The Water Music Festival is traditionally held in Amsterdam from 5 to 7 September. This is one of the most famous Dutch autumn holidays; many tourists from all over the world come to admire it.
The Amsterdam Water Music Festival got its name from the fact that the scenes for the performers are old ships, barges, pontoons, boats, pleasure boats and yachts. As a rule, well-known chamber music pieces are performed. The main part of the audience is located on the shore, the locals often come to enjoy the music on their boats. For three days, music is heard from all reservoirs, every half hour the bell-bells on the bell towers delight the assembled listeners with a bell chime.
Holland is part of the European Union, so you need a Schengen visa to visit it. If you want to avoid unnecessary worries, contact any travel agency that organizes tours to Amsterdam. The tour operator will take care of obtaining a visa and purchasing air tickets, book a hotel room. To find a suitable company, enter "tours to Amsterdam" in the search box, you will receive many links. After looking through a couple of dozen websites of travel companies, you can choose the most optimal offer for you.
Travel agency services greatly facilitate the organization of the trip, but at the same time make it much more expensive. That is why many tourists prefer to travel without resorting to the help of travel companies. One of the advantages of this option is complete freedom - you yourself plan your route and travel schedule, so you can change everything at any time.
You can find detailed information on the procedure for obtaining a visa on the website of the Visa Application Center of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Do not forget that in order to obtain a visa, you will need to confirm that you have the necessary funds (bank statement, certificate of purchase of currency, traveler's checks, etc.), present a certificate of hotel room reservation and round-trip air tickets. Of course, you cannot do without a valid passport. When submitting an application, you will have to fill out a questionnaire in English or Dutch.
You can book a hotel room via the Internet. Please note that booking services are provided by many intermediary companies, so it would be more correct to find the website of a specific hotel. In this case, accommodation will cost you less, since you will not have to pay for the services of intermediaries. Type in the search engine "Amsterdam official hotel website", among the links provided, look for the sites of Amsterdam hotels and already among them choose the most suitable one. Be sure to pay attention to the terms of refund in case of your cancellation of the room.
You can also book flights via the Internet, flights to Amsterdam are operated by many Russian and foreign airlines. In particular, you can view information on air tickets on the website aviasales.ru.
