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
