Amsterdam Day Trip from Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
- 12 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Cover the highlights of colorful, history-packed Amsterdam during this English-language group tour, departing from Brussels. Listen to historical background on top attractions, from 13th-century Dam Square to the Waag, one of the most charming areas in the city. The tour includes hours of free time to visit the city at your own pace plus a convenient departure from central Brussels.
- A full-day English-language tour to Amsterdam, from Brussels
- Enjoy a semi-independent tour experience, with hours of uninterrupted leisure time
- Discover a mix of top historic attractions and under-the-radar sites
- Explore centuries of Amsterdam history in a single day of sightseeing
What's Included
- Round trip by bus with A/C
- Professional English and Spanish-speaking guide
- Boat tour through the canals of Amsterdam with guide
- Suggestions for local favourites (restaurants, chocolate shops, museums, and more)
- Food and drinks
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Carrefour de l'EuropeCarr de l'Europe, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
In the Carrefour de l'Europe square under the columns of the main entrance of the train and metro station, in front of the Hilton Grand Place hotel. Our guides will be wearing ID of Buendia Tours.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Start time.8:00 am
Itinerary
1
Brussels
3 hours • Admission Ticket Free
2
Amsterdam
6 hours • Admission Ticket Free
3
Brussels
3 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- It is operated by a multi-lingual guide : Spanish and English
- Our guides have your best interests in mind; while the tour usually includes the sites & stories mentioned and lasts about 1 hour by boat, your tour may vary depending on the traffic on the canals and what your guide thinks is best for your group
- Children under 2 years old must travel in a car seat on the bus. Please make sure to bring their appropriate seat
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 45 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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Reviews
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Danica_M, Aug 2026
Buses didn’t have bathrooms but they do stop at a gas station half way for a bathroom stop both going to and returning.
Fabulous trip!
Helga_H, Jul 2026
The time in the schedule for exploring on your own was perfect. The guide was great and very knowledgeable.
Dale_D, Jul 2026
The host was very knowledgeable and articulate. Note that there is a 2+ hour (with bathroom stops) coach ride to and from Amsterdam which can seem long. The boat ride in Amsterdam was great and we had sufficient free time to roam afterwards. For first-timers to Amsterdam, this is a must-do.
KathySokHiang_S, Jul 2026
Antonio is very energetic and entertaining The boat ride was highlight of trip, it is the best way to see Amsterdam.
Dania_C, Jul 2026
It was a good place to visit on a one day tour. The guide provided good background information. The place to meet to return to the hotel was a bit out of the way.
Taleen_B, Jun 2026
We really enjoyed this trip.
The bus trip was long (as expected) but very good thanks to Victor and Antonio.
We enjoyed the canal cruise. The amount of free time was good, wish I had a more current map, some sidewalks were under construction and hard to navigate.
Antonio had some good recommendations for sights and eats.
A long day but totally worth it!
Kari_D, Jun 2026
Our tour guide, Pablo, was incredible! Super nice guy, very charismatic, and VERY knowledgeable! He shared a document of recommended sight-seeing with the group. I would 100000% go on another tour with Pablo!
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Thank you for your amazing review! We're thrilled to hear that you had such a great experience with Pablo. It's wonderful to know he made the tour so enjoyable with his knowledge, charisma, and helpful recommendations. We’ll be sure to share your kind words with him. We hope to welcome you again on another unforgettable tour soon!
Jessika_W, Jun 2026
Great day trip from Brussels, able to see the top spots of Amsterdam while also learning about the history
arletti_m, Jun 2026
Great tour need more time my recommendation start the trip more early so we have more time in the city
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Thank you so much for your review and for choosing Buendía Travel!
We are so glad you enjoyed the tour! We completely understand — given the distance covered, it is quite a long day by nature, but we always do our best to make every moment worthwhile. Your feedback is always welcome and very much appreciated!
We hope to welcome you on another adventure with us soon!
The Buendía Travel Team
Brianna_M, May 2026
We had Jaris for our tour and he was great! Yes, this is a bilingual tour, but Jaris did an excellent job balancing the two languages. There was traffic, so we were delayed getting to Amsterdam, which made us miss the walking portion of the trip because we had tickets to the Anne Frank museum (booked in advance). Overall, it was quite rushed, but a decent way to see a glimpse of Amsterdam.
Alex_L, May 2026
I requested english tour, but it was mostly spanish group and tour guide was oriented on spanish speakers.Generally tour was pretty good .
harold_h, Apr 2026
Terrible experience, the tour guide would not shut up.
Amsterdam is a filthy place with trash everyone’s the streets. Lots of it
SARIKA_S, Apr 2026
Check the weather, as Amsterdam is on a canal and the walk from the tour bus is along the water. Also carry your own water, restaurants do not offer free water
Rollin_F, Mar 2026
English and Spanish.
Besides guided spoke other languages
Only negative point was that a physical map was not given only download.
For those without internet it is a problem.
For other tour maps were given
Patricia_N, Mar 2026
Great tour with our tour guide Harris. Very informative. The tour started on time and was very professional.
Sarah_D, Jan 2026
Excellent balance of guided and not to explore Amsterdam! Oscar was a great, knowledgeable guide. The canal boat trip was a perfect way to start the visit.
Annahitta_M, Dec 2025
Organised well and fantastic tour guide
Nice stories and value for money
I am happy and will look forward to travel with this organization again
Bianca_W, Dec 2025
Antonio is wonderful, funny and gave us the tour in both Spanish and English. It wasn’t an easy task at all but he did it so well. On our free time, we tried the canal museum as he recommended and it was amazing. Great way to learn about the city’s canals. Thank you Antonio. Lovely time on the canal cruise as well.
Michelle_S, Nov 2025
It was a great day trip. Had some time with the guide and a lot of time to walk around on our own. The map and suggestions were great and, while we used some of those suggestions, we found a lot of interesting places on our own. Hit a lot of traffic on our way but still had time to explore.
Shelly_M, Nov 2025
Long day! The return was 5 hours on the bus. So in total 8 1/2 hrs on the bus.
Our guide was both Spanish and English but leaned heavily on Spanish so didn’t feel we had a lot of information in comparison.
Enjoyed the city. Walkable to most things we wanted to see.
The boat was nice way to see the city albeit the guide didn’t seem to provide much English dialogue.
judy_m, Oct 2025
Our tour guy was friendly..we had fun and enjoyed . And we went all around in the Amsterdam . What a nice place!
escalang, Oct 2025
Our guide Antonio was great and very knowledgeable. Unfortunately the travel time to and from Brussels takes up too much time leaving us very little time to enjoy the city. Also, where the bus meet us on the way back is kind of far taking up more of the time there. To really enjoy this city I would have to come back on my own.
Bronwen_S, Sep 2025
Amsterdam was great. The day trip was well organised and enjoyable.
Learnt a lot about Amsterdam that we didn’t know before.
Claudia_D, Sep 2025
It was a very beautiful trip, the guide, Jules was very friendly with us, he gave a lot of information about the tour , about the buildings we saw. It was a very nice experience.
KristinaAnn, Aug 2025
We had a nice time on the river cruise and walking around Amsterdam. Our travel guide was helpful, friendly, and knowledgable. The only downside is it took longer to get there and back as people don’t follow instructions! Otherwise it was a lovely trip.
George_P, Aug 2025
It was well worth it if you haven't seen Amsterdam before. This was a day-trip by bus from Brussels taking up the full day. The boat tour gives you a good sense of the canal district, though it's not ideal for photos since you are quite low, but it was OK. The other boats and houseboats are interesting. I spotted a quaint restaurant overlooking a bridge and canal and declared to myself "I'm eating there!" - and did after the tour, sitting outside in the spring sunshine. You get a couple of hours of free time to wander around and explore.
Erica_S, Aug 2025
Highly Highly Highly recommend this day trip to Amsterdam. Loved driving through and seeing the beautiful landscaped countryside, windmills, canals, farms , animals and homes on the way to Amsterdam.The Netherlands is truly breathtaking country and something out of a storybook. The canal cruise was incredible and you get to see so much . The 4 hour free time gave us enough time to see what we wanted and we were also able to see AnnFrank’s house by foot . Our tour guide Sabrina was also so amazing and very knowledgeable!We will have forever lasting memories because of this tour.Don’t pass up this incredible trip .. you won’t regret it!
Emily_P, Jul 2025
Very fun experience with time to yourself to roam the city! I enjoyed this trip because I was able to roam the city for a few hours by myself since the tour allows you free time. Taking a map would be ideal or using the Apple Maps really helped me a lot to walk through the city and see what I wanted to see.
juanenrique_h, Jul 2025
Antonio our guide was excellent he gave the tour in English and Spanish which was great for us, would recommend this tour 100 percent, Amsterdam is beautiful
Campbell_L, May 2025
Great value and our guide Julian was extremely informative throughout the entire trip. The canal cruise was the highlight as Julian pointed out many of the attractions as we cruised along. This meant we could select those we wished to visit in our own time. Excellent!
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