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Benelux and France Tour
12 date, duration and airline options
25 October 20267 nights · SunExpress · From: Ankara8 November 20267 nights · SunExpress · From: Ankara14 November 20267 nights · From: Izmir15 November 20267 nights · From: Ankara26 December 20267 nights · SunExpress · From: Izmir26 December 20267 nights · From: Antalya27 December 20267 nights · SunExpress · From: Ankara24 January 20277 nights · From: Ankara24 January 20276 nights31 January 20277 nights · From: Ankara7 March 20277 nights · From: Ankara7 March 20276 nights
24 January 2027
From, per person827.40 USD
Triple Benelux and France and Alsace Tour
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6 March 2027
From, per person939.48 USD
Benelux and Switzerland Tour
18 date, duration and airline options
24 October 20267 nights · SunExpress · From: Izmir7 November 20267 nights · SunExpress · From: Izmir14 November 20267 nights · THY · From: Istanbul21 November 20267 nights · THY · From: Istanbul28 November 20267 nights · THY · From: Istanbul5 December 20267 nights · THY · From: Istanbul26 December 20267 nights · THY · From: Istanbul17 January 20277 nights · From: Istanbul24 January 20277 nights · From: Istanbul13 February 20277 nights · From: Istanbul27 February 20277 nights · From: Istanbul27 March 20277 nights · From: Istanbul16 April 20277 nights · From: Istanbul25 April 20277 nights · From: Istanbul7 May 20277 nights · From: Istanbul15 May 20277 nights · From: Istanbul16 May 20277 nights · From: Istanbul29 May 20277 nights · From: Istanbul
21 November 2026
From, per person827.40 USD
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MBD Editorial · 2026City file
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MBD Travel Giethoorn Guide
More than a list of sights: a practical guide to planning the order of your trip, choosing where to stay and adapting the plan to the season.
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Giethoorn Guide 2026
Giethoorn is a small village in Overijssel, in the north-east of the Netherlands, where canals take the place of streets. Thatched farmhouses and wooden bridges have made it one of the best-known fairy-tale villages in the country.
What to do in Giethoorn
- A canal trip: water is the village's main transport, and small quiet boats go through the canals.
- Thatched houses: farmhouses and gardens lined along the canal bank.
- Wooden bridges: they link the village's footpaths.
- Walking and cycling: there are routes around the lake and reed beds outside the village.
When to go
July and August average a high of 22 degrees. January ranges from 6 to 2 degrees. October is the wettest month with 118 millimetres, and March the driest with 55. The village is liveliest in spring and summer, and quiet and misty in winter.
Getting there from Turkey
In MBD tours, Giethoorn appears as the "fairy-tale villages of the Netherlands" and "windmills and canal villages" days, and it is visited together with Zaanse Schans. Benelux, France and Germany tours run 6 to 7 nights, and Amsterdam tours 3 to 4 nights, leaving from Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Antalya and Adana. Dates and prices are on the tour page.
Who it suits
Nature lovers, people who like quiet villages and photography, families and couples. MBD lists no hotel in the village, so plan it as a day visit, not an overnight stay.
Questions people ask
Are there cars in Giethoorn? Not in the village centre. People use footpaths, bicycle paths and the canals.
How many hours do I need? A few hours for a canal trip and a short walk.
What is it paired with? In the tours it is placed on the Amsterdam route.
Tours
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Every tour we sell here, in one list.
- Amsterdam Tour 2027 | 3 Nights, SunExpress, Direct Departure from Ankara, City of Colors, Winter Season
- Benelux, France and Alsace Tour | 7 Nights, THY, Eid al-Fitr Special, STR-LUX
- Benelux, France and Germany Tour 2026 | 7 Nights, SunExpress, Autumn and Winter Season, Direct Departure from Ankara
- Benelux, France and Germany Tour | 7 Nights, Turkish Airlines, 30 January, School Break Special, DUS-STR
- Benelux, France, Germany and Switzerland Tour | 7 Nights, SunExpress, 24 October Departure, 29 October Special, Direct Departure from Izmir
- Benelux, Switzerland, France and Germany Tour | 7 Nights, Turkish Airlines, 25 October 29 October Special
- Capitals Amsterdam and Paris and London Tour | 7 Nights, THY, 23 January, Semester Break Special, AMS-LGW
- Capitals Amsterdam, Paris and London Tour | 7 Nights, THY, 06 March, Ramadan Eid Special, AMS-LGW
- Capitals Amsterdam, Paris and London Tour | 7 Nights, THY, 17 April, AMS-LGW
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