Hold my spot! Have you traveled with Rowan Tree Travel & Fibercraft before and trust us to provide a great experience?  Are you so excited to visit Amsterdam that you are willing to reserve a spot without seeing the full itinerary? A Registration Form and a non-refundable $50 booking fee are all that are required to reserve your spot on the trip before it officially opens and is released for general registration in February 2025. 

Ready for an adventure? Join us on a winter romp through the Netherlands! We will spend most of the trip exploring the city and its surroundings from our hip neighborhood in Amsterdam.   We’ll begin with all the delights Amsterdam itself has to offer from Stroopwafels to lager, canal hopping and cozy yarn shop hopping. A visit to Stephen and Penelope to pick up kits  and time in the shop with the man himself to consult on color choices will of course be top on our list! But we will also have a personalized tour of the remarkable Rijksmuseum with a focus on the importance of the wool trade through the ages in Holland.  We will also have a kit with a pattern designed by our fiber ambassador extraordinaire, Louis Boria of Brooklyn Boy Knits highlighting other local yarn gems sourced from Dutch sheep.

In an effort to be responsible visitors, we will venture further afield as the Dutch do - by train! In Haarlem and Alkmaar, we’ll visit more exquisite yarn shops, participate in a hands-on dyeing workshop, and marvel at Dutch engineering feats, including a visit to a historic pump station. We'll also enjoy windmill sightings, savor the flavors of Gouda, and immerse ourselves in the festive atmosphere of charming Christmas markets, as we’re visiting in December.

Our tour culminates on the picturesque West Frisian Island of Texel, renowned for its Texel sheep. Here, we'll visit a local sheep farm, engage in a felting workshop using their wool, and explore the fascinating textiles salvaged from shipwrecks in the Wadden Sea. Weather permitting, we may even have the chance to harvest oysters from the sea, all while enjoying the comfort of our beautiful hotel on the island. 

Expected Price Range: This trip is expected be in the $4200 to $5000 range depending on accommodation level.

Please Note the Following

Expected Price Range

Shared Spot: $4200 - $4300

Single Spot: $4900 - $5000

Dates

Dates shown are fairly firm but could shift by 1-2 days. If tour dates shift by more than 7 days, starting or ending, then the booking fee is eligible for refund or transfer.

Group Size

This group will have between 10-16 participants. There are a limited number of Single (4) and Shared (6) spaces available for pre-registration. 

Itinerary

The itinerary for this tour will be released in February 2025. Rowan Tree Travel reserves the right to alter any part of this tour in order to address weather conditions, unforeseen circumstances or to improve the participant experience. 

Tour Activity Level
We would describe this trip as a Woolly Wander.

This tour requires an RTTF Mobility Comfort Level of 3+

This tour uses public transportation for most of the day trips out of our Amsterdam base.  Walking between the train and tram stations and the sites we are visiting could cover 1-3 miles over the course of the day.  Due to the season, cobbled streets may be slippery. Transportation will be a combination of train, tram, mini-coach and ferry.  

If you'd like to review our trip activity and mobility comfort levels, take a look here.

Transportation

Transportation is mostly by train & tram in Amsterdam and the surrounding towns, and by ferry and mini-coach for our time on Texel.

Booking Fee

$50 non-refundable booking fee per space is required and applied towards the final trip price. If a tour is canceled by RTTF or the dates shift by more than 7 days, starting or ending, and the dates no longer work for you, then the booking fee is eligible for refund or transfer. If you decide not to join the trip and the dates remain within the stated range your booking fee will be forfeit.

Deposit

You will be sent a link to the itinerary with the final dates, tour prices and a deposit invoice when the trip opens for full registration. A $1,000 deposit will be required by within 7 days of receipt in order to keep your reserved spot and officially register.  

To learn more about what a trip may entail, please visit the Our Tours page of our website.

DO NOT purchase flights until the trip is guaranteed by us to go forward.