Delft - Delft Pottery De Delftse Pauw - Rotterdam - Kinderdijk

Route: Hague - Delft - Delft Pottery De Delftse Pauw - Rotterdam - Kinderdijk - Hague
Duration: 9 h
Our first stop in this tour we will make at Delft which is  known for its blue and white ceramics and beautiful old town. A city more than 750 years old, was built around a canal known as Oude Delft (old Delft) and later many other canals were dug around the city to make Delft what it is today. During your visit become acquainted with historic Delft: monumental houses, beautiful gables, tree-bordered canals, picturesque bridges and an impressive market square. Return to the times of Vermeer and William of Orange! You can experience today's lively and friendly Delft too: wander through the narrow alleys and discover one-of-a-kind boutiques and cheerful terraces. After walking city tour In Delft we will visit to pottery factory. Delft Pottery De Delftse Pauw is the company which stands for personal attention, knowledge, service and a wide range of products. In the seventeenth century, 32 factories produced Delft earthenware in Delft. The delft blue factory is one of the few factories that continues this tradition of completely hand-painted Delft pottery. There you will see with your own eyes how Delftware is made it and may be choose some souvinirs. Our next stop will be at the port city of Rotterdam where you  enjoy the wonderful . The city was appeared  at 1270, when a dam was constructed in the Rotte river and now there is home to Europe’s largest port.  You will make yourself familiar with the heart of Rotterdam. On this city tour you will see the most important sights in the centre of the city and you will get to know a district in more detail. Our guide will tell you about the history of the city, how it developed from an insignificant fishing village to a world port of world importance. You will see how in Rotterdam old and modern stands harmoniously next to each other or just hard contrasts. Of course you will see the latest architectural works of art, but also what has been preserved through centuries. You will hear funny and interesting stories and because we also get to see less known places, you will be enriched with a different, surprising, new view of Rotterdam and the Rotterdammers. Also you will see some highlights, like the Coolsingel (town hall, post office), Laurenskirche, Kubuswohnungen and Alte Hafen, Schouwburgplein (Theaterplatz), Schielandhaus, central station and market hall. In addition also shipping district, Holland-Amerikakai. Our next stop will be at the Kinderdijk where for nearly a thousand years, the Dutch have been clever in dealing with the water that surrounds them. The sustainable blend of nature and technology used to keep Kinderdijk dry is so uniquely valuable that the area and its windmills were granted UNESCO World Heritage status. You won’t find a windmill complex like Kinderdijk anywhere else in the world. The ingenious system of windmills and pumping stations has been keeping the soil dry here for centuries now, in a constant struggle between human brains and the power of the water. The site illustrates all the typical features associated with this technology – dykes, reservoirs, pumping stations, administrative buildings and a series of 19 pristinely preserved windmills. The windmills were erected in the 1600s to drain the Alblasserwaard polders, which had suffered floods since the 13th century. One such flood, the Saint Elizabeth Flood of 1421, is both the source of the name Kinderdijk and of the associated fairy tale, "The Cat and the Cradle": after the storm, a wooden cradle was spotted on the flood waters, in which a cat jumped to and fro to keep the cradle afloat. When the cradle approached the dry land of the dyke, the locals discovered a baby inside -- hence the name Kinderdijk, Dutch for "children's dyke. " After we will return to Hague.
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