and it was nice to see the city at night.

You will love this!

Marianne_S, Jun 2026

Highly recommend! Was lovely and so glad we booked this. Felt like our own private boat. Such luxury!

We had a really enjoyable...

Barbara_W, Jun 2026

We had a really enjoyable time on this tour. Our guide was knowledgeable and shared the information in a relaxed, engaging way that made the hour interesting. The driver handled everything smoothly, which made the whole experience easy and pleasant. A nice balance of historical learning and fun on the canals.

Great energy, amazing...

Emily_S, Jun 2026

Great energy, amazing guides and all around perfect experience! Would easily do this cruise again. Wish it was longer!

Wonderful boat tour

Eric_T, Jun 2026

We had a great time and learned a lot. Our tour guide and boat captain were both entertaining and informative. I highly recommend this boat tour

We did not get the tour...

cristina_D, Jun 2026

We did not get the tour we paid for. Because they needed to fill a boat we got placed with another group. A bit disappointed but the tour guides were great.

started over 15 minutes...

Anaily_b, Jun 2026

started over 15 minutes late , organizers seem busy under personnel , it says unlimited drink but you have to ask for it

Give it a miss

Anestis_M, Jun 2026

They advertise ‘bites’ but there was no food whatsoever (nibbles etc. did not expect something extravagant). Plus they say unlimited drinks but in fact they are fairly limited to ‘beers, wine and refreshments’. The boat was beautifully designed though. I’d give it a miss.

Excellent canal tour

Stuart_F, Jun 2026

Excellent tour with a very helpful team. Our guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining making it a chilled and fun tour. Highly recommended.

Great way to see the city!

Kristi_N, Jun 2026

It was fun and a great option to see more of the city. Be warned though, it did not come with any small bites as advertised so plan ahead

Unpleasant boat, far from...

Alex_A, Jun 2026

Unpleasant boat, far from what was there on the picture. Not at all what you see in the booklet. Still can get unlimited drinks and try to enjoy.

The lady working at the...

Debbie_P, Jun 2026

The lady working at the check in area for Flagship went above and beyond to help us get on an earlier tour.

Our canal experience

Lori_B, Jun 2026

Highly recommend this excursion!!! We truly enjoyed Mihai and Frank!!! Perfect duo...full of information and wit!!!

Great

Catherine_O, Jun 2026

Great experience and took just the right amount of time … it was worth it and gave me the chance to learn a little about the history of Amsterdam

Disappointing

Wendy_B, Jun 2026

We paid for the unlimited drinks and bites option. There were no bites offered or even mentioned. Drinks were as advertised, but we could have paid per drink (some did this) and probably come out ahead. There was little narrative and often we cruised silently past interesting buildings. Sometimes the guide would say regarding a question, “I’ll get to that later” but never did. We sat too low in the boat to see over the flowers so had to stand for a good view. It was a nice smooth boat ride with a bit of history but not worth the money.

Our guide was very...

Adriana_M, Jun 2026

Our guide was very friendly and had interesting facts to share during the ride. I would definitely recommend!

Great cruise, our tour...

Steve_P, Jun 2026

Great cruise, our tour guide was friendly, informative, knowledgeable and had a great personality. Totally enjoyable and recommended

Good but not what we expected

Hannah_O, Jun 2026

It was good and I appreciated the value of the tour itself, but it’s not at all what we expected signed up for or paid for we signed up for the Canal tour, leaving the museum area and from the pictures I thought we were getting this beautiful flowery boat and we booked the package that was explicitly stated it was no drinks or snacks, but when we got to the place where we were supposed to be the meeting point at the time we’re supposed to be there a boat branded as a Heineken boat showed up and apparently that was the boat we’re supposed to be getting on so we did and so it ended up being not a pretty boat at all. It was branded with Heineken and had no flowers or pretty pillows or anything like that and everyone got a free drink on board which like was nice but it wasn’t what I wanted if that’s what I wanted I would’ve purchased that. But our driver and tour guide were nice. It was great information. Good views I think a Canal tour in Amsterdam is essential, but if you want the beautiful flower one, I think you have to book it out of the Canal right by Amsterdam Central station because that’s where I saw the boat looked like that.

Chaotic

Noomi_J, Jun 2026

Chaotic experience as our tour was cancelled shortly before AND we were left at the harbour for the second tour we were promised instead. HOWEVER, one tour guide felt bad for us and gave an extra tour after his shift had ended, on the 05. june. 2026, so he personally deserves a 5/5 credit. We fully understand that things get cancelled; it was just really poorly handled by everyone except this guy.