Go behind the scenes of traditional tulip farms in Holland

Traditional Tulip Farms
Behind the Scenes

Small public tour from Amsterdam

The Netherlands is internationally known for its flowers. Not a surprise, given that our small country controls sixty percent of the global flower trade. This tour, available only from January until April, shows you where the flower industry in Holland starts; at the tulip farms. Here you are shown how farmers in Holland grow and process tulips the traditional way.

Tour Description

This small public tour for maximum four travelers departs from Amsterdam. You can enjoy the comfort of hotel pick-up and drop-off in Amsterdam to start the tour to Heemskerk, where farmers grow and cultivate tulips on large fields and in greenhouses. Professionals in the flower industry from all over the world visit these particular farms for their quality tulips. As more tulip factories that grow tulips on crates emerge, the farms that grow tulips the traditional way are slowly dying out. And you have the opportunity to have a look behind the scenes of two of such farms.

Enjoy a private guided tour in English and visit two traditional tulip nurseries. A minivan is used to transfer between the two farms. Discover how tulips are grown and cultivated using traditional methods in order to get tulips of the best quality. A brief movie about the process of tulip growing process gives you more insight about the industry. Finally, a visit to the sand fields where the tulips are grown makes the tour complete. Then it's time for the transfer back to Amsterdam, where you are dropped off at the same place as where you started the tour.

CoasTulip is a collaboration between several authentic tulip farms. They have only recently started accommodating visitors. Go off the beaten tracks and become one of the first international visitors!

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Including

• Comfortable, corona-proof transportation from Amsterdam
• Hotel pick-up & drop-off
• Private guide
• 2-hr guided tour of two tulip farms in English
• Headsets to hear the guide clearly
• Coffee or tea and a 🇳🇱 snack
• All taxes, fees and handling charges

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Pricing

• Adult (age 12 - 64) € 89
• Senior (age 65+) € 79
• Child (age 8 - 11) € 79
• Hotel pick-up & drop off in Amsterdam € free, as we confirm each booking personally, you can select 'no pick-up' in the booking engine

• Booking engine closing time: 8 pm, evening before the tour. Too late? Contact us, perhaps we have availability
• 24-hr free cancelation policy; click 'cancel' in your booking confirmation and receive a full refund instantly
• Questions? Use the messenger on this page or contact us directly

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Practical Information

• Pick-up time is ± 9:30 am -exact time is given by 6 pm, the evening before the tour
• Duration of complete tour: 3.5 hrs
• Corona-proof tour with social distancing guaranteed
• Max. group size is reduced to 4 travelers
• Only available from January until mid-April
• The tulip farm tour is also offered in combination with the Flower Auction and for only three weeks with Keukenhof
• Tour guide is also the driver
• Minimum age for participation is 8 years. Traveling with younger children or staying outside Amsterdam? Check out the private tour to the Tulip Farms and our other private flower tours