Skagit Valley Tulip Festival from Seattle: Spring Blooms & La Conner

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Duration8h 30m

GroupUp to 10

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Thousands of Tulips Bloom at Once in Skagit Valley — and You Can Stand in the Middle of Them

You stand in fields of blooming tulips at Roozengaarde Farm, explore the retail marketplace and beer garden at your own pace, then spend two hours in the waterfront town of La Conner for lunch and browsing. The tour includes transport from Seattle, farm entry, water, and snacks — leaving you to decide only where to eat and what to buy.

8h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival Tour

Depart Seattle Downtown
Pass Everett city sightseeing
Optional stop at Marysville strawberry fields
Pass Smokey Point area sightseeing
Pass Mount Vernon sightseeing
Visit Roozengaarde Farm tulip fields
Enjoy tulip fields photo ops and refreshments
Explore La Conner town and dine
Watch snow geese at Fir Island Farms
Return to Seattle and drop off

The Experience

There's something about walking into a field where the color doesn't stop — where tulips stretch to the horizon in rows of red, yellow, purple, pink. The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival pulls in thousands of visitors each spring, and the reason is simple: Roozengaarde Farm and the surrounding fields hold the largest collection of tulip, daffodil, and iris bulbs in North America. The drive north from Seattle takes about an hour and a half, passing through Everett and Marysville (once nicknamed the Strawberry City back in the 1920s), then climbing toward Mount Vernon, the county seat where the festival street fair happens. By the time you arrive at the blooms themselves, you've crossed into a completely different landscape.

Roozengaarde's entrance ticket is included, which saves the hassle of figuring out parking and entry on your own. Once you're in, the farm opens up: there are photo spots everywhere (and you'll understand why once you see the color), a retail marketplace if you want to take bulbs home, a beer and wine garden, and an indoor display for the days when weather turns. Trolley rides run through the fields when conditions allow, though the walking is what most people come for. The food and drinks are on your own tab, but the farm has options scattered through the grounds. You're not rushed — this isn't a quick stop-and-go.

After the fields, the tour moves to La Conner, a small town in Skagit County that became known in the 1970s as one of Washington's most romantic getaways. You get two hours there to eat lunch (your choice of restaurants), walk the waterfront, browse galleries, or just sit and watch the water. It's the kind of place where an afternoon slows down. On the way back to Seattle, the route passes through the Skagit River Delta, where snow geese gather in winter — up to 55,000 of them in western Washington, with Fir Island Farms being the best spot to see them if the timing is right. The driver handles the whole route, the vehicle is air-conditioned, and bottled water and snacks come with you.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel or downtown Seattle pickup and drop-off, transport in an air-conditioned vehicle with a driver guide, entrance to Roozengaarde Farm, parking fees, bottled water, and snacks throughout the journey.
You'll have time to explore the farm's photo spots, retail marketplace, beer and wine garden, and indoor displays at your own pace, then two hours in La Conner for lunch and town exploration (meals are your own expense).
The route passes through Everett, Marysville, Mount Vernon, and the Skagit River Delta on the way north and back.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problemsInfants must sit on laps

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Is this one for you?Pick this tour if you want to see the tulip fields without arranging your own transport or worrying about parking and farm entry — the fixed itinerary and included ticket mean you show up and walk into the blooms, and the two hours in La Conner gives you breathing room instead of a packed schedule.