A mention should be made about the
dedicated bus (route No 858) which runs from Schiphol station to the garden.
In fact it is easy for any tourist to find their way to the place as there are proper sign boards everywhere (like
this one at the Schiphol railway station)
As you approach Keukenhof, the roads too
have a dash of tulip colours.
The tickets are reasonably priced at 23
Euros which includes the to and fro trip + entry to the Garden. (a distance of 22
kms one way)
The fountain that you see when you enter the main gate:
These young Dutch ladies, dressed
in their traditional dress were willing to be photographed with the tourists.
Further down there is this big enclosure
(something like a greenhouse) with varieties of Tulips. It is named as Willem Alexander. I must confess that I could click only about
30 % of the flowers in it, and what I am putting up here is only about 3% of
the 30%
Oranje Nassau is another enclosure where you get to see some of the indoor flower
arrangements.
Its interesting to observe some of them
done artistically like this one with twigs tied together:
Time for some more flowers from Willem Alexander:
I spend the whole day at Koekenof and
must admit that a day is not enough to see the entire garden and all that they
had to offer.
Tulipa Mutant Holland queen
On my way out at the entrance, I noticed
that people were still lined up to get in. I really pity them as they were going
to miss out a lot as sunset was not far off.
Before I sign off from this post can you
guess what is in that canopy in the picture below?
While you keep guessing I will start writing
for the next post - Keukenhof – IV
13 comments:
years ago, we took a trip to amsterdam. while there, we took a bus to these gardens. thank you for the memory!
tessa~
(upper ne of the us)
Oh tulips, one of my favorite flowers. I really like the orange ones. The Dutch ladies in their traditional dresses are interesting. I enjoy learning of different cultures and traditions. Thank you for letting me know about this other post on your trip. It sounds like you had a great time.
~Sheri
Wow! What a grand visual treat!
To plan a trip at the time of the festival is a dream!
Probably a flower Harvester which cuts the flowers at the bottom of the stem. then the flowers are sold wholesale to florist retailers(a guess) Nice Blog.
I'm feeling envious that you've gotten to see these gorgeous show gardens!
What a harmony of colour this post is! :-) Thanks.
Greetings from London.
beautiful visit!
You are way off the mark I must say. Hint: it has got nothing to do with Tulips or flowers.
Joe - these are so beautiful. Perhaps there are tulip bulbs under that canopy. Just a guess. Hope you had a great day. Thanks for sharing.
You know Joe, apart from having really nice photographs in your posts, and a plethora of information about places I think I can only read and imagine about, what impresses me most is the way you make even the ordinary seem so wonderful!!! I'm glad my name found an entry in your list of contacts :-)
Very, very, beautiful pictures. I can imagine how you must have felt watching them in person. Lovely vacation.
Gorgeous photography! I only dream of taking pictures this beautiful. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog.
Amazing...wish one day I can go there and wish I can spend as much time as I want to...for just seeing is not enough for me. I would love to know some names too if not all. That spiky ball like flower for instance...wonder what name it has...seeing it first time...thanx to you...here. Loved ur post...and the shots and the way u've taken us around...thank you for that too. :)
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