One Week in the Netherlands with Kids — a Day-by-Day Family Itinerary

Planning a family trip to the Netherlands and looking for a clear one-week plan? This is the week families ask us for most: places that work for children and adults, short drives, and one driver from the first day to the last.

Day 1 — Arrive at Schiphol

Your driver meets you at the airport and takes you to your Amsterdam hotel. After a long flight, a quiet evening by the canals is plenty.

Day 2 — Windmills and fishing villages

Zaanse Schans and its wooden windmills are fifteen minutes from Amsterdam. Then Volendam’s old harbour, and photos in traditional Dutch costume.

Day 3 — Giethoorn, the village without roads

Thatched farmhouses, wooden bridges, and you get around by boat. A calm day and the photos of the week.

Day 4 — Efteling or Beekse Bergen

A full day for the children: Efteling, the biggest theme park in the country, or Beekse Bergen safari park next door. Pick one.

Day 5 — Madurodam and Scheveningen beach

Madurodam is the whole country in miniature in The Hague, and Scheveningen beach is minutes away.

Day 6 — Shopping at the Roermond outlet

Designer brands at outlet prices, in one street in the south of the country.

Day 7 — A free day, then home

A last morning in Amsterdam, then your driver takes you to Schiphol.

Tips for families

• One hotel in Amsterdam for the whole week.
• Buy tickets online before you travel — usually cheaper, and no queue.
• Prices are per car, not per person, so a bigger family pays less each.
• The package is cheaper: this exact week is available as a 7-day package at 15% less than booking each day separately.

The real price of every day is in the table below.