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Helena
Amsterdam on Aug 2026
I have used Sebibo Tours quite a few times throughout the years, for friends and family, and I really like it. I did a shared boat tour first and then private tours as well, and I really enjoyed the whole experience, the captain was really knowledgeable, we saw different landmarks, and there were snacks and drinks on the boat. I have done it in summertime and wintertime during the light festival, with blankets and gluhwein, and it was really, really nice. It is a bit pricey, but I think it is worth it, and it is always one of the highlights when people come to visit me in Amsterdam.
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Ron
Amsterdam / Amstelveen on Aug 2026
It has really become our go to place, my wife and I first went ourselves and later with family and friends, and it is just a very nice experience. The boat, the atmosphere, the catering, the drinks, and the way everything goes make it feel special and a bit luxurious, and the captain is so passionate and knows so much. We even did a children’s party for our youngest son, a surprise party for my wife, and a larger sail out, and it was all arranged well. For us there is not really a comparable service, and if we get the chance again, we will certainly go with them again.
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George
Jordaan, Amsterdam on Aug 2026
We were looking for a private boat tour for some family and people visiting from out of town, and Olivier was very helpful from the start. The meeting place was great, not far from where I live, and he has a very nice restored boat with good soft drinks, beers, wine, snacks, and classic Dutch food. He knows a lot of the history on the canals and Dutch history, and he takes you around places a typical touristy tour would not, which makes it feel much more personal. We had such a nice time that we have done it five or six times over the last two years, including the light festival, and the price felt reasonable.
How much do tour guides cost in Amsterdam?
Real price ranges from the jobs our vetted tour guides actually do. Updated July 2026
Art and architecture tours
How much does an art or architecture tour cost in Amsterdam?
A private art historian at the Van Gogh Museum or the Rijksmuseum charges about €250 for two hours, flat, for up to four people. The tickets are yours to buy on top at €25 an adult, free under 18, and they are sold online only and often gone weeks ahead, so book the ticket first and the guide second. Doing both museums in one day is normal, with a lunch break in between, and each one is quoted separately. If you would rather stay outside, a walk through the canal ring looking at gables and bridges is charged like any private walk, €120 to €160 for an hour and a half.
Private Van Gogh Museum tour, 2 hours
€250 flat for up to 4 people
Private Rijksmuseum tour, 2 hours
€250 flat for up to 4 people
Van Gogh or Rijksmuseum entry
€25 per adult, under 18 free
Two museums in one day
€250 each, tickets on top
Private canal ring architecture walk
€120 to €160 flat for the group
Bike tours
How much does a bike tour cost in Amsterdam?
A join-in guided ride of about two and a half hours costs roughly €36 per person, bike included, which is the easiest way to give visitors their first go on a Dutch bike with someone watching out for them. Hiring a bike on your own is about €16 for 24 hours, usually with two locks and theft cover, plus a deposit or card hold of around €50. A private guided ride is a flat fee for the group like any private tour, so ask whether the bikes are inside that number or billed on top. Longer rides out to a windmill or a cheese farm run half a day and sell out in summer, so book those a few days ahead.
Join-in bike or e-bike tour, 2.5 hours
About €36 per person
Bike hire on its own
About €16 per bike per 24 hours
Deposit or card hold on a hire bike
Around €50
Private guided ride
Flat fee per group, ask for a quote
Windmill or cheese farm e-bike ride
Per person, book ahead
City walking tours
How much does a city walking tour cost in Amsterdam?
A private guide charges one flat fee for the whole group, so a 1.5 hour walk is €120 whether two of you show up or six. Join-in tours work the other way round and charge per person, roughly €23 to €56 each, so from about four people a private guide often costs less. Amsterdam limits groups to 15 people per guide, and anything larger needs a second guide at the same rate. Free walking tours are not really free: the guide earns only what you hand over at the end, so bring cash and treat it as a real fee.
Private walk, 1.5 hours, up to 6 people
€120 flat for the group
Private walk, 1.5 hours, up to 12 people
€140 flat for the group
Private walk, 1.5 hours, larger group
€160 flat for the group
Extra half hour added to a private walk
€20
Private walk, 3 hours, up to 8 people
€255 flat for the group
Private walk, 4 hours, up to 8 people
€340 flat for the group
Join-in group walk, 2 to 2.5 hours
€23 to €56 per person
Tip-based free walking tour
No set price, you tip the guide
Day trips and excursions
How much does a day trip cost in Amsterdam?
A coach day trip is sold per seat, from about €46.50 a head for the windmills and fishing villages, €85 for Giethoorn with its boat ride, €110.50 for Keukenhof in tulip season and €115 for a long day taking in both. Small group versions capped at eight people run about €129 each. A private day out is priced from the vehicle instead: roughly €700 for one to three people in a car, €750 for four to eight in a minivan, plus €20 to €30 a head for entrance fees, coffee and snacks. For two people the coach wins easily, for a family of five or six the private car starts to make sense, and if you only want the windmills you can do Zaanse Schans yourself by train for about €65 for the day.
Join-in coach trip, windmills and villages
From €46.50 per person
Join-in Giethoorn day trip with boat
€85 per person
Keukenhof and countryside day trip
€110.50 per person
Zaanse Schans and Giethoorn, full day
€115 per person
Small group day trip, up to 8 people
€129 per person
Private day out, car, 1 to 3 people
€700 flat for the group
Private day out, minivan, 4 to 8 people
€750 flat for the group
Entries and snacks on a private day
€20 to €30 per person
Zaanse Schans on your own by train
About €65 for the day
Food, wine and tapas tours
How much does a food tour cost in Amsterdam?
A join-in food walk with a string of tastings runs about €79 to €95 per person for three hours, and that price includes what you eat. A private culinary walk is quoted differently: a flat fee for the guide plus a per person amount for the meal, which changes with the restaurant, so you always get a made-to-measure quote rather than a list price. Ask for those two numbers separately, because the guide's half is fixed and the food half is the one that moves. If you just want something easy for visiting family, a canal cruise with cheese and wine is about €24 to €40 a head and a four course dinner cruise is €89.
Join-in food walk with tastings, 3 hours
€79 to €95 per person
Private culinary walk, guide fee
Flat fee per guide, quoted
Dinner on a private culinary walk
Per person, quoted per restaurant
Canal cruise with cheese and wine
€24 to €40 per person
Four course dinner cruise
€89 per person
Historical and cultural tours
How much does a historical tour cost in Amsterdam?
The canal ring, the Golden Age and the Jewish quarter are all walking distance apart, so a history walk is priced like any other guided walk: €120 to €160 flat for a private group of an hour and a half, or €23 to €59 per person if you join a scheduled one. Museum entry is almost never included in the guide's fee. The Rijksmuseum is €25 a head, Anne Frank House is €17, and Anne Frank tickets go on sale on Tuesdays for visits six weeks later and disappear fast, so book those before you book the guide. A Red Light District evening tour is one of the few that quotes an all-in price, around €280 for two people with the museum entry inside it.
Private history walk, 1.5 hours
€120 to €160 flat for the group
Private Rijksmuseum tour, 2 hours, up to 4
€250 flat, tickets extra
Rijksmuseum entry, paid separately
€25 per adult, under 18 free
Anne Frank House entry, paid separately
€17 per person
Join-in Anne Frank area walk, 4 hours
€59 per person
Private Red Light District evening tour
€280 for two, museum entry in
Nature and hiking tours
How much does a nature tour cost in Amsterdam?
There is no hiking to speak of inside Amsterdam, so this really means a guided day out into the countryside, and that is priced from the vehicle: around €700 for one to three people, €750 for four to eight, flat for the group, plus €20 to €30 a head for entrance fees and refreshments. A guided walk in the polder or along the water without a car is quoted per group and we have not found a published rate, so ask two guides and compare. If you would rather do it under your own steam, a hire bike is about €16 for 24 hours and the Vondelpark and the canal ring cost nothing at all.
Private countryside day, 1 to 3 people
€700 flat for the group
Private countryside day, 4 to 8 people
€750 flat for the group
Entries and refreshments on the day
€20 to €30 per person
Bike hire if you ride out yourself
About €16 per bike per 24 hours
Guided walk outside the city, no car
Quoted per group, no list price
Street art tours
How much does a street art tour cost in Amsterdam?
Nobody publishes a street art rate as such, so guides charge it as a themed private walk: about €120 to €160 flat for the group for an hour and a half, with roughly €20 for each extra half hour if you want to keep going. A scheduled group walk is per person instead, in the same €23 to €56 range as other join-in walks. Most of the good outdoor work is at the NDSM yard in Amsterdam Noord, and the GVB ferry behind Centraal Station gets you there for nothing, so the guide's fee is genuinely the whole cost. Worth checking a private quote covers the ferry crossing time, since the trip out and back eats into your hour and a half.
Private themed walk, 1.5 hours
€120 to €160 flat for the group
Extra half hour
€20
Join-in themed group walk
€23 to €56 per person
Ferry to the NDSM yard, Amsterdam Noord
Free
Custom and tailor-made tours
How much does a custom tour cost in Amsterdam?
A tailor-made tour is a private booking, so you pay one fee for the group and the number of people barely moves it. Guides who build routes around what you want tend to quote €255 for three hours and €340 for four, up to eight people, and about €20 for each extra half hour tacked on. Once a car and a driver are involved the day is quoted from the vehicle up, roughly €700 to €750 for the group plus €20 to €30 a head for entries and food. Anything with several guides, several days or a fixed budget is always a written quote, so ask for the split between the guide fee and the per person costs before you agree.
Bespoke private walk, 3 hours, up to 8
€255 flat for the group
Bespoke private walk, 4 hours, up to 8
€340 flat for the group
Extra half hour on a booked walk
€20
Full day with guide, driver and vehicle
€700 to €750 flat for the group
Entries and food on a private day
€20 to €30 per person
Multi guide or multi day programme
Quoted, ask for it in writing
Private tours
How much does a private tour guide cost in Amsterdam?
You are hiring the guide's time, not buying seats, so the price is a flat fee for your group: about €120 to €160 for an hour and a half, €255 for three hours and €340 for four, with up to eight people on a walk. That means two of you pay the same as six, which is why a private guide gets cheaper per head the more of you there are. Museum and boat tours sit on top of that fee: a two hour museum tour runs about €250 for up to four people and you still buy the €25 tickets yourself, and a private saloon boat with a skipper is around €195 an hour for the boat. Quoted rates for private groups usually include 21 percent VAT, while company bookings are normally quoted without it, so check which number you are looking at.
Private guide, 1.5 hours, up to 6 people
€120 flat for the group
Private guide, 1.5 hours, up to 12 people
€140 flat for the group
Private guide, 3 hours, up to 8 people
€255 flat for the group
Private guide, 4 hours, up to 8 people
€340 flat for the group
Private museum tour, 2 hours, up to 4
€250 flat, plus €25 per ticket
Private saloon boat with skipper
About €195 per hour for the boat
Private countryside day with vehicle
€700 to €750 flat for the group
Small group tours
How much does a small group tour cost in Amsterdam?
A join-in small group tour is sold per person, so the bill grows with every extra guest: about €23 to €56 each for a two hour walk, €60 each for a sloop cruise with drinks, and €129 each for a small group day trip capped at eight people. That is the opposite of a private booking, where one fee covers everyone. Some Amsterdam guides publish both and show you exactly where the switch happens, for example €105 flat for up to four people and about €23 per person above that. If you are hosting five or six visitors, price it both ways before you book, because the cheaper-looking per person number often is not.
Join-in walking tour, 2 hours
€23 to €56 per person
Join-in walk with cruise or tastings
€30 to €57 per person
Small group canal cruise with drinks
€60 per person
Small group day trip, up to 8 people
€129 per person
Same walk booked private for up to 4
€105 flat for the group
Group of 5 to 15 booked with one guide
About €23 per person
Frequently Asked Questions
What people want to know before hiring tour guides in Amsterdam.
What should I check before hiring tour guides in Amsterdam?
Read recent reviews, be clear about exactly what you need, and agree the scope and a price in writing before any work starts. For anything regulated, check the credential yourself rather than taking it on trust.
Are prices in Amsterdam quoted with or without BTW?
Check, because it varies. A price quoted to a consumer should already include BTW, and most trades do show it that way, but plenty of price lists are still written excluding it. The rate is 21% on most work, though labour on a home more than two years old is taxed at 9%, and so are things like sports and fitness classes. Look for the word "inclusief" or "exclusief" next to the figure before you compare two quotes, and ask whether travel costs and parking are in there too.
How do I check a business in Amsterdam is properly registered?
Every legitimate Dutch business has a KvK number from the Chamber of Commerce, and you can look it up free in the public register. For gas, heating and electrical work there are extra schemes worth asking about, mainly SCIOS and InstallQ. A business that will not give you its KvK number is a reason to walk away.
What is the most important thing to know before booking?
Be clear about what you want and get the price and scope agreed up front, so there are no surprises. Reading other people's reviews is the quickest way to find someone who does the job well and turns up when they said they would.
What should I avoid when hiring tour guides in Amsterdam?
Avoid paying the full amount up front (a deposit can be fair), anyone who will not give a clear quote, and unusually cheap prices that get padded with extras later.
How do I find tour guides I can trust in Amsterdam?
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