As a group
Your whole gardening club can book a personalised group trip with ITO. Start with an off-the-peg package, which lasts for six days and includes the Floriade, the Keukenhof Gardens (one of the world’s largest flower displays), executive coach travel, five nights in a four-star hotel and visits to a cheese and clog maker, a diamond house and, in Amsterdam, entrance to the Rijksmuseum, a guided city tour and a canal cruise. This tour costs £629 per person, but should you want to make adjustments, ITO will take your preferences into account and design an à la carte itinerary to suit (itotours.co.uk).
On two wheels
For the most sustainable travel to the Floriade, catch the Eurostar direct to Amsterdam and take your bike – though bear in mind that only foldable bikes are permitted on its trains currently. Eurostar offers train and hotel packages, including Eden Hotel Amsterdam, for three nights (May 10-13), from £434 per person; or Van de Vijsel Hotel, Amsterdam, for three nights (July 4-7) from £302 per person (eurostar.com).
For chocolate and beer lovers
Great Rail Journeys has a five-day tour based in Brussels and devoting a day to Floriade, with various departures. The cosmopolitan capital provides an opportunity to savour Belgium’s world-famous beers and a side trip to Bruges incorporates a visit to an artisan chocolate maker. From £795 per person, travel is mostly by train (and coach for internal transfers). If you get in very quick, you might snaffle one of the last places remaining on an alternative tour, based in Delft, home of the famous Royal Delft porcelain factory. The five-day tour further beefs up the floral pulling power of Floriade with a visit to Keukenhof Gardens, a springtime classic, which runs until May 15. From £875 per person (greatrail.com).
