Netherlands Private and Small Group Walking Tours

Another 5-Star Guide experience for us, this time in Amsterdam! Alette is an extremely knowledgeable and personable Guide. I would recommend a tour with her to any one, any time. She was a great Guide and teacher. We learned much from her, and she was able to talk with us right on our level, from a PhD-level fund of knowledge, which allowed us to maximize our experience.

Having a tour of Van Gogh with Agnes was such a valuable and illuminating experience! There are so many stories of Van Gogh in popular culture - along with a few select works of his - that can create a one-dimensional image of the artist. Agnes dispelled all these myths, using (but not relying on) the Museum to help us understand the emotional and psychological evolution and motivations of Van Gogh over the course of his life and how it was manifested in his art (most prominently in the last 10 years of his life). She also did a great job of explaining why Van Gogh became part of the art historical canon - and pop culture mythology. She made visiting the Museum a true learning experience!

Sabry was absolutely terrific! He provided an amazing — and holistic — background on the Dutch Golden Age to help contextualize both the Rijksmuseum and the art in it. Using Rembrandt as a guide (along with other Dutch masters), he illustrated the visual evolution of the era (e.g. how hands were painted, common characteristics in still lifes, etc.), the local history, and larger historical developments across Europe and the world and their influence on the art and, subsequently, the visual influence of the Dutch Golden Age on art moving forward through the present day.