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Absolutely beautiful even if flowers aren't really your thing!
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Only open for 2 months each year
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One of the most stunning gardens I have visited, A MUST SEE
Seamist Says: The bulb growing area’s Flower parade on Saturday 21 April 2012, follows a forty kilometers route from Noordwijk to Haarlem and passes Keukenhof in the afternoon, over the ‘Keukenhof Corso Boulevard’ [Parade Boulevard]. This parade is called the ‘face of Spring’ for very...
World's largest flower garden -video tour
StuartDutchman Says: Keukenhof, also known as the Garden of Europe, is the world's largest flower garden for over 50 years. It is filled with tulips, hyacinths, daffodils and other spring bulbs. Facts & figures: Over 7 million flower bulbs are planted by hand every year in the park, which covers...
Hop on Hop off tulip fields tour
ATLC Says: This bus rides between 24 March and 20 May (2011) between 10-19.15 hrs from Thursday to Sunday. The route is from Noordwijk, via Noordwijkerhout to Panorama Tulipland in Voorhout and then on to Lisse (Keukenhof).The bus stops at central points, larger hotels and at Tulipland...
irisbe Says: Over seven million bulbs: bulbs of tulips, narcissi, hyacinths, lilies, gerberas and orchids.The crème de la crème of what the flower industry has to offer is unfolded here under your very eyes. Spread over 32 hectares, the park offers you delightful colourful flowerbeds,...
Gillybob Says: I visited Keukenhof just 5 days (25 March) after it opened in 2008. There were plenty of flowers to see in the pavilions and tubs - those planted directly in the ground were a mixture of some in bloom and some barely above the ground. The displays are changing throughout the...
Dragon Cafe: Good Asian Food in Lisse
TooTallFinn24 Says: Ok who would come to a small town in the Netherlands for Asian food. However I had heard good things about this place and eating here is much less crowded than trying to eat at the Keukenhof Gardens. The place was nicely decorated and at least a portion of the waiting staff...
irisbe Says: When you get there by car you will be directed to on of the parking places.There is a seperate parking spot for touringcars, it is called "Hyacint".We parked our car on "Tulip" that is at the opposite site of the parking "Narcis".Inside the park you will notice some...
irisbe Says: From Apeldoorn, take the A1 motorway to Amsterdam. Then follow the signs to Schiphol and take the A4 in the direction of The Hague (Den Haag). Turn off the motorway at exit 4 and follow the signs 'N207-Lisse'. From Utrecht, take the A12 to The Hague and then the A4 to...
Shops at all pavilions: Souvenirs
ATLC Says: There are 6 souvenir shops located at the pavilions and entrances of Keukenhof. You'll find a lot of general Dutch stuff: Delft blue souvenirs, t-shirts, postcards, cheese, 'stroopwafels', pens, keyhangers and little stuff.Popular stuff, the shops were all very busy.There...
ATLC Says: I so enjoyed the many blue flowers that come in the guide as Bellevalia or Muscari. In Dutch we know them as 'blauwe druifjes' or 'little blue grapes'.When I was a 6-year old girl, my mother let me cut some of these to make a bunch to take to my grandmother who was in...
Niet parkeren !!! (don't park!!!)
ATLC Says: A funny anecdote: as we left Keukenhof by car, we passed the lane leading up to Castle Keukenhof. I said: let's check it out.So we drove up to the entrance and were met by a white bearded man in a bright blue uniform. Lyndsey said: he looks like Father Christmas! Yes,...
Keukenhof - A Shamelessly Marketed Tourist Trap
RusskiPower Says: Keukenhof itself is one big tourist trap, year after year attracting busloads of tourists like one of those flesh-eating tropical plant dupes insects into landing inside its flowers only to trap and devour them.A bunch of flowerbeds spread out over quite a vast surface,...
ATLC Says: Keukenhof park was filled with tourists when I visited. It was a glorious day. It was my first visit to Keukenhof even though I live here. Why is that? I wondered. I asked around. Lots and lots of Dutch people that I know have never been. Is the Keukenhof perhaps a tourist...
ATLC Says: There's a cash dispenser in the Willem Alexander pavilion. Just in case you buy too many souvenirs! It's located on the right after you enter the pavilion through the southwest entrance (where the restaurant is).
Tulip fields outside the gardens
berenices Says: Off one side of the gardens, just some meters beyond its edge are fields where they grow the tulips commercially. When we went at the end of April, most of the flowers were already gone, but there were still some remaining. The coloured patches, regardless, were still...
Flowers in Holland... not only in de Keukenhof!
Waaijer Says: The second week of April would be best.Then you will have the change to see most flowers in bloom. But all depends on the weather....See the website: http://www.keukenhof.nl/index.php?LAN_ID=2Not only in the Keukenhof you can find flowers in the Netherlands. There is a large...
Luchonda Says: Biking and paddling in a canoe, this in a wonderful and especially colorful world of flowers.You can smell spring, and who knows, love is in the air. You can rent a bike at the main entrance of Keukenhof.
Book recommendation: Tulip Fever
ATLC Says: Bear with me and see reading as a sport :-)Here's a book with the tulip at its center.If you like an easy read, a bit of suspense and yet also a historical novel, than this is it. Actually, it reminds me of the rise and dramatic fall of shares in ICT companies. Seen that...
Buying your Admission Ticket for Keukenhof
balhannah Says: One thing you should do before visiting Keukenhof, is buy your admission ticket before you arrive. This avoids the long queues. Even when I was there, there were long queues, and this was at the end of the season. When you have your ticket, you virtually walk straight in....
arinum Says: I went to Keukenhof in mid April 2007 (15-18 Apr) and the flowers were simply beautiful, all were in full bloom.See the pictures I took here.http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=16499029&owner=arinumThere are tulip fields near Keukenhof actually and most were blooming,...
Plan a Keukenhof vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Keukenhof locals
There's a cash dispenser in the Willem Alexander pavilion. Just in case you buy too many souvenirs! It's located on the right after you enter the pavilion...
Q: Hello everybody, I will go visit Amsterdam between 17th and 21th May this year and I would really like to know if a visit to...
A: I personally think its absolutely worth visiting - stunning - i was wanting to get back for a repeat trip this year but wont be able to - its very beautiful and very...
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Now (end of April) is the perfect time to visit the Keukenhof gardens. Flowers are in full bloom and there are more blooms to come! Our visit on April 21st was great because, although it was busy, it...
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Somewhere between Amsterdam and The Hague, there is a beautiful garden full of flowers. An opportunity not to be missed when visiting The Netherlands during springtime.
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The tulip was originally a wild flower growing in the Central Asia area and first cultivated by the Turks in early 1 AD. The flowers were introduced in western Europe and the Netherlands in the 17th...
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A trip to the famous Keukenhof
Martin_nl sacrificed himself to take Caroline and me all through that magnificient flowerpark Keukenhof. We thought he was such a great guide we cloned him. We will take one clone each of us for next...
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This year I was back to make some more pictures of the Keukenhof. I lost my originals at a computer crash. Look at Travelogue 2006 for some extra pics I have added.
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