Travel Enjoy fabulous tulip time without leaving the country

Does your bucket list include traveling to Holland to see the tulips at their peak, watch windmill sails turn slowly in the breeze and be entertained by cloggers in wooden shoes?

You can see all that without leaving the country.

Really. No expensive airline tickets, no getting to the airport two hours before flight time, no hanging around for the flight to depart, no nine-hour flight crammed into a small seat next to someone you don’t know and no long bus ride to your destination.

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It’s all right here in southwestern Michigan at Holland. The tulips are just as colorful as those in the Netherlands, and they’ve got windmills, dancers and wooden shoes. You can get there in your own car, stay as long as you want and leave when you want.

But, if you want to see tulips, the time to be there is between late April and midMay. That’s when Holland’s only tulip farm, Velderheer Tulip Garden, will be ablaze with color. There are acres and acres of tulips with winding paths that take you up close to the many varieties. They’re all marked so you can jot down the number of the ones you’d like to purchase for your garden back home.

It all began in 1950 as a hobby farm with 400 tulips. Now, it’s an awe-inspiring display of more than a million tulips of all colors for visitors to enjoy. In addition, thousands and thousands of daffodils, crocus and hyacinths add to the colorful springtime landscape.

Of course, if you went to the Netherlands, you’d want to see a windmill. So, the place to go is Windmill Island Gardens. Granted, they only have one, but it is authentic.

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Upcoming Tours

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June 23 – Biblical Gardens and Warsaw Glass Co., Warsaw, IN

Aug. 20-25 – Biltmore Estate & Ashville, NC

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Memphis, TN

September 11-16, 2023

• 5 nights, 8 meals

• Admission to GRACELAND - Home of Elvis Presley, including AIRPLANES & CAR MUSEUM

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• Free time on BEALE STREET in Memphis

• Admission to SUN STUDIO, one of Memphis’ Top Rated Attractions

• Admission to MEMPHIS ROCK ‘N’ SOUL MUSEUM

• GAMING at a MEMPHIS AREA CASINO

Branson Holiday Show Extravaganza 2023

November 13-18, 2023

• 5 nights, 8 meals, 6 fabulous shows

• Three Morning Shows: DUBLIN’S IRISH TENORS with special guests THE CELTIC LADIES, DOUG GABRIEL MORNING SHOW & A NEIL DIAMOND TRIBUTE SHOW

• Three Evening Shows: THE HAYGOODS CHRISTMAS SHOW, QUEEN ESTHER Show at the Sight & Sound® Theatre & PRESLEYS’ COUNTRY JUBILEE

Show Trip — June — 4 Nights Boston, Salem & Cape Ann — Sept. 25-Oct. 2 Branson Show Trip — Nov. 18-23

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