• Go early or late, since the park is quietest before 10:30am and after 4pm, and each ticket is for a set arrival slot
• Boat ride past the fields is a 45-minute electric cruise with an audio tour, booked on top of park entry; strollers stay at the dock by the windmill
• Bring your own picnic for the gardens (not the restaurant patios), and pack a card: the park is cashless except at the ticket window

Keukenhof is a 32-hectare spring flower park near Lisse, planted each autumn with about 7 million tulip, hyacinth and daffodil bulbs. Paths wind past ponds, a walled historical garden and themed beds, and indoor pavilions hold flower and orchid shows.

Kids can climb the 1892 windmill for a view over the bulb fields, and an electric boat cruises the fields around the park. Most visits take about three hours.