Natural features

Keukenhof Gardens

Netherlands South Holland Lisse

Keukenhof Gardens
Photo: Urdulife, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The world's most famous flower garden, where around 7 million tulips, daffodils and hyacinths bloom in 32 hectares of parkland every spring. It's only open for about eight weeks, from late March to mid-May; the tulips peak in mid to late April.


Tickets must be bought online, and combination tickets include buses from Schiphol, Leiden or Amsterdam. Go early or late to avoid crowds. Hire a bike to ride through the surrounding bulb fields, striped with colour.

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