Our English-speaking tour director will welcome us and show us to our motorcoach for a picturesque drive to Scheveningen, the resort section of The Hague. Before we arrive at our hotel, we ll visit Panorama Mesdag, which portrays Scheveningen of 100 years ago in the round . This evening we ll have a chance to get better acquainted over dinner. Next we ll head for Keukenhof, an open-air flower exhibition with newly added pavilions housing a permanent orchid exhibit and changing exhibits of roses, freesias and special bulb varieties. A total of 7 million bulbs planted in this scenic landscape make Keukenhof the biggest and most beautiful spring garden in Europe.
Windmills are one of the most enduring symbols of Holland.
Even though more modern sources of power have taken their place, there are some 1,000 windmills that dot the landscape, many still functional. We re sure you ll find our visit to a working windmill interesting. You ll admire the centuries-old brick and stone houses with their decorated gables. Many of these houses are very narrow, built like this because taxes were once based on building frontage. If you like cheese, you ll be delighted by our next stop.