Amsterdam: Guided Traditional Tulip Farm Tour

Amsterdam: Guided Traditional Tulip Farm Tour

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The Netherlands is internationally known for its flowers. This tour shows you where the flower industry in Holland starts: the tulip farms. Go behind the scene of two tulip farms, learning how tulips are grown and cultivated using traditional methods.

Highlights

Go behind the scenes of two traditional tulip farms, visited by professionals from all over the world
Take a guided 2-hour tour the farms and their nurseries
Travel with professional and friendly guides

Description

Visit two traditional tulip farms in Heemskerk, Holland, where farmers grow and cultivate tulips on large fields and in greenhouses. Whilst there, learn how professionals in the flower industry from all over the world visit these tulip farms to admire their quality flowers. As more tulip factories that grow tulips on crates emerge, the farms that grow tulips the traditional way are slowly dying out. This tour provides you with the opportunity to take a look behind the scenes of these farms that grow tulips using traditional methods. Enjoy live commentary in English and visit two traditional tulip nurseries, with a minivan 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 tulip-growing process provides you with some more insight about the industry, and your tour concludes with a visit to the sand fields where the tulips are grown.

Includes

Comfortable air-conditioned transportation Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option selected) Professional friendly guides Admission to two tulip farms Guided 2-hour tour behind the scenes of two traditional tulip farms Headsets to hear your guide clearly Coffee/tea and a Dutch snack All taxes, fees, and handling charges
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