Keytours Inkomend Toerisme

My wife and I went on a tour to see some classic windmills. We boarded the double decker bus and had an enjoyable ride to Volendam where had tasted some cheeses. When then boarded a ferry to head to Marken for a wood shoe demonstration. This is when the fun tour became not so fun.
We boarded the bus to head to the windmills and found the temperature to be unbearable upstairs. By the time we got to the windmills the temperature had dropped to do somewhat bearable. The windmills was were cool but the 50 minutes allotted here was nowhere near enough time. When we got back to the bus the temperature was once again unbearable.
This must have been the drivers first time on this bus since he seemed surprised by the temperature issues upstairs. We were fortunate that it was on in the mid 70’s, I would hate see how hot the upstairs would get on an 80+ degree day. The only purposes of the glass ceiling on the second deck of the bus is to create a green house effect. There is nothing on the tour that you need to look up at to see.
There is something about sitting in a raging hot bus that makes not so inclined to reach in my pocket for a tip.

I’m so glad Amsterdam has joined the Unilocal family because I’ve been saving this review since June. Please note, my review pertains to the Keytours Panoramic Circle Tour which takes you on a bus tour of the city, a «tour» in the Coster Diamond Mill on Potterstraat, followed by some photo ops at one of Amsterdams oldest windmills.
It started off great. We boarded a large, air-​conditioned bus that took us through all of Amsterdam. The bus did not stop, but I still got some great photos from the bus. The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable. The bus tour lasted approximately an hour.
The second part of the tour, however, was a totally different story. We were taken to the Coster Diamond Mill. We were given a 5-​minute overview on the diamond polishing and cutting process. Then our tour group was brought upstairs to a locked room…
In the locked room, three salespeople presented our group with «examples» of the diamonds produced at the factory. At first I thought this was just an intro to another diamond history lesson. But nope. It was a sales pitch. Those «examples» were for sale.
The sales pitch continued for about 45 minutes. At that point, my husband and I asked to leave. Not only was I pissed off that I was being held captive in a locked room with an endless sales pitch, but I was also missing out on getting a REAL tour. The tour I PAID for.
What the hell. I paid 130 euros for a bus tour and a 1-​hour sales pitch on diamonds? What a huge disappointment. It’s completely unfair for them to lure people in under the façade of a «tour», only to lock people in a room and try to sell them diamonds. Seriously?
We left and headed back to our hotel. I was SO disappointed.
If you book a tour through Keytours, do NOT choose the Panoramic Circle Tour or any tour that involves a tour of the diamond mill. It’s all a setup. It’s fishy because Keytours is located next door to the diamond mill, so my guess is that EVERY tour involves the diamond mill. So beware.