See Amsterdam With Someone Who Knows It

Seventy-five minutes through the UNESCO canal ring with an audio guide in nineteen languages, on a covered all-weather boat. Departs beside the Hard Rock Cafe dock or the Heineken Experience. Rated 4.4 from more than 20,000 reviews. From about €15 per person — the best value on this page.

An hour on a fully electric boat with a skipper and a live guide rather than a recording — open in summer, a covered saloon with blankets in the cold, and a bar aboard. Past the Anne Frank House, the Jordaan and the Rijksmuseum. 4.9 out of 5 from over 31,000 reviews, the best-rated cruise in the city. From about €21 per person.

Five and a half hours by coach to the windmills and two fishing villages, with clog-making and cheese-tasting demonstrations. Meets at Centraal, thirty minutes before departure. The best-selling day trip in Amsterdam, 4.5 from nearly 21,000 reviews. From about €31 per person. Worth knowing: the cheapest ticket does not include going inside a windmill — that's on the “All-in” version.

Three hours and six or more tastings through the Jordaan: poffertjes, cheeses, hams, kibbeling, herring, bitterballen and apple cake, with coffee, tea and beer included. From about €105 per person.

The original Jordaan food walk, and the one with the deepest track record. From about €117 per person.