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Guided tour of the Red Light District of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
From $19.76
Select Date and Travelers
up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)
- 2 hours
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Delve into Amsterdam’s infamous Red Light District and explore the darker side of the city’s nightlife on this sightseeing walking tour. Follow your guide though the Red Light District and discover top attractions like the Oude Kerk (Old Church). Learn the origins and history of one of the world’s best-known red light districts, and gain insight into Amsterdam’s sex industry. You’ll also receive a city map with further recommendations.
- Explore Amsterdam’s Red Light District on a guided tour
- Take in neighborhood attractions like the Oude Kerk (Old Church)
- Your guide sheds light on Amsterdam’s liberal prostitution laws
- City map of Amsterdam is included on your walking tour
What's Included
- professional guide
- City and country recommendations
- Guided tour of Amsterdam's Red Light District
- Food and drinks
- Entrance tickets
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Dam 39, 1012 LP Amsterdam, Netherlands
The meeting point is in Dam Square, next to the National Monument. The guide waits there with Buendia Tours ID.
Start time
06:00 PM
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.What To Expect
Buendia Tours
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Warmoesstraat
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Warmoesstraat
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Enge Kerksteeg
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Warmoesstraat 52A
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Zeedijk
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Zeedijk 26E
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Zeedijk
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
In de Waag
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
In de Waag
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
Operated by Buendía
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Reviews
4.5
257 reviews
SRIRAM_S, Apr 2024
The guide was quite inept. We could hardly understand him and the tour was mostly a waste of time with him providing irrelevant information.
Annmarie_W, Apr 2024
Wonderful guide, informed accommodating. Recommend him for future tours. Apparently I need to say more to submit this review, basically good time
William_H, Apr 2024
Understood about 10% of what the guide said due to his strong accent and also large tour size. He also had a hard time confirming my booking.
Response from Host, Apr 2024
Hello,
We are sorry that the tour did not meet your expectations. Our guides always do their best to provide a good experience. The groups are not big, as there is a regulation in Amsterdam where groups can not be bigger than 15 people.
All your comments help us improve the quality of our services.
Best regards.
Brenda_V, Apr 2024
The tour guide was pleasant but we couldn’t understand him. It was a dissappointment. You need to have someone for the English tour speak more fluently.
Response from Host, Apr 2024
Hello,
We are sorry that the tour did not meet your expectations. Our guides always do their best to provide a good experience of the guided visit.
All your comments help us improve the quality of our services.
Best regards.
Erin_S, Apr 2024
Overall, this was just odd from the beginning. Our tour guide, Carlos
arrived right as the tour started, while all of us on the English tour were wondering where our guide was and if there would even be a tour for us watching 2 other tours get organized with their guides. Our guide did go over some of the history of the buildings at the meeting point. But it was hard to hear him and his accent was very strong, so even when his volume was okay, his accent (Spanish) made it very difficult to understand what he was talking about. We spent the tour listening to him for 15 minutes, then walking for 5 minutes and doing it again. There were 2 different times (one around a church and the other in the Red Light District) where he talked to us, then gave us directions where to walk and he met us afterwards. It was odd that he didn't stay with us to point things out. We did go into a "coffee shop" but even that was odd. After he spoke to us there, he told us to wander around the shop, then 2 of us were told we shouldn't have gone towards the back of the store where we wandered. When we finally made it near the Red Light District, he spoke for 15 minutes, then gave us directions to go around the block then to meet him afterwards. All of us in the tour were thinking this wasn't what we had in mind when we signed up. I have booked numerous tours with Viator, but I can't see going on another one where Buendia is the operator.
Response from Host, Apr 2024
Hello,
We are sorry that the tour did not meet your expectations. Our guides do their best to provide a good experience of the guided visit. There is a law that does not allow tours to enter the Red Light District or do tours inside of it, that is why all the tour is explained from the outskirts.
All your comments help us improve the quality of our services.
Best regards.
Kim_R, Apr 2024
I’m really sorry to say this was probably the worst tour I have been on. Left before it finished as did a few other people on the tour.
On the positive side we saw where the Red Light District is, saw a condom shop and saw where the Prostitution Information Centre is (both closed) and saw a dope store. Left when we were going to go to China Town.
Explanations were not clear and the tour seemed haphazard and strangely structured.
lucinda_m, Apr 2024
When I booked the tour I knew we would have Spanish guide that really didn’t bother me. What annoyed me most though is that we went to see the Red Light District most of the tour was away from this and a whole lot of speaking of which we were given 15 minutes to actually go and see the place. For those who can just go and explore it on your own
Antonia_C, Oct 2023
Horrible tour. I have done this tour before and it was great. Now with the changes it not worth the money to do it. A lot of standing around with useless info. And then the self guided 15 min tour was just a joke. I will not recommend this tour for anyone.
Response from Host, Oct 2023
Good morning,
The duration of this tour is 2 hours and the local guide accompanies you at all times except inside the red light district, which by law does not allow guided groups. This is indicated in the description of the activity.
We are sorry to hear that the tour did not meet your expectations.
Regards.
Helen_C, Oct 2023
Can’t understand his English. Also tour guide can’t walk with the group inside the red light district
Response from Host, Oct 2023
Good morning,
Our guides are local experts with a lot of experience.
Amsterdam regulations do not allow guided groups inside the Red Light District. Therefore the guide leaves some free time in the middle of the tour for you to see it on your own. All this is indicated in the activity description.
We are sorry that the tour did not meet your expectations.
Thank you, best regards.
Daniel_C, Jul 2023
Although the guide was nice, very little information was given throughout the tour. The guide had nothing to distinguish him from the hundreds of other people at the meeting point so many of us were confused and couldnt find him. For this reason the tour left 15m late as we had to look for everyone who may have signed up for the tour. The tour also ended after 45m...not the 2 hours we paid for.
Little to no information was given throughout the tour. When facts were passed to the group, these were read directly from the guides phone. I still know nothing about the red light district apart from where it is.
When the tour ended, most of the group stood in confusion because it was less than half the length advertised and wasnt informative. Everyone was waiting for it to properly start, but it just abruptly ended.
I booked this tour based on the rating but dont trust it - it unfortunately does not match the product and other reviews are probably fabricated. Would recommend looking into other tours instead of this one.
Response from Host, Jul 2023
Good morning,
We are sorry to hear that the tour did not meet your expectations. Our guides always do their best to provide a good experience of the guided tour.
Thank you for all your comments, as they help us improve the quality of our services.
Best regards.
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