| Anyone who has been to Amsterdam will
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| | including Holland America, offer canal
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| quickly tell you there are three major
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| | excursions. With towering church
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| attractions: museums, canals and tulips.
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| | steeples, majestic buildings and
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| All three offer their own unique range of
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| | apartments built with strict space-saving
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| beauty that continues to draw flocks of
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| | engineering, Amsterdam is truly home to
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| tourists from around the world. Before
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| | the brownstones found so commonly in New
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| booking your next trip to Amsterdam, take
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| | York City. Called Canal Houses, you'll
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| a closer look at the wonders this ancient
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| | see these remarkable structures dotted
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| city has to offer.
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| | all over Amsterdam.
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| Museums in Amsterdam
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| | One site you'll certainly want to view is
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| While most people with even a vague
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| | the Centraal Station. Easily mistaken
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| familiarity with Amsterdam will recognize
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| | for a palace by tourists, the twin clock
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| the names Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum
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| | towers (one is actually a chronometer)
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| and Stedelijk Museum, this regal city has
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| | are just part of its magnificence. Made
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| many others from which to choose.
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| | of red stone, the Centraal Station is
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| Located at the center of Dam Square, the
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| | adorned with architectural adornments
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| Amsterdam Historical Museum was once the
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| | including carvings and spires. It is
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| city's orphanage. Focusing on what those
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| | truly amazing!
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| native to Amsterdam call its Golden Age
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| (in the 17th century), this museum
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| | Tulips in Full Bloom
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| highlights more prosperous times when
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| Amsterdam was the richest city in the
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| | According to some accounts, tulips made
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| world.
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| | their way from their native Russia to
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| There is even a museum for kids. The
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| | Holland in 1562. The original color of
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| NEMO museum focuses on science and
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| | the tulip is red. However, through
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| technology and offers children four
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| | pre-engineering and a few accidents, the
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| floors of experiments and exhibitions to
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| | Dutch crossbred an entire rainbow of
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| explore. This giant, green, boat-shaped
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| | colors including yellow, orange, purple,
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| building is easy to spot.
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| | pink and white plus variegated and other
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| Canals
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| | varieties.
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| | After many years of bulb development,
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| No trip to Amsterdam is complete without
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| | tulips finally became a prosperous trade
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| a tour of the canals. Bearing a striking
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| | for Holland. In fact, tulips became so
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| similarity to Venice, Amsterdam has a
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| | quickly acclimated to the atmosphere and
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| landscape swirled with waterways. The
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| | thrived so gloriously that Holland
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| four main city center canals are
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| | (especially Amsterdam) is now known as
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| Prinsengracht, Herengracht, Keizersgracht
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| | the tulip capital of the world.
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| and Singel; however, smaller versions are
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| | From lavish gardens filled with tulips
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| found throughout Amsterdam.
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| | and other blooms to the Artis Zoo to
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| Because the canals take you right up to
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| | splendid buildings, Amsterdam offers both
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| much of the city's stunning architecture,
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| | education and entertainment for the
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| they are the perfect way to tour the
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| | entire family.
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| sites. This is why many cruise lines,
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