"Netherlands: "The most beautiful spring garden in the world"Holland's Keukenhof"
Lisse, the small-town site of the gardens, is less than an hour’s drive or train ride from Amsterdam, and there’s even a dedicated bus direct from Schipol airport. Along the way to Keukenhof you’ll pass fields of candy-colored tulips, windmills, tidy villages, and bike paths along the dikes —an iconic Holland panorama.
Strolling among Keukenhof ‘s seven-million blooming bulbs, its swan-filled waterways and flowering trees, makes for a perfect day trip. At the greenhouse you can buy rare bulbs. Children will enjoy the windmill, petting zoo and playgrounds. And you can walk over to adjacent Keukenhof castle, a grand, historic Dutch manor built in 1641.
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