Giethoorn is a wonderful place. A living fairy tale. A must see for every tourist and traveler. It merits a full day stay without any other stops. In fact, I would eliminate the enclosing dike stop (honestly - nothing interesting) and travel directly to Giethoorn. I would also lengthen further the stay at Giethoorn as the place is magical and there's a couple of museums / chapels worth visiting. The stay at the Dike made me drop one star. Giethoorn alone would have scored full points. Highly recommended.

Giethoorn was really neat. I do think you need to stop going to the afsluitdijk. It is too long of a drive for really no reason at all. And the tour guide could not even pronounce it properly every single time he mentioned it he said afsluiterdijk. If you are a tour guide you should be able to pronounce those places properly

There is not much to see at the dam, I would have easily skipped the stage. Giethoorn, on the other hand, is simply beautiful, it seems to be in a fairy tale! The guide, Oxana, was always available and attentive, she explained a lot of things both on the way out and on the way back by bus. Highly recommended!