Our guided tour commences at your hotel at 6.30 a.m.
We will first drive to Aalsmeer, where flower auction 'Royal Flora Holland' is based.
Royal Flora Holland is the worlds biggest trade building and more than 10.000 people find a job with the cooperative flower auction and at the flowers and plants wholesale companies.
The auction is divide in 2 seperate sections, one for plants and one for cut flowers.
We will visit the cut flower department, where we will also visit he coolstore, where Peony cut flowers are stored at night, before auctioning starts.
After that, we will take a look at the distribution are of cut flowers (Peonies, Roses, Sunflowers, etc. ).
After the auction visit, we can pay a visit to a commercial wholesale center that florists e.g. can visit to buy their smaller vulumes of floral supplies plants and cut flowers.
After this visit, we will drive to the town of Lisse.
In Lisse, we will visit the annual Peony flower show with more than 125 varieties. Many growers will send in their varieties to show their quality to the visitors.
After this show, we will have lunch in a nice restaurant.
After lunch, we will drive into the province of Noord Holland to pay visits to Peony breeders and Peony cut flower growers.
Tour price: € 750,--
Additional hours: € 60,--
Tickets flower auction: € 8,--/ p.p.
Transportation: By car, free of charge
Tour duration: 6.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. (10 hours)
Tour dates: June 2 - 5, 2020
Tour days: Tuesday - Friday
No. of persons 1 - 7
Prices are including taxes. Not included are entrance and parking tickets, lunch and beverages.
For other cities than Amsterdam, pick up/return time and tourprice may vary.
contact you as soon as possible.
Peter Boers, founder of Flower Tours Holland