Quick answer
Keukenhof, the tulip garden at Lisse near Amsterdam, is open from 18 March to 9 May 2027, daily from 8 am to 7 pm. The tulips usually peak from about 10 to 25 April, with crocuses and hyacinths earlier. Buy timed tickets online, arrive at opening or after 4 pm, and apply for your Schengen visa two to three months ahead.
Highlights
- Around seven million bulbs in landscaped beds
- Indoor flower shows in the garden's pavilions
- Boat tours and cycle routes through the striped bulb fields
- The Bloemencorso flower parade in April
- The windmill view over the surrounding fields
What actually happens
Keukenhof, at Lisse between Amsterdam and Leiden, is a spring garden planted with around seven million bulbs every autumn. For about eight weeks it shows tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and other bulbs in landscaped beds, with indoor flower shows in its pavilions, a windmill and a canal-boat tour through the surrounding fields. Around it, the bulb region turns into stripes of colour, best seen by bicycle. In April, the Bloemencorso flower parade usually runs from Noordwijk to Haarlem.
When the tulips peak
Keukenhof is open from 18 March to 9 May 2027, daily from 8 am to 7 pm, with last entry at 6:15 pm. Early season brings crocuses, daffodils, hyacinths and early tulips. The tulips peak from around 10 to 25 April in a normal year. The fields outside are often topped, with the flower heads cut, by late April to strengthen the bulbs, while the garden stays planted to the end.
Tickets, crowds and getting there
Buy timed tickets online; adult entry was about €25–30 (₹2,550–3,060) at the time of review, and combination tickets with buses from Schiphol, Amsterdam or Leiden are sold. Tour buses arrive from 10 am to 3 pm, so go at opening or after 4 pm. Easter weekend, which falls on 28 March in 2027, and King's Day on 27 April are especially busy.
Where to stay and what it costs
Amsterdam hotels cost ₹15,000–30,000 a night in April; Leiden and Haarlem are cheaper and closer, at ₹10,000–18,000. Book three to four months ahead. Apply for your Schengen visa two to three months before travel, through the Netherlands if it is your main stay; see our Netherlands visa guide.
Etiquette, photography and what to wear
Do not walk into the bulb fields; they are working farms, and trespassing can bring a fine. Photograph from the roadside or a cycle path, and stick to the paths inside the garden. April is 8–14°C, often windy and wet, so bring layers, a waterproof jacket and comfortable shoes.
Combining it
Spend two or three nights in Amsterdam for the canals and museums, add Zaanse Schans and Giethoorn, or continue to Bruges and Paris by train. See Schengen visa basics, things to do in the Netherlands, our April ideas and tour packages.
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