Windmill island gardens Our first time coming here. Not how I envision it but good. People glorify the images but in reality it's a tame environment. I was expecting a magnificent display of tulips all over. In reality, they are planted in sections and in limited quantities. The windmill is huge! The area is surround by a small stream which must be used for watering the tulips. The bathrooms are located in the main building which is nice. No outhouses or porta potty. No need for extra smells to ruin the smell of tulips. They do have ONE food stand which serves a decent amount of different foods. I strongly suggest you come before the festival, because when it arrives, there is basically no parking spot available. Come and enjoy the tulips. Highly recommended

Entrance fee was reasonable. Tulips were underwhelming compared to Veldheer gardens. The best features are the costumed attendants, the well kept grounds, and the amazing windmill that you could enter and go to the very top and see the entire area from above. We had lunch at the vendor and it was very expensive but portions were large and it was very good (Polish Sausage with fries). Ample parking but fills up quickly.

We visited during Tulip Time and had a wonderful visit. Admission price is fair, grounds are well kept and tulips were beautiful. When visiting during Tulip Time arrive early, as in before the park opens. We arrived 30 minutes early got right in and did not have to fight the crowd.

Went with my mom to see the tulips for their festival. Sadily when we went on May 6th near the beginning of the festival some of the tulips have wilted. The weather has been messy from cold to warm to cold to warm but we still loved it and will go back again. The $12 it costs to get it covers everything. Children riding the marry go round, museum, and going up in the Windmill.

The grounds are beautiful and the windmill is pretty amazing. We went during the tulip festival but unfortunately due to warmer weather almost all of the tulips have already come and gone. That was disappointing but could not be helped.

I went on 5/6/2024. I enjoyed my #tuliptime visit and had hoped for more lively tulips 3 days after the “show” officially opened. Nature is also unpredictable. I learned that peak tulip time was the previous week. Oh well. I had a nice time walking around and I took a lot of photos. I do what I can with my iPhone and some editing to make everything look it’s best. The weather was perfect. I was doubtful in the early morning hours as it was very overcast. Another thing we can’t control! I didn’t go in the shops as I wanted to spend my time outdoors with the flowers, grass, sky, birds. Lots of red winged blackbirds that sounded great. One day I will get to a big tulip event right at the right time! Until then, I’m happy I made the trip from Chicago to Holland, MI.

5 of us went for the tulip festival, but because of the weather, the tulips were bloomed out. The windmill is beautiful, but the park seemed more geared for its gardens, which the tulips were bloomed out and the rest of the plants were just waking back up, from winter. It felt more like a children's attraction.

This was a stop on our bus tour. It was overcast and a little chilly so not as enjoyable as we had hoped. However, we still managed to walk around and get a few photos. Most of the tulips had bloomed early so there weren't many left. Our favorite part was going up inside the windmill and learning about what was done on each floor. We also thought it was a very nice gift shop.

IMO this is the top tourist attraction in Holland. $12 per adult. The visitor center has 2 films. One giving the history of the town & windmill. The other was a demonstration on how the windmill works. There are bathrooms there too. There's an authentic street calliope type organ. A carousel that wasn't running the Friday we were there. A miniature village, which I really liked. The gem of the park is De Zwann (the swan) windmill, which was brought over from the Europe Holland back in the 30s or 40s. It's very picturesque & would have been more so if the tulips were in bloom. Fortunately, there were a lot of blooms from other flowers that were beautiful. There's also a gravel trail that goes around the property. There were supposed to be Friesian horses there, but they were not there. We spent an hour & a half there & I felt we saw everything we wanted. We had a pleasant time.

This was a lovely excursion to see the working windmill. The movies were simple but informative. They are on loops. The grounds are beautiful. We were there after tulip time, and the other flowers were gorgeous. Such a treat. Nice walk on a mild day to the windmill. The carousel horses are for children only (including teen), but adults can sit on the benches on the carousel. Only ride every half hour, one time. We did not take in any other parts of the island. Lovely place!