Rotterdam & Delft Daily Walking Tour

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Rotterdam & Delft Daily Walking Tour — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Kijk-Kubus (The Cube Houses), Rotterdam — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

Explore two of the oldest Dutch cities in one day. Vibrant cities, nowadays with opposite architectural images but still telling stories about turbulent times.

The clashing point of traditional and avant-garde architecture styles (cube houses)
The greenest city in the Netherlands and the biggest European port where potatoes “struggle each others”
Drink a coffee at lowest Dutch point below sea level (-7,67 m)
A completely different Red Light District
Undergo picturesque canal cruise through “Little Amsterdam”
Meet two historical personalities, one artist and one scientist from - 17th century charged humanity by their works
Marvel old artefacts and still persisting artwork technique one of the most, worldwide famous tin-glazed majolica
Discover background of Dutch national and the first world bourgeois revolution and life and death of its leader and father of the fatherland
The most attributed city to Dutch Royal family

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At a glance

Duration: 7 h 30 min
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 4 people
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: Czech, English, Croatian, Serbian
Operated by: Alex

What is included

Included

Included: Tea and coffee: Tour includes drink within or after the tour, entrance fees to Cube Houses.

Not included

Not included: Entrance fees: Nieuwe Kerk
Not included: Entrance fees: Museum Prinsenhof Delft
Not included: Entrance fees: Old Church
Not included: Entrance fees: Vermeer Centrum Delft
Not included: Public transportation (bus, subway, cable car, etc.): retour train ticket from Rotterdam to Delft and back ca. 10 EURO. Credit card could be used in that purpose.

Itinerary

Rotterdam Centraal Station

10 min

Modern architecture pearl, the main railway station of Rotterdam city receiving an average of 170 000 passengers daily. One of the greatest city’s architectural highlights
Stop 2

10 min Admission not included

The 17th century building former headquarter of Waterschap Schieland, institution responsible for water policy and management in this part of South Holland once temporary accommodation place of Napoleon Bonaparte
Grote of Sint-Laurenskerk

10 min Admission not included

Late Gothic style building from 1525 and in the same time the oldest building in city of Rotterdam. One of the several rarely buildings survived Nazi bombing on May 15th 1940.
Stop 4

10 min

Monument honored to Desiderius Erasmus Roterdamus alias Erasmus of Rotterdam, one of the biggest philosophers, theologians, scholars, priest from 16th century. Many public buildings , structures and education institutions are named against this famous Rotterdammer.
Markthal

15 min

Modern building situated on one of the biggest Rotterdam’s Squares in the shape of horseshoe — closed market combined with living space and facilities, also nicknamed “The Sistine Chapel of Rotterdam”
Kijk-Kubus

20 min Admission included

Atypical tree-looking buildings with cube-shaped apartments on the top of the supporting columns.Because of its form only 3/4 of the inner space is suitable and usable for common living
Oude Haven

20 min

One of the oldest ( but not the oldest one!) ports of Medieval Rotterdam, former river mouth of river Rotte to New Meuse river. Nowadays favorite gathering place of Rotterdam citizens with plenty of coffee bars, restaurants, taverns, disco clubs…
Witte Huis

10 min

Once ( end of 19th century) the highest " skyscraper" in Europe and one of the rare building survived Rotterdam Nazi 14th May 1940.
Willemsbrug

10 min

Also called “The Red Bridge” dedicated to Willem III is one of the three Rotterdam’s bridges connecting central and Northern part of the city with Southern districts.
De Hef

10 min

Huge steel construction meaning “The Lift” once served like “rotating” and “lifting” train bridge across river New Meuse. The bridge was in service before the rail tunnel has been dogged through under the river
De Boeg

10 min

The war memorial placed at right embankment of the river New Meuse. It commemorates the 3500 persons on board of Dutch merchant ships who lost their lives in World War II.
Stop 12

20 min

An open air maritime museum. The great collection of steamships, docking cargo machines and equipment, ship engines and other objects related to or connected with the navy and shipping from the middle of the 19th century to 70’s of the last century.
Erasmus Bridge

15 min

This hanging bridge is the youngest bridge in Rotterdam crossing New Meuse…and for sure the most popular and known bridge. One of the greatest symbols and images of this city also called “The Swan” or ” The Harp” , 139m high with the biggest and heaviest “opening part” of the bridge in Europe, 80 m long.
Station Delft - Delft Railway Station

10 min

Modern energy sustainable underground train station “symbiosed” with new city hall above station. Retrospective of Delftware blue ceramics art and history.
Stop 15

10 min

Girls orphanage from 1578 in service until 50’s of last century
Stop 16

10 min

Monument dedicated to trader, scientist and founder of microscope and one of the greatest Delft citizens along with painter Johannes Vermeer.
Gemeenlandshuis van Delfland

10 min

Historical building from the begin of 16th century, headquarter of local water management organization from 1645
Stop 18

10 min

Former Latin language school and military barracks nowadays Archive of City of Delft
Museum Prinsenhof Delft

20 min Admission not included

Geertruyie van Oosten Monument - Monument honored to stigmatized mystical beguine from the 14th century

Prinsenhof - Residence, headquarter and place of death assassinated leader of Dutch revolution and father of the nation Willem The Orange.
Bagijnhofpoort

10 min

The port and memorial area dedicated to “Beguines”, semi-closed sisters order similar to nuns
Old Church

15 min Admission not included

Dutch “Pisa’s Tower” , the oldest church in Delft from 1246 with 75 m tall tower that leans about two meters from the vertical
Stadhuis Delft

15 min Admission not included

Former City hall from 1620, one of the two main buildings placed on the main Delft’s market
Vermeer Centrum Delft

15 min Admission not included

Information point about great painter’s work, style of painting, meaning of paints, personal life…
Hugo de Groot Monument

5 min

Monument dedicated to great Dutch philosopher, jurist, humanist, writer, diplomat and one of the founders of international law
New Church

20 min Admission not included

The 2nd highest sacral building in Netherlands (108 m), funeral place of the Willem The Orange and members of Dutch royal family
Maria van Jessekerk

10 min

Catholic church from 19th century
Royal Delft - Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles

30 min Admission not included

Worldwide famous majolica pottery mostly known about its thousands shades of blue color art — history, workshop, exhibition place, selling

Meeting point and pickup

You can be picked up from your accommodation or go straight to the meeting point.

Meeting point

End point

Pickup points

Customers should be picked up in any hotel in Rotterdam or Delft.

This is customized tour thus Amsterdam could be considered as departure point as well. In that case customers could be picked up in any hotel in Amsterdam, APT (Amsterdam Passenger Terminal) , Amsterdam Central Train Station or anywhere else up on agreement