Tour 2
Flower auction and Tulip flower grower Tour
Tour dates : All year round, Monday – Friday.
Tour duration: 8.00 a.m. - 1.30 p.m. (5.5 hours)
Tour price € 625,-- (1-6 persons)
World’s largest flower auction
Our private, guided tour will start early in the morning at your hotel in Amsterdam. We will then drive 25 km. south of Amsterdam to the world’s largest flower auction, ‘Royal Flora Holland,’ in Aalsmeer.
Early in the morning, the auctioning of flowers and plants starts at 6.00 or 6.30 a.m. We will explain the ‘Dutch auction’ and the distribution of flowers and plants. 17 auctioneers are active 5 days weekly to sell millions of flowers and plants. Every auctioneer facilitates 1000 - 1500 transactions. The volume that will pass by at the auction halls is unbelievable! Nowadays, all the sales take place via the Internet. This means that buyers/wholesalers no longer need to be at the auction hall, but they can buy remotely from an office at the auction or even from their computers in Berlin, Paris, New York, Moskou, etc.
Visit a wholesale company
After the auction and distribution, we will visit a wholesale company where small florists from Holland and surrounding countries can buy smaller quantities of flowers, plants, and floral supplies!
Tulip grower
After the visit to the flower auction, we will drive to a Tulip grower that produces cut flowers in greenhouses for the auction from Tulip bulbs that have grown in the fields the previous year.
We will first watch a movie about how Tulip bulbs grow and how the bulbs are handled after harvesting. Then we will do a tour of the greenhouses. We will get explanations about the growing and handling of the millions of flowers being harvested.
Tour information
Tour price: € 625,--
Additional hours: € 95--
Tickets flower auction: € 12,50/p.p.
Tulip grower visit: Included in the Tour price
Transportation: By car, free of charge
Tour duration: 8.00 a.m. -1.30 p.m. (5.5 hours)
Tour dates: All year
Tour days: Monday - Friday
No. of persons: 1 - 6
Prices include taxes. Not included are entrance and parking tickets, lunch, and beverages.
Pick-up/return time and tour price may vary for cities other than Amsterdam.
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Peter Boers, founder of Flower Tours Holland