When Anne Frank House tickets are sold out, this private guided walking tour offers a meaningful alternative. Explore Anne Frank’s final route through Amsterdam and continue with an immersive Virtual Reality experience of the Secret Annex, bringing the story of Anne Frank and her family during the Second World War to life in a personal and respectful way.
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Experience Anne Frank’s life and legacy on a private walking tour that follows the last part of her family’s route through Amsterdam, enhanced with diary excerpts and wartime context. Then enter the Secret Annex through a powerful Virtual Reality simulation that brings the rooms, furniture and atmosphere of 1942–1944 to life.
Your tour concludes at a cosy Amsterdam café near the Anne Frank House, where you’ll enjoy a complimentary drink before using advanced Virtual Reality headsets developed in collaboration with the Anne Frank Foundation to explore the Secret Annex.
You’ll enter through the iconic bookcase, just as Anne and her family once did. Inside, the rooms appear fully furnished, just as they would have looked between 1942 and 1944, giving you a true feel of what daily life in hiding was really like.
Unlike the real house, this private experience allows you to explore the space at your own pace, without any crowds. It’s a perfect alternative if you are unable to get tickets to the Secret Annex of the Anne Frank House, or if you have mobility issues, as the original building is not easily accessible.
As Anne once wrote:
“The sun is shining, the sky is deep blue, there’s a magnificent breeze and I’m longing — really longing — for everything: conversation, freedom, friends, being alone.”
– Anne Frank, 12 February 1944
This tour is part of our World War II tours in the Netherlands.
This private experience is the most meaningful alternative when Anne Frank House tickets are sold out. Instead of simply missing out, you follow Anne Frank’s final route through Amsterdam with a knowledgeable private guide who places her story in historical and personal context.
The tour ends with an immersive Virtual Reality experience of the Secret Annex, allowing you to see the rooms fully furnished as they were during the years in hiding, without crowds and at your own pace. It combines historical accuracy, emotional depth and accessibility in a way the original house often cannot.
We will meet next to the small statue on Max Euweplein in front of Wagamama restaurant in central Amsterdam. The meeting point is easy to reach by tram or taxi stopping at the nearby Leidseplein.
It is not a replacement, but it is the closest and most meaningful alternative when tickets are unavailable. You do not enter the actual Anne Frank House, but the Virtual Reality experience allows you to see the Secret Annex as it looked during the war, combined with expert storytelling along Anne Frank’s last route.
You will experience the Secret Annex with its interior fully reconstructed, see parts of the house that are not accessible in the real Anne Frank House, and explore the space without hundreds of other visitors around you.
No. This tour does not include entrance to the Anne Frank House. The experience takes place outside and concludes with a Virtual Reality visit to the Secret Annex in a nearby location.
The Virtual Reality experience was developed in collaboration with the Anne Frank Foundation and is based on detailed historical research. The rooms are shown fully furnished, offering insight that is no longer possible in the empty original house. Even the sounds of the place based on the 1940’s are recreated.
This tour is specifically designed for guests who were unable to secure Anne Frank House tickets and still want a meaningful, respectful and well explained experience connected to Anne Frank’s story.
The tour is suitable for older children and teenagers, especially from around 10 years and up. The guide adapts the storytelling to the group, while keeping the subject matter respectful and age appropriate.
This is a fully private tour with your own guide and a private Virtual Reality session, allowing for questions, a comfortable pace and a more personal experience without large groups or queues.
Anne Frank House tickets are limited and often sell out weeks in advance. This tour allows you to still engage deeply with Anne Frank’s story during your stay in Amsterdam, without the stress of ticket availability and with added historical context and personal guidance.




