More about: Tickets and Day Trips to Keukenhof Gardens from Amsterdam
Just half an hour from Amsterdam, between Hillegom and Lisse, lies a beautiful orchard which in springtime is an explosion of colour as the flowers bloom.
Keukenhof, the largest floral park in the world, is a spectacular sight to behold. Would you like to visit it? Read on to find out which are the best options for tickets and excursions.
Keukenhof Tickets
Discover the Keukenhof garden at your own pace with these tickets
Step into the "Garden of Europe" and marvel at the millions of flowers that fill this iconic Dutch park with colour. Transfers are at your own expense.
With these tickets for Keukenhof you can stroll among the 7 million tulips that fill the 32 hectares of the park. You will enjoy more than 800 multicoloured varieties, as well as other flowers such as daffodils, hyacinths and roses.
You will have access to all the garden's facilities, including the Japanese Garden, the English Garden, the petting zoo, the maze and the children's exhibitions. It is the ideal occasion to spend a relaxing family day and enjoy a picnic.
Why I like this option: Because it is the perfect way to experience the Dutch spring at your leisure in a unique and colourful environment.
Recommended if... You prefer to visit Keukenhof on your own and enjoy the most famous gardens in Holland at your leisure.
Keukenhof Tickets with Roundtrip Shuttle Bus from Amsterdam
Visit Keukenhof with transfers from Amsterdam
Relax and enjoy a comfortable transfer to Keukenhof to explore one of the largest flower fields in the world with entrance to the garden included.
With these Keukenhof tickets with transfers from Amsterdam you will enjoy a comfortable journey of approximately 40 minutes from Amsterdam to the Keukenhof grounds. Along the way, you'll take in the Dutch scenery before immersing yourself in the colourful gardens.
Atyour own pace, you'll stroll among the tulips and a wide variety of wildflowers. Access also includes all on-site facilities: Japanese Garden, English Garden, petting zoo, maze and children's exhibitions.
Once your visit is over, you can enjoy a flexible return to Amsterdam, hopping back on the bus at your leisure.
Why I like this option: Because it combines the convenience of transfer with the freedom to explore Keukenhof at your own pace.
Recommended if... You want a carefree experience and want to make the most of your visit to the flower fields.
Keukenhof Day Trip with Windmill Cruise
Add a cruise through the mills for a TOP excursion
Enjoy a full day combining a visit to Keukenhof with a boat trip through the iconic Dutch windmills.
On this Keukenhof tour with windmill cruise you will experience a perfect day in nature. You'll start with a transfer from Amsterdam to Keukenhof, bypassing the queues and going straight into the park to lose yourself in the colourful paths and discover corners full of flowers and creative landscapes.
After exploring Keukenhof, you'll embark on a 1.5 hour cruise through the traditional Dutch windmills. You can enjoy both the outdoor deck and the indoor area, while taking in the rural landscapes, farms and canals that wind through the flower fields.
Why I like this option: Because it combines the best of Dutch nature with the tranquility of a boat ride.
Recommended if... You fancy a complete tour that combines the beauty of the gardens with the magic of the windmills.
Keukenhof Tulip Field Helicopter Flight
The best views of Keukenhof from a helicopter
See the spectacular tulip fields and landscapes of Holland from the sky in an unforgettable experience.
This helicopter flight over Keukenhof allows you to admire the Dutch countryside from a unique perspective. Lasting between 10 and 15 minutes, you will fly in a small group of just 4 people, enjoying panoramic views over the tulip fields, the Dutch coastline, windmills, farms and even the sand dunes of the Netherlands.
The experience includes free parking and toilets available before boarding, ensuring comfort from the start.
Why I like this option: Because it is a unique opportunity to see Holland from the air and enjoy its landscapes in a spectacular way.
Recommended if... You are looking for an exciting and different experience to see the colours and shapes of the flower fields from above.
In summary, we compare the 4 options
Discover Keukenhof garden in the Netherlands
Buy your Keukenhof tickets only and explore Holland's most famous gardens with millions of flowers and spectacular scenery at your own pace.
Visit Keukenhof with transfers from Amsterdam
Relax and enjoy a comfortable transfer to Keukenhof to explore one of the largest flower fields in the world.
Flowers and windmills in a perfect excursion
Enjoy a full day combining a visit to Keukenhof with a boat trip through the iconic Dutch windmills.
The best views of Keukenhof from a helicopter
See the spectacular tulip fields and landscapes of Holland from the sky in an unforgettable experience.
What are the Keukenhof Garden Tours like?
If you are short on time during your trip to Amsterdam to explore other parts of the country, you can set aside a morning or afternoon of your holiday for a trip to the Keukenhof Gardens.
With an organised tour to Keukenhof you don't have to worry about finding transport to get there, as a bus will take you to the entrance of this floral paradise.
Along the way you will see the stunning flower meadows that decorate rural Holland, and your tour guide will regale you with stories about Holland and its flowers to give you an insight into the country's close bond with nature - a little taste of what you will see at Keukenhof Park!
What will you see on these excursions?
On arrival, you will be taken on a tour of Keukenhof Park, along 15 kilometres of paths amidst millions of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and crocuses surrounded by beautiful fountains and ponds.
As a curiosity, at the entrance to the park there is a large tulip mosaic which, as the guide told us, changes every season to surprise visitors with a new and different theme. It is beautiful and surprising to see the painstaking work carried out by the gardeners to create this ephemeral spectacle!
Another option: the Keukenhof Gardens and Zaanse Schans windmills tour
If you have enough free time during your trip to Amsterdam to explore other parts of Holland, I recommend a day trip to the Keukenhof Gardens and Windmills of Zaanse Schans.
It's a fantastic experience! Not only will you have the opportunity to see the largest flower park on the planet, but also to visit Zaanse Schans, the home of the windmills.
Why I like this tour
This is a very complete activity that will allow you to explore two beautiful places in rural Holland in one day, aboard a comfortable bus and accompanied by a guide.
On the one hand, you will discover one of the most beautiful gardens in Europe with more than 7 million flower bulbs and a total of 800 varieties of tulips. Amazing, isn't it? This spectacle of colours and scents at Keukenhof is fascinating.
On the other hand, you will walk through the streets of Zaanse Schans, a small village on the banks of the river Zaan, famous for its windmills, a collection of more than 600 of which are still in operation! Get your camera ready because its bucolic scenery looks like something out of a fairytale and you won't be able to stop taking pictures.
About the visit to Keukenhof
The tulip is the Dutch national flower and spring is the perfect time to enjoy the blooming of this species and other specimens for which the Netherlands is world famous.
This tour starts early in the morning with a visit to Keukenhof Park, the largest flower garden in the world, which is a spectacle of colours, scents and shapes.
During the tour through its 32 hectares, you will listen to the guide's stories about the origin of this park that started as a small vegetable garden (Keukenhof means "the kitchen garden") as well as the care of the plantation and all the varieties of flowers it contains.
About the visit to Zaanse Schans
At the end of your visit to the Keukenhof Gardens you will return to the coach to go to Zaanse Schans, a small village famous for its bucolic landscape full of beautiful super-photogenic windmills. If you are passionate about photography, you will really enjoy this part of the tour.
During your visit to Zaanse Schans you will also stop at a clog maker's workshop where a master clog maker will show you how to make clogs. Together with the windmills and the tulips it is one of the icons of Holland so it is a very interesting sight to see.
How to book tickets for Keukenhof?
What was once a simple, sprawling orchard in the south of Holland is now one of the most beautiful spots in the country, attracting thousands of visitors between March and May when the park opens its doors to visitors. Keukenhof is a special place, a beautiful sea of colourful flowers worth seeing and photographing.
My advice is that if you want to include the Keukenhof gardens in your trip to Amsterdam, book your ticket online as soon as possible. Due to the limited time it is open throughout the year, many people want to enter the park and tickets sell out very quickly.
What are the Keukenhof Gardens?
With over 800,000 visitors a year, the Keukenhof gardens have become a popular tourist destination every spring.
Located in the south of the country, in Lisse, Keukenhof was originally the kitchen garden of Countess Jacqueline de Hainaut, a place used for growing fruit and vegetables that were later used in the aristocrat's household kitchen, hence its name meaning "the kitchen garden". Hence its name means "the kitchen garden".
But don't think that this park always looked like Eden. Things have changed a lot since then and in 1949 the mayor of the city opened Keukenhof to showcase the flowers grown by local growers and help expand the industry.
Today the cultivated plants (more than 7 million flower bulbs!) are no longer used in kitchens but are mostly exported. Dutch tulips are world famous and together with other flowers such as hyacinths, daffodils, carnations, orchids, roses, lilies and lilies make up a 32 hectare garden that is the largest in the world. Wow!
How is the Keukenhof park structured?
The Keukenhof gardens run along 15 kilometres of paths around which you will find various gardens of different floral inspirations: the English garden, the Tea garden, the Japanese country garden, the Cupid garden, the Hipster garden, the Rebel garden, the Health garden and others.
Keukenhof Park is divided into four large areas named after the Dutch Royal Family: the Oranje-Nassau pavilion (with new floral exhibitions every week), the Willem Alexander pavilion (the largest lily exhibition in the world), the Koningin Beatrix pavilion (the largest orchid exhibition in the world) and the Koningin Juliana pavilion (where the history of the tulip is on display).
Another of the most popular areas of the Keukenhof gardens is the large tulip mosaic made up of thousands of flowers whose theme changes every year to surprise visitors with a new composition.
Tips for visiting the Keukenhof Gardens
When does the Keukenhof open?
It is open from the end of March to mid-May. This is the time of year when the flowers are in bloom and Keukenhof is at its most beautiful.
When to visit?
Although this park has advanced cultivation methods, the course of nature depends on the weather, so if you visit too early some of the planted bulbs may not yet be in bloom. If, on the other hand, spring is already well advanced, you may find more cut stalks than you would like to see.
In this respect, as the Keukenhof gardens are open to the public for about eight weeks of the year, my recommendation is to find a date in between this period so that you can see the park in all its glory.
What are the opening hours?
The Keukenhof gardens are open from 8 AM to 7:30 PM. I recommend booking the first tour in the morning so that you have time to stroll around the gardens in peace and quiet when it is less crowded.
What to wear?
Although you will not be walking through the 32 hectares that make up Keukenhof Park, you will be walking quite a bit from place to place so my advice is to wear comfortable shoes and comfortable clothes.
What to buy on your visit?
Keukenhof Park has a typical souvenir shop where you can buy some souvenirs of your visit, but I recommend that you first look at the handicrafts pavilions where you will find craftsmen exhibiting their own creations with flowers. There are some amazing designs!
Is it suitable for children?
Absolutely. As well as enjoying the colourful gardens, Keukenhof Park also has a children's playground, a maze, a Miffy house and even a petting zoo - they'll have a great time!
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