Keukenhof

This post is about the jewel of the Netherlands. I wrote about mills before, now it is all about the tulips. Unfortunately, Keukenhof park can't be visited all year. It is opened only from the middle of March till the middle of May. Keukenhof express tourist buses start from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. You can buy combi tickets, including the bus ticket and the admission fee too.

Unfortunately, we went to the park one week before closing, so some of the flowers were already withered, also the tulip fields. So it is advisable to visit this place around April.

There are indoor flower displays too. The Willem-Alexander Pavilion (named after the King) was full of lillies, so I guess,  you can imagine, how strong the fragrance was in this building.

The Beatrix Pavilion (named after the former Queen, the King's mother) is for the orchid-lovers. After seeing the this flowers in so many different sizes and colours, everyone wants to have one at home.

  

At the Juliana Pavilion (named also after a former Queen, Beatrix's mother) we could learn about the origin of tulips, and many interesting things. Visitor can get gardening tips about the best planting periods of each type of flower. We also learnt that the striped tulips were actually created with a virus.

The Oranje-Nassau Pavilion (the House of the King) was full of  colourful compostions of cut flowers.

The Keukenhof Garden tries to satisfy the needs of the modern world. I am talking about the selfie walls... :)

Look at these flower beds. They are too cute, aren't they?! :)

And finally some other photos of these wonderful flowers without any comments:

Keukenhof is closed fo this year. but if you will spend a couple of days in the Netherlands next spring (you should:) :), this is the place, you have to visit, supposing that you like flowers. But who does not?! :)