This private, guided tour will start at your hotel in Amsterdam at 7.00 a.m. We will drive by car to Aalsmeer, where we will pay a visit to flower auction ‘Royal Flora Holland’, which is also the largest trade building in the world.
We will explain about the selling system, the so called ‘Dutch Auction’ and we will be able to see the distribution of flowers and plants.
We will also pay a visit to a wholesale center, where florists from Holland and other European countries buy their flowers, plants and supplies
After the flower auction visit, we will drive to an Orchid nursery where the exclusive and most popular potted houseplant nowadays, the Phalaenopsis Orchid, is being grown. After an introduction we will get a company tour through the greenhouses, which are very high-tech and computerized.
These Phalaenopsis nurseries are amongst the most advanced in horticulture, with sodium lights to promote quality, growing and flowering of the plants.
Tour price: € 680,--
Additional hours: € 90,--
Tickets flower auction: € 10,50/ p.p.
Orchid grower visit: Included in the Tour price
Transportation: By car, free of charge
Tour duration: 7.00 a.m. - 1.30 p.m. (6.5 hours)
Tour dates: All year
Tour days: Monday - Friday
No. of persons 1 - 6
Prices are including taxes. Not included are entrance and parking tickets, lunch, and beverages.
For other cities than Amsterdam, pick up/return time and tour price may vary.
contact you as soon as possible.
Peter Boers, founder of Flower Tours Holland