This made a refreshing change from Amsterdam - there's loads to do, and we very much enjoyed the "free tour" in the morning (where you leave a tip at the end), which left us time for lunch and then we visited the Cube Houses in the afternoon and had a general walk around. There was a free shuttle which made it easy to get back to the ship. Read Less

We went downtown to see the cube buildings and walked around there for awhile. Then we took a water taxi to the Kinderdijk windmills. Very easy to do and very inexpensive to get there. We spent several hours seeing the windmills which are beautifully restored. There are a few windmills open to the public which was very interesting. Nice gift store on site. Lots of photo ops! Read Less

We took the local subway and visited a WW II museum with interesting photos and war memorabilia. It was very informative but very small and took only about an hour to see everything. Read Less

Saw beautiful buildings on sightseeing tour. Read Less

Loved our day there, visited the Markthall with archaeological exhibit in parking levels. Very good food above and 2 good supermarkets. Visited Cube houses, the old port behind them. The park and shops around the Markthall. Caught our shuttle back to ship by 1530. Read Less

Informative tour through central Rotterdam. Tips based payment Read Less

Loved the Market Hall Read Less

We were able to take a buss off the port and walked around the area. We never left the town so our experience was limited Read Less

Walked around the food hall, saw the Cube homes, visited the farmer's market. Bus back was a long line so we walked back. Read Less

Walked in town for maybe 10 minutes. Not impressed Read Less

We toured on our own. Read Less

Lovely place - despite weather! Read Less

Plenty of time in port and walked around. Read Less

Were told that we would have an hour at Markthal. Turned out to be 20 minutes with the only bathroom break on the tour. Read Less

Clean spacious modern city. Not that much to see. Travel by public transport. Day tickets available from any metro station. Read Less

We took the free shuttle and a Freewalk. Interesting city for a one-off visit. Read Less

The excursion was only booked for the afternoon so we decided to go no our own in the morning to the places which were close to the Ship. We ended up going in pretty much the same places as the tour we took later on. Desapointing and time wasted. Read Less

having docked at Rotterdam this had changed pre booking ,we had to take a shuttle bus to Amsterdam this only gave us 3hrs instead of around 8hrs, arranged to meet old frends & both parties very sad of such a short stay Read Less

We got on the hop on hop off bus which stops outside the cruise terminal, it's a lot cheaper than MSC trips. We went on the observation tower it's about €10 each, worth it if your not afraid of heights. Read Less

Superb outing on our own within the city of Amsterdam. Read Less

Easy walk into town. Read Less

Spent our pre-cruise night at the Hotel New York (old Holland America headquarters renovated into a hotel). Best note would be - Beware of stairs. My other half forgot about them in the night during a trip to the boys room and we ended up in the emergency room getting stiches, boarding he boat black & blue. Read Less

Moored very close to the centre of Rotterdam approx 20 min walk. Shuttle bus also provided. Read Less

We toured the SS Rotterdam which is permanently moored nearby. Took the free shuttle into the historic canal area. Liked the long sailaway on departure. Read Less

Walked off and around the town. Would have been nice to have had more info on things to do local to the ship....such as bike hire etc......it is Holland after all Read Less