This tour shows the typical Dutch countryside of polders and little canals on the way to the ' Zaanse Schans', a well known windmill village with many interesting windmills. We will be visiting a wooden shoemaker here. Then we move on to the world-famous fishing villages of Volendam and Marken, on the coast of the former Zuiderzee (now called Ijselmeer), where you may see wooden houses and locals wearing their colourful style of dress. On the way, we will stop at one of the very few cheese farms where the cheese is still made in the traditional way. With this excursion you make a boat trip from one island to the other.