Zaanse Schans, Volendam, Marken and Windmills

Over ten windmills line the banks of the Zaan river and the area around them is free for you to wonderaround in as it really is an open-air museum. Volendam is a typical Dutch fishing village and taking a walk along De Dijk and through the harbor area Edam is the home of Edam cheese. Visit the village of Marken, a former island in the Markermeer, now a peninsula