How much is a day trip to Amsterdam from Liverpool?

£134 per person for the whole day: £83 return flight plus about £51 on the ground, with 6.2 hours in Amsterdam. Fare checked 21 October.

Is Amsterdam worth a day trip?

Yes, as a short day: 6.2 hours in Amsterdam, £134 for the whole day, 17 min into town each way. Enough for the centre and one paid sight; pick one, not three.

How long do you actually get in Amsterdam?

About 6.2 hours in Amsterdam. Landing to take-off is 9.4 hours; the trip into town and back, passport checks and the time at the airport come off that.

How do you get from Amsterdam airport into town?

Train 17 min, €6. A day ticket on local transport is GVB day ticket €9.

What does a day in Amsterdam cost, not counting the flight?

About £51 a person for the day: local transport, lunch, dinner and a drink. Paid attractions are listed separately because most people do one or none, and an average that includes them is a number nobody actually pays.

Is the flight price on this page the one I will pay?

The fare shown was checked 21 October against Google Flights for this exact date and these exact flights. Fares move, so it can change before you book, and the price is not held for you.

How early do I need to be back at the airport?

Leave the city by 18:08. That allows 17 min to get back to the airport and 120 min there, including 30 min for passport checks on the way out, before the 20:25 flight home.

Will passport checks eat my day?

We allow 40 min on landing for the EU Entry/Exit System (fingerprints and a photo on your first trip) and 30 min extra on the way out. That is already taken off the 6.2 hours shown. These are estimates; queues run longer on busy days.

Day trip to Amsterdam.
From Liverpool, back by 20:50.

Netherlands·Thu 24 Dec · 6.2 hours in the city

£134

the whole day

6.2 hours

in the city

20:50

back in Liverpool

Time in the city

6.2 hours

after transfersAfter transfers and airport time

Airport distance

15km

to the centreFrom Amsterdam centre (AMS)

Daylight

7.7 hours

08:49 to 16:30Sunrise 08:49, sunset 16:30

First EU trip since 2025? Allow 20 min more.

FlightAirport, immigration and transportIn the city

08:35
Leave Liverpool
easyJet
11:57
In the city
Lands 11:00, 40min immigration, 17min from the airport
18:08
Leave the city
17min back, 120min at the airport incl. immigration
20:50
Back in Liverpool
Flies 20:25

Leave LiverpooleasyJet08:35
Land in Amsterdam1h 25min11:00
In the city40min immigration, 17min from the airport11:57
Leave the city17min back, 120min at the airport incl. immigration18:08
Fly home1h 25min20:25
Back in Liverpool20:50

How we'd do it

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12:1560 min there

10 min walk

13:2530 min there

9 min walk

14:0430 min there

7 min walk

14:4130 min there

11 min walk

15:2220 min there

15:42Free timeuntil 17:56

about 12 min walk

18:08Back to the airport

NS train · 17 min

AirportFlight 20:25

Typical weather for this date

9°C

average high

5°C

average low

6 in 10

years it rained

This date is too far out to forecast. These are Amsterdam's actual figures for the same date across the last 10 years.

Also on in Amsterdam

Amsterdam Light Festival (Edition 15)
26 Nov to 17 Jan · Free to walk the route. Canal cruise from £19 (€22.75)
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How we'd do it

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12:1560 min there

10 min walk

13:2530 min there

9 min walk

14:0430 min there

7 min walk

14:4130 min there

11 min walk

15:2220 min there

15:42Free timeuntil 17:56

about 12 min walk

18:08Back to the airport

NS train · 17 min

AirportFlight 20:25

What a day in Amsterdam costs

Flights and on-the-ground spend, per person.

£134/ all in, per person

Train to city centre and back£10

Local transport£8

Lunch£18

Dinner£15

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Entry fees, on top (optional)

Rijksmuseum£21.38 (€25)

Van Gogh Museum£21.38 (€25)

Anne Frank House£14.11 (€16.50)

Opening days vary, so check before you go.

Vondelpark, Begijnhof, Albert Cuypmarkt, GVB ferries from behind Centraal Station to Amsterdam-Noord, BloemenmarktFree

On the ground£51

Prices checked 3 Oct 2026

Return flight from£83

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All in, per person£134

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Getting to Liverpool

Per person. Not in the total above. Prices checked 25 Sept 2026.

Free

Free drop-offFree
Drop-off 2 (7-min walk/~400m from terminal): sources disagree, Holiday Extras says free up to 40 minutes, SkyParkSecure says free only up to 20 minutes Source

Coach

Arriva North West route 500 from Liverpool city centrePrice not published
Source

Parking at the airport

Paid drop-offfrom £3
Express Drop-off (opposite terminal): minimum £3.00 for up to 20 minutes, £10.00 for up to 1 hour Source

More parking

Park SmartNo same-day price
From £52.98 (4-day stay (via SkyParkSecure)). Source
Long StayNo same-day price
From £57.98 (4-day stay (via SkyParkSecure)). Source
Meet and GreetNo same-day price
From £12.50 (per day). Source
Multi-storeyNo same-day price
From £14.63 (per day). Source
Fast Track parkingNo same-day price
From £19.38 (per day). Source

Parking nearby

No same-day price published. See multi-day prices

Imagine Outdoor£63.17
Multi-day price, not a same-day quote. Shuttle 8 min. Source
SkyPark outdoor--
Multi-day price, not a same-day quote. Shuttle 1 min. Source
APL--
Multi-day price, not a same-day quote. Shuttle 1 min. Source

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Costs people forget

Not in the total above. Worth a minute before you go.

Phone data. EE, Vodafone and Three charge about £2.75 a day to use your allowance in Europe. O2, Tesco Mobile and giffgaff include it free.
Card fees. Many cards add a foreign-exchange fee to every payment abroad. Check yours before you go, or take one that doesn't charge it.

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