Performance Travel specialises in organising group travel in The Netherlands. We thrive on many years of experience. With our approach to your meeting, incentive or special interest travel plans for The Netherlands we are able to create added value to your event. Forget about your assumptions of boring tours, big offices with different account managers and 9-5 mentality. Small, flexible and creative are our keywords. Whether it’s a small incentive or large meeting, Performance Travel is up for the challenge and ready to show The Netherlands in a way your guests will remember for a long time to come.
Bike tour
The guests walk to the bikes, positioned near the hotel, and are briefed by our staff about the afternoon program. The difference with a regular bike tour is that the guests are going by themselves without guidance. They are given a booklet with numbered questions and a separate map with those numbers on it. In the booklet and on the map there are 2 mandatory questions, where we want guests to stop. At those stops, our staff will be there to give them a Dutch treat. We have one lady in traditional Dutch clothing on the canal with a platter of herring and one stop is at a location where we have a poffertjes boat laying, where the guests get a portion of Dutch Poffertjes.
Classical walking tour
Amsterdam is a city with a perfectly preserved historical city centre, on the Unesco-list of important World Cultural Heritage. It is famous for its many canals, but has besides this a lot of other beautiful sights to see. During this walking tour you will experience the classical side of Amsterdam: canals, flower market, the Begijnhof and much more. Your guide will take you to the Middle Ages and you will hear all the stories about the old buildings. Discover hidden churches and walk through the narrow alleys of this ancient city pearl. Your guide also knows everything about the modern daily life of today's residents.
Reypenaer tasting room
Reypenaer is a family business with a long tradition of artisan cheese making going back more than 100 years. Reypenaer has won several prestigious awards and are particularly proud of our flagship brand Reypenaer. The cheeses are renowned for their exceptional flavour. Each cheese is naturally matured in the historic custom built cheese warehouse in Woerden. Using age-old traditional maturing techniques, they give their cheeses as long as they need to develop their rich taste and full flavour. Each cheese matures as nature intended in its own time and in tune with natural variations in temperature.
Jenever tasting at the Drie Fleschjes
De Drie Fleschjes (three little bottles) serves a wide range of Dutch Gin (Jenevers), including Corenwyn from Lucas Bols and a variety of liquors such as "Half and Half", "Bitter Cookies" and of course, the famous "Walk in the Woods" (Boswandeling). Guests will have the opportunity to taste a jenever in the oldest distillery of Amsterdam.
Visit House of Bols with cocktailworkshop upstairs
House of Bols Cocktail and Genever Experience at the Amsterdam Museumplein is the interactive way to experience the dazzling world of cocktails and bartending. Visitors will discover everything there is to know about Lucas Bols, the World's oldest distilled brand which has been based in Amsterdam since 1575. A self-guided tour takes visitors on a spectacular journey through tastes, aromas, images, sound and film. After the tour the guests are invited upstairs at the House of Bols Bartending academy on the first floor!
Visit Heineken Experience with beer pulling workshop
Duration: approx. 2,5 hours The Heineken Experience, located in Amsterdam, is a historic brewery and corporate visitor center for the internationally distributed Dutch pilsner, Heineken beer. The historic industrial facility was built as the first Heineken brewery in 1867, serving as the company's primary brewing facility until 1988 when a more modern, larger facility was constructed on the outskirts of the city. Upon arrival at the Heineken Experience, the guests will get an entrance ticket and do the tour of Heineken by themselves. The guests end at one of the bars upstairs (private room) in the Heineken Experience, where they await a ‘tap cursus’. This crash course in how to serve the perfect beer will learn the guests the ins and outs of ‘tapping’ the perfect beer in informal yet educating surroundings. The draught course is including beer, wines and soda’s, cheese, sausage and bitterballen (hot snacks). And of course, the guests will get their certificate, showing they know how to serve the perfect beer from the tap.
2 CV tour
The guests enjoy breakfast in the hotel. In the morning the guests are brought to the pick up location of the 2 CV’s. There are 47 well maintained 2CV’s or as the Dutch call them ‘lelijke eendjes’ (ugly ducks) available. Normally we calculate 4 persons per car, so we will need 15 2CV’s. After a briefing on driving safely the guests start driving in teams through the polder landscape of North Holland. No highways or bigger motorways, but small roads with twists and turns through the beautiful landscape, through picturesque villages and typical Dutch scenery. A great way to experience The Netherlands outside Amsterdam! Programme layout (suggestion only)
Beach activities
Amsterdam is only a stone’s thrown away from the shores of the North Sea. A great getaway from the city’s hustle and bustle is a 40 minute drive to the beach of Ijmuiden. This beach is known for it’s fantastic wide stretch of hard sand, perfect for a number of beach activities, we name only a few but there are many possibilities. Blowkarten Experience speed and power of the wind in your sail when blokarting and roll over the beach in a blokart or blow kart! Blokart sailing is an unforgettable experience that will be talked about for a long time. Power kiting Power kiting is a spectacular activity. The element wind is central. Experience the power of the wind through the most modern kites. We start with a small kite to learn how to kite. After the smaller kites, it is time for the larger kites. This activity is supervised by experienced pilot instructors. Safety is paramount here! You learn to make best use of the wind and the forces that are released. Of course a bbq lunch at one of the beach clubs is not to be missed! Duration: approx. 6 hours
Sailing on the IJsselmeer– Full day
Sailing on the IJsselmeer is a great experience, it requires not much from the guests, they can enjoy the scenery around them and each other’s company. The catering, the bar with music and the old sailing ship adds up to the experience. The starting point will require a short transfer, we will start outside of the locks on the island of IJburg. This will save approx an hour of going through the locks and is recommended. From the island of IJburg (suburb of Amsterdam) the ship sets sail towards the island of Pampus. Pampus is a former defense island to protect the city of Amsterdam from foreign navy ships. We will go around the island and end the sailing trip at the jetty of the Muiderslot in Muiden. Timewise it will take aprox from 10.00 – 15.30 to sail this distance (depending on wind of course). Along the way the guests will enjoy a sumptuous lunch buffet. Duration: approx. 6 hours
Muiderslot
The imposing Muiderslot gives you a taste of real Dutch history. It is part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam and included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Its location at the former Zuiderzee, in the water-rich environments of the river Vecht is breathtaking. The Muiderslot was built around 1285 by Count Floris V, an ally of King Edward and later of the French Court. While hunting with falcons one day in 1296, Floris was captured by his nobles and imprisoned in his own castle. In their flight from the advancing hordes, he was brutally murdered in the vicinity of Muiderberg. Over 300 years later, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft took up residence in the Muiderslot. This ‘Dutch Shakespeare’ is the castle’s most famous resident. Hooft was named bailiff of Muiden as well as bailiff of Gooiland in 1609 and held that position for almost 40 years until his death in 1647. He is best known for his proze, poetry and impressive voluminous history of the Dutch Revolt: De Nederlandsche Historiën. We will enjoy a tour through the Muiderslot that will give your guests some insight in the Dutch Golden Age! From the Muiderslot we transfer the guests back to the hotel in Amsterdam.
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Landskroon, 50, 1081 CCAmsterdam (Netherlands)
+31 207 704 720
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