Tourists around the world are quite enthusiastic when it is about the natural scenic beauty of a place that attracts them to a particular destination. Most of this natural beauty is incomplete without the scent and sight of magical flowers. As spring comes, most of the tourists plan their visits to places where they can have stunning views of gardens and parks full of blooming flowers. The colorful display of a variety of flowers can make any visit memorable and scented. If you too want to visit some great places that are hot favorites for their flowery feel, check out the options that would mesmerize you with their colorful nature.
Netherlands:
This is a favorite destination for tourists who are in love with the blossoming buds. The tourism is quite flourishing in Holland during the spring season when bulb flowers or tulips get into shape here. The place also keeps organizing various horticulture festivals every year for which visitors specially flock in. There are different flower varieties on display with special themes created to attract people. The most famous location to see flowers in Netherlands includes the beautiful Dutch gardens.
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California:
Have you ever seen blooming flowers in a desert? If not, you can get to witness lovely flowers in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. There is no dearth of desert lavender, rock daisies, purple phacelia, flowering cacti and pygmy poppies. There are wildflowers in varied intensities all around the park that usually start blooming during February and March. There is a great mix of different flower species on the barren land seeming like a colorful carpet. The flora in this park is also accompanied beautifully by the fauna.
Ottawa, Canada:
The country is also quite famous for tulips, just as Holland is. The capital city of Ottawa holds an annual festival that is the considered to be the largest tulip festival globally. In fact, Ottawa was gifted some 100,000 bulbs of tulip in 1945 by the Dutch princess, Juliana. The gift was to thank Canada for its helpful role during World War II in order to support the country of Holland and its royal family. Since then, this Canadian festival of tulips marks the friendship between these two nations. No doubt, the festival attracts a good number of tourists to the country.
England:
This country celebrates daffodils that really claim the spotlight throughout the nation. You may find this spring flower blooming all over in gardens, on roadsides, and along the rows in yellow-carpeted flowery fields during the season. It is the country’s most popular flower and tourists specially come to watch it at places like Cornwall, Cotswolds and Thriplow, which are the prime locations to get a great view of innumerable daffodils. Thriplow also hosts a special festival to celebrate the spirit of daffodils. There is the Daffodil Society that also organizes various shows to honor this beautiful flower. So if you too are lovers of these yellow trumpets, plan a visit to any of these places for receiving a pleasurable ‘daffodilian’ experience.
Lake Tekapo, New Zealand:
Based in the South Island of New Zealand, Lake Tekapo is just not known for its hydroelectricity. It also attracts budding photographers who are ready to kneel down on their knees in front of this lake. Do you know why? That’s because the season during November through January brings Russell hybrid lupines in myriad colors to this lake. These flowers show their majestic hues in shades of blue, pink and purple, and these bloom around the lake in dense packs that are about a yard tall. The flowers not only look perfect in themselves, but also beautify the surroundings of the lake and Southern Alps at the back. This is what makes tourists and photographers attracted to this untamed beauty.
Washington, D.C.:
The state of Washington is famous for its occasional flower festivals. This state received about 3,000 trees from Tokyo that blossomed into lovely flowers. These cotton candy-like bursts have beautified the place for around a century. Though there are places like Japan and Korea that are prime destinations for cherry blossom flowers, you will also be mesmerized by Washington’s cherry blossoms.
Provence, France:
You will go to an imaginary world if you look at the fields of Provence loaded with stunning-looking flowers. The summer season at this place gives you an awesome experience of watching gardens full of golden sunflowers, while the harvest season of June through August comes with a rain of herbaceous lavender. You will see everything going lavender in Provence’s gardens, museums, festivals, etc. Not only a cool aroma, but also the lavender fields can also offer you a nice background to get yourself a picture perfect! You would not forget this flowery-flowery French experience for the whole of your lifetime.