Welcome in Leiden!
Holland Tour Guides takes you to the historic university city Leiden. This is the city which is mentioned quite a lot in the history books at school; think of the Eighty Years’ war, the occupation by the Spaniards, the relief of Leiden, the Beggars, herring and white bread etc.
Leiden also is the place of birth of the painter Rembrandt van Rijn and establishes the oldest university of the country!
The illustrious history of Leiden can still be observed thanks to the numerous old buildings. We will take you to the numerous monuments and many almshouses. Our competent guide would love to tell you about Rembrandt’s youth and how he became a painter. He or she would also like to tell you about the history of the oldest university of The Netherlands and her many famous students. The guide will also show you the old almshouses which, often hidden behind gates, are located in the city and will tell you anecdotes about their history and their inhabitants.
Did you know that Leiden has over 100 wall poems, spread out over Leiden? The poems have been written in various languages by poets from all over the world. Get inspired!
Leiden also has beautiful age-old canals. If you appreciate it, our guide will make an extensive round trip through these canals. In this way you will get a splendid image of this age-old historic city!
Leiden, City of Discoveries!
Price:
10 - 14 persons € 16,00 p.p. excl. VAT
15 - > persons € 13,50 p.p. excl. VAT
Our professional tour guides are multilingual. Please contact us for further information.
If you are not able to get the minimum amount of participants this is not a problem as long as you are willing to pay for the minimum amount of participants.
