Best time

[jpres]

What is the best time to see the tulips in Amsterdam and also to take a cruise from there?

 

Thank you

Sandra

[Corfe Mixture]

The tulips are grown in Holland throughout the year, though the fields are generally regarded as being at their most colourful from mid-March to the end of May.

[jpres]

The tulips are grown in Holland throughout the year, though the fields are generally regarded as being at their most colourful from mid-March to the end of May.

 

Thank you so much. Do you know what the average temperature would be in April ?

 

Sandra

[Corfe Mixture]

Doesn't really start to warm up until late May and average low is 7 degrees, whilst average high is 11 degrees.

 

Paradoxically April is both the second driest month and also the month with most days of rain :confused:

[Ine]

The tulips are grown in Holland throughout the year, though the fields are generally regarded as being at their most colourful from mid-March to the end of May.

 

No tulips donot grow all year in The Netherlands.

The best time in general for the fields and also Keukenhof is end of April/beginning of May.

Much depends however how weather in spring is.

This year spring was warm, tulips bloomed about 2 weeks earlier.

But the year before that spring was very cold and tulips bloomed 2 weeks later.

In Keukenhof you will also find tulips in the glasshouse and many are also replanted outside. More about Keukenhof here: http://keukenhof.nl/en/

Edited November 8, 2014 by Ine

[Corfe Mixture]

No tulips do not grow all year in The Netherlands.

 

Thank you for correcting my error.

[fabnfortysomething]

now you've got me singing that old Max Bygraves song

 

"when it's spring again I'll bring again tulips from Amsterdam":D

[jpres]

No tulips donot grow all year in The Netherlands.

The best time in general for the fields and also Keukenhof is end of April/beginning of May.

Much depends however how weather in spring is.

This year spring was warm, tulips bloomed about 2 weeks earlier.

But the year before that spring was very cold and tulips bloomed 2 weeks later.

In Keukenhof you will also find tulips in the glasshouse and many are also replanted outside. More about Keukenhof here: http://keukenhof.nl/en/

 

Thank you for the above information. We are trying to decide whether to book a regular cruise or a river cruise in 2016. Any pros and cons on either would be appreciated.

We have to start or end in Amsterdam, as this is where my maternal heritage is from. Hope to do some ancestry searching while there.

[Pet Nit Noy]

Thank you for the above information. We are trying to decide whether to book a regular cruise or a river cruise in 2016. Any pros and cons on either would be appreciated.

We have to start or end in Amsterdam, as this is where my maternal heritage is from. Hope to do some ancestry searching while there.

 

If you want to focus on The Netherlands -- and you're uninterested in doing independent land travel or small group land travel -- you'll see much more if you go on a river cruise.

 

Viking River Cruises, and Tauck River Cruises both offer a ten-day cruise of Belgium and The Netherlands exclusively. (I image Grand Circle offers a similar itinerary. And there are probably other river cruise operators specific to The Netherlands.) This contrasts with the typical northern Europe ocean-going cruise itinerary which includes a one-day port calls in both The Netherlands and Zeebrugge (for Bruges).

[Globaliser]

We have to start or end in Amsterdam, as this is where my maternal heritage is from. Hope to do some ancestry searching while there.

It's pretty easy to get around Europe, so this part of the trip needn't dictate that your cruise should start or end in Amsterdam. You can easily get from Amsterdam to pretty much anywhere that a European river cruise might start, or from the end of a cruise to Amsterdam. So while it would be convenient to start or end in Amsterdam, don't unduly restrict your choice of cruise by a limitation that you don't really need to apply.

[Alaskanb]

We are mulling over the same idea --tulips at Keukenhoff etc and then a Rhine river cruise ending in Switzerland. I have a feeling that while April may be great for tulips it may not be so for the river cruise and exploring the Berne area of Switzerland.

[jpres]

We are mulling over the same idea --tulips at Keukenhoff etc and then a Rhine river cruise ending in Switzerland. I have a feeling that while April may be great for tulips it may not be so for the river cruise and exploring the Berne area of Switzerland.

 

That's a good point about the weather. Thank you everyone rose for your input.

 

Sandra