Netherlands: Route through Holland, the Land of Water, tailor-made by car

Important remarks

- To avoid queues and crowds, you can book tickets to the most outstanding museums and exhibition halls online and in advance. We recommend trying to visit the museums early in the morning or in the afternoon. To obtain discounts on tickets and save yourself from having to queue, you can purchase cards such as the Holland Pass, the Museumkaart, the I Amsterdam City Card or the Rotterdam Welcome Card. Many museums offer special discounts for minors, students and pensioners.

- Triple rooms in Europe are generally rooms with twin beds or a double, in which a folding bed is installed to accommodate the third person. Due to the inconvenience this causes, we advise against using this option as far the possible.

- Check-in time at the hotel on the day of arrival depends on each establishment, but in no case will it be before 3:00 p.m., unless otherwise indicated.

- The proposed excursions and tours for each day are purely suggestions, as you can tailor the trip to suit your times, tastes and needs.

- A credit card is considered a guarantee, so sometimes you will need one for check-in at hotels.

- Hotels usually have cots available. Otherwise, babies will have to share a bed with an adult.

- To pick up your rental car, you'll need a credit (not debit) card in the name of the person who made the booking, who must also be the named driver of the vehicle.

- Consult the necessary documentation to enter the destinations visited and for transit in the countries where air stopovers are made.

- This itinerary has been developed in collaboration with the NBTC Netherlands Bureau of Tourism and Congress.

- Don't miss the futuristic-looking "Gates of Light", a permanent art installation attributable to creative artist Daan Roosegaarde that you can enjoy at Afsluitdijk. A spectacular explosion of art and light designed to commemorate the first centenary of the construction of the Afsluitdijk causeway, one of the greatest feats of engineering accomplished by man."People who live, build their future": this is the phrase that accompanies the monument in the middle of the causeway, a phrase that perfectly sums up the great aspirations and determination to succeed by the Dutch who, with endeavour and audacity, have managed to make nature a source of energy, light and life. At 32 kilometres in length, this spectacular causeway has managed to close off the flow of water towards the North Sea, turning the 'Zuiderzee' ('South Sea') into Lake Ijsselmeer and realising one of the country's greatest engineering landmarks.