Important for tourists – Keukenhof is closed in 2020. For more information, click here.
Situated in Lisse, Netherlands, Keukenhof is the biggest floral garden in the world! Opened just for a limited period of time throughout the year – starting with the last week of March until May – Keukenhof was the idea of one of Lisse’s mayors. The initial concept was to create an exhibition where people across Europe could come and present their hybrid flowers.
Nowadays, the garden of Europe is a place where you can gaze at millions and millions of different flowers. More specifically, about 7 million bulbs are planted every year on a surface of 32 hectares. What is interesting is that these bulbs are donated – for free – by 100 bulb growers.
When is the best time to go?
If you also want to see the fields of tulips in Lisse, the best time to visit Keukenhof is in mid April. If you go any later, the tulips will be already picked – it happened to me. It would be a shame not the see the tulip fields as they are so photogenic! However, I did saw them once from the plane.
For visiting Keukenhof, I would recommend taking a full day. The park is really big and you don’t want to miss all the beautiful flower arrangements. You can totally visit Keukenhof as a day trip from Amsterdam.
If you’re looking for other awesome day trips from Amsterdam, I recommend visiting the town with no roads – Giethoorn and beautiful Haarlem.
How do I get there?
There are many bus tours to choose from. If you stay in Amsterdam, you would most probably see signs everywhere with tour offers. However, if you’d prefer to go by yourself, you can take the train to Schiphol airport and then the bus directly to Keukenhof.
Another option would be renting a car for one day or going by bike.
Where do I eat?
Don’t worry about food as there are a few restaurants in the park. The prices are the same as in Amsterdam and the food is pretty tasty.
Facts about Keukenhof:
- nearly 50 million people have visited Keukenhof since its opening
- Keukenhof has a different theme each year
- There are 30 gardeners who work around the year and make sure that the exhibition of tulips is perfect
- Although when thinking about tulips we all connect them with the Netherlands, they are actually original from the Himalya mountains
Keukenhof is a magical place and I just couldn’t resist taking hundreds of photos. Strolling around so many flowers makes you realize how much beauty is in this world. While in the Netherlands, make sure to visit the beautiful Muiderslot Castle!
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask me in the comments section below.
May the travel bug bite you!
Aurelia Teslaru is a professional travel blogger and the writer behind Daily Travel Pill. With a 4-year experience as a travel writer and photographer, Aurelia only shares travel guides about destinations that she visited.
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One of the things I always loved about this country. Crazy varieties of flowers that you can find and the endless fields and in this case well whole park and garden full of 7 million flowers that’s crazy. Makes me want to go
You should definitely must go! It’s the most wonderful place!