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Netherlands, Keukenhof again

Posted by (TX, USA) on

So…. I am feeling last minute about this trip. Lol.

It looks like I will be taking about a 10-11 day trip with my daughter over her spring break - so there is zero wiggle room on timing. Dates are about March 28-April 8, give or take a day.We’ll probably center the trip around Amsterdam and Bruges (although not necessarily staying in those cities specifically). Western Easter is April 5. Tulips may be at the early stage.

Is there an advantage (or recommendation) for the direction of the trip: starting in Belgium and ending in Amsterdam or starting in Amsterdam and ending in Belgium?

Thank you! (I’ve been reading some very helpful trip reports but this is a beginning question so I can move quickly on flights and lodging in the Amsterdam area.)

Posted by
2005 posts

If you want to have any chance of seeing the tulips, the later the better. So you should start in Belgium. But even then your chances of seeing the tulips in bloom in the flower fields are small. The Keukenhof should have flowers in bloom though, but even for that the later the better.

Posted by
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Made this trip last year and LOVED IT…….left 4/21 and came home on 5/9……but I understand your time constraints. We were Leiden (Amsterdam), Bruge, Brussels, Bastogne and then Brussels again to fly home. Cannot recommend enough the places we stayed and enjoyed….just DM me if you are interested in any questions.

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Thanks for the quick replies!

So, I just turned the trip around to keep the Keukenhof till the end - and then we’ll see how it goes. Thanks for the confirmation, Dutch_traveler. I wish I could move it later, but alas.

Jane, thanks for the trip list. I’ll have to make some hard decisions on specific cities to stay as a next step. I have had an ongoing list of places of interest for a while, so hopefully that helps.

Posted by
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We loved the charm of Ghent and seeing the Ghent altarpiece at St Bravo's; that's worth at minimum a day trip from Brugges. They do plant the tulips at Keukenhof to bloom throughout the time period the gardens are open; but the later the better.

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