Events & Festivals Netherlands


Holland Flowers Festival, town of Zwaagdijk-Oost, February - floral arrangements of hundreds of varieties of tulips, daffodils, narcissi, hyacinths, crocuses and irises.
Flower Market, town of Groningen, April - the affair is a fantastic cacophony of colour and a symphony of smells.
Keukenhof flower parade, April - the world’s largest flower garden; the floats are covered in flowers and take hundreds of hours to complete.
Queen’s Day, 30th of April - one of the largest, most vibrant celebrations in the Dutch calendar for the birthday of the former Queen Juliana.
Amsterdam Canal Festival, August - the Grachtenfestival offers classical music concerts along two of the city’s main canals.
De Parade, July - a travelling festival which moves from city to city in the Netherlands each summer.
National Windmill Day, May - a chance to visit Amsterdam’s working mills, which date back to the 17th and 18th centuries.
Heineken Regatta, Simpson Bay, March - attracts international attention as boats of all shapes and sizes come to the tiny island to race and party.
Amsterdam Boat Show, March - presents the latest navigation equipment and sailing attire.


Day 1 Amsterdam
Arrival transfer.

Day 2 Amsterdam - Deventer (110km/1,30h)
Go to the world’s largest flower auction in Aalsmeer. Here you will find the highest-quality flowers - tulips, chrysanthemums, orchids, crocuses and hyacinths - from Holland and gardens all over the world. Take an escorted tour of the auction facility located in a massive 10.6 million-square-foot complex. Look for the 13 auction clocks located in five auction halls that are projector screen images displaying details about the flowers on auction. Continue to the Batavia Yard. Here they build authentic VOC ships. Continue to the Noordoostpolder and drive through the largest tulip fields of Holland. Last destination today is the ‘Venice of the Netherlands”, Giethoorn. Departure to Deventer and check-in at the hotel. Overnight.

Day 3 Deventer - Floriade in Venlo (130km/2h)
Continue to Floriade - a global spectacle in which many dozens of countries participate. The park comprises five unique worlds: themed zones connected by wooded areas. Here you’ll learn about nature and find out just how important flowers, plants, trees, vegetables and fruit are in our daily lives. Enjoy a bird’s eye view of the park from the 30-metre-high cable-car system.

Day 4 Venlo - Hertogenbosch (100km/1,30h)
Drive to the first sight of the Water flood museum. In the afternoon visit Deltapark Neeltje Jans. This park is located at the Oosterschelde Storm Surge barrier and offers information on the nature and wildlife and lot’s of activities.

Day 5 Hertogenbosch - Keukenhof (120km/1,30h) - Amsterdam (40km/1h)
Today continue to Keukenhof. No tour of Holland’s flower gardens is complete without a visit to Keukenhof Park. Have the pleasure to see the world’s largest flower garden at Keukenhof in Lisse. Thousands of flowering shrubs, orchids, roses, Bromelia, daffodils and hyacinths are intricately arranged on approximately 80 acres. Spring presents the park in its grandest glory, when 4.5 million tulips in 100 varieties are in full bloom.

Day 6 Amsterdam
Transfer to Amsterdam airport.