In Rotterdam you can take some really interesting excursions.
1. Rotterdam sightseeing tour.
Of course, you can quietly walk around the city yourself, studying museums and streets on guidebooks and cards. But much more informative and more enormous will run through all the sights with a Russian-speaking guide.
Such an excursion can be carried out on transport (usually minivan), boat, amphibian bus, public transport, bicycle either on foot.
Methods of movement can be combined, as well by agreement. Lost overview 2-8 hours depending on the type of movement and the number of scheduled visits. During such an excursion, you can agree with the guide on visiting some places where I really want. For example, in some restaurant you read about. Of course, if the remaining members of the group are not against. Just need to write out in advance with the guide on the Internet and discuss the action plan. The minimum cost of such an excursion is € 100 from the group, without the cost of tickets in museums. Although the cost can also be agreed if there are few people in the group. Here is one of the possible options for walking the tour: The city center - the Market Square - the Bloss area is old harbor (including a visit to the Church of St. Lawrence, a house-pencil and house-Cuba, the Historical Museum of Rotterdam, the Museum of Waving, etc.). Overview escurcia can be combined with a visit to neighboring cities, such as Hague or Kinderdequet.
2. "Kinderdijk"
Kinderdeyk is a small village 15 km from Rotterdam. And this is the real batch of windmills (as far as I know, the biggest, 19 mills).
By the way, this village is listed on UNESCO. These mills are located in the park, open to visitors around the clock.
Dada, even at night, because at night the mill is very beautifully highlighted. In the park you can walk only on foot or ride a bike, no cars and buses. There is also a museum in which there are exhibits that tell about life and lives in the village in the past.
You can take a half-hour trip on the yacht along the river along the mills. Tickets for yacht are bought directly in the village, it costs € 3 for children up to 12 years and € 4 adults. The entrance to the museum costs € 4 children from 6 to 12 years old, € 6 substrate. Entrance to the park with mills is free. Please note that from November to March, the park is closed on weekdays. The remainder of the park is open from Monday to Saturday from 9:30 to 17:30 and from 11:00 to 16:00 at the weekend.
You can also order a trip directly from Rotterdam to Kinderdeyka. Excursion is available from March 31 to October 6 in all days, except Monday, twice a day. Adult skating will rise at € 14, children up to 11 years old, € 11.50. The departure of the yacht comes from the De BOOMPJESKADE embankment near the Erasmus Bridge. In the Kinderdeyke, an hour of free time (without an excursion) is given.
And the last option is an excursion with a professional guide by bus from Rotterdam. Such an excursion takes about 3 to 6 hours and costs about at least € 40 per person. The number of people in the group varies greatly, from 1 to 40 people. So, see how it is cheaper and more informative.
3. You can travel the whole family in "EFTELING HOLLAND". This is a thematic amusement park, which is located in one and a half hours by train from Rotterdam (or 50 minutes by bus or car), not far from Tilburg. The park is a certain country of fairy tales, that is, in the park you can see installations from Disney and other cartoons and favorite fairy tales, castles, houses, and, of course, the heroes themselves.
There is a bunch of amusements in this park: trains, huge swings, terrible carousels, there you can ride on the lake on the boat, and do anything at all anything.
It is better to come to the park from the morning, because things there will be a lot: the territory of the park is sufficiently massive, and there is a lot of entertainment there! Next to the park is the hotel Efteling Hotel 4 *, where you can stay for the night, if there is no strength to go back to Rotterdam. The cost of accommodation in the hotel can be combined with the inlet ticket, which is a little cheaper. Although the hotel is not cheap. One night in a double room without the cost of visiting the park, with breakfast, costs about € 200. As for the park, people from 4 years to 59 The entrance will cost € 34.50, persons over 60 years old - Kidka in 2 euros.
Also there are 2 euros discounts, if you visit the park at any months, except July and August, or book online tickets. In the winter months, some attractions do not work. The park is open from 10 am to 6 or 7 pm in winter, autumn and spring, the summer park is open from 10 am to 8 pm on weekdays, and on weekends from 10 am to midnight. One will say exactly, the trip to this park will be remembered for you and your children.
4. It is difficult to call the excursion, I would call it a daytime. A place - Scheveningen. . Scheveningen is a town on the shores of the North Sea, not far from the Hague, an hour from Rotterdam.
This town with beautiful boulevards, bays and a magnificent view of the sea. In Scheveningen, a number of first-class fish restaurants (for example, "Het Gouden Kalf", "Restaurant de Dagvisser", "WaterProef", "Catch", etc.) and good bars.
And, of course, all tourists and local residents, and especially windsurfing and kitesurfing lovers, attack the first-class sandy beaches of Scheveningen. By car (if you suddenly rented it), I do not advise you to go, it is a place for parking. Unless, in P + R Hoornwijck. Children here too will be fun, as numerous playgrounds and amusement parks are rebuilt next to the beaches. Numerous festivals are also held in the city, for example, The International Fireworks Festival (International Fireworks Festival), which is held at the end of August,
Sand sculptures festival (from April to June),
VLAGGETJESDAG or "Flag Day", held at the end of June (on this day, begins to actitive herring, and a small-sized herring, as is known, is a traditional Dutch dish).
Cute town!
Also, you can order excursions from Rotterdam to neighboring large cities: Amsterdam, Delft, Hagu, Dordrecht and others. But it seems to me, it's easier to come to the city yourself and already there find a ready sightseeing tour of the city with a guide.