Flights to Amsterdam

Start your vacation in the capital city of Amsterdam. The city has an extensive public transportation system, but many tourists prefer to go on foot. The locals prefer to cycle. Both are great ways to marvel at the city's brightly colored houses and beautiful bridges.

Another way to explore Amsterdam is on a canal cruise. Local tour guides will point out important buildings and provide interesting historical and cultural information about the city along the way. A variety of different cruise operators are located on the canals, some even offering drinks and dinner cruises.

If you're so lucky as to find yourself in the Netherlands in the Spring, you should definitely take the chance to go to the abundant tulip markets in various cities throughout the country. A leisurely drive or train ride through the outlying area will allow you to see the tulip farms themselves.

The Dutch school of painting is widely recognizable to many, thanks to the work of artists like Rembrandt and Van Dyke. Museums like the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Mauritshuis in The Hague possess vast collections of works from these influential artists. For more contemporary Dutch art, visit the Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

One of the more somber, but still worthwhile, monuments in Amsterdam is the Anne Frank House. Here you can tour the rooms where the young writer spent her final days. A wealth of information about the Netherlands during World War II is also on display.