If Keukenhof garden is not enough for you and want to explore those lovely colourful flower fields around, then renting a bike is a best option.

There is Rent a Bike van Dam Company just outside of entrance to the park, can’t miss them, they are all painted bright orange colour. Rental is 10€ a day, and you can choose from several trips depending on your condition. Length of them vary from 2 to 25km. Lovely and friendly owner of that rental place recommended to choose as first, one called “Flower fields of South” and it was a nice 25km drive. Check out map of routes here.

Route will lead you around one of the most beautiful flower fields i've ever seen towards small village Voorhout and then around Sassenheim back down to Lisse and Keukenhof. It was totally awesome ride and even most of the fields are not open for public i'm sure you'll find the way how to get close enough to take pictures :)

As a last remainder, again don't forget to buy some drinks and snacks in advance, there isn't much places around to buy them. Hope you'll get nice pictures.

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With over 7 million flower bulbs in bloom every spring and over 800 varieties of tulips covering area of 32 hectares, it's one of the largest flower garden in the world. Keukenhof is situated near Lisse, small town southwest of Amsterdam.

If you don’t want to join big group of tourist and pay around 45€ for organised trip from Amsterdam (admission to garden is 15€pp), then best way is to organise trip yourself and it's easy.

There are buses number 858 marked also as “Keukenhof Express” leaving from Schiphol Airport about every 15min directly to the gardens. Best option is to buy “Kombi ticket”, that include entry to garden and bud ticket. There is small kiosk clearly marked inside of airport where you can get them. Or you can buy them also online here.

Price for return Kombi ticket is 23€ from Schiphol Airport, entrance to garden included. (Price as in 2014)

Buses are quiet comfortable and journey only takes about 20 minutes depending on traffic. They stop right on the front of the Keukenhof Garden.

It may be a good idea to take with you some bottled drinks and snacks, as you can spend your time taking pictures and enjoying that beauty rather than standing in queue for food and drinks.

Garden is open every spring for about a month. In 2014 it was from 20th of March until 18th of May. (check official web for exact time each year) Judging from my two visits, best time to visit will be probably last two weeks of April and first week in May. Early in April, most of the Tulips are inside in Pavillions and there are mostly Hyacinths, Daffodils and Crocuses with very few blooming Tulips outside. But it's really depend on weather so i do recommend to check forecast and maybe live camera from tulip fields? :)

It’s beautiful anyway but it’s totally different experience compared to my visit two years ago in first week of May.

As the last thing, little advice. Best way to get to Schiphol Airport from town is to go to Amsterdam Centraal Station and buy return train ticket for 8.50€.

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