# Hortus botanicus, the oldest botanical garden in the country

What to do en Leiden · Leiden

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/the-netherlands/leiden/things-to-do/hortus-botanicus · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 2 h
- Temporada: All year, daily from 10:00 to 17:00
- Para quién: All ages; no dogs

Garden · 2 h · The university's gardens and tropical greenhouses, beside the Rapenburg, where the first tulips were planted. Open daily from 10:00 to 17:00.

Leiden's Hortus botanicus is the oldest botanical garden in the Netherlands, the university's, and here the botanist Carolus Clusius grew the country's first tulips in the late 16th century. Today it has open-air gardens beside the canal and greenhouses with tropical plants.
Practical details
Open every day from 10:00 to 17:00; the quietest hours are the first and the last. The visit takes about two hours. Dogs are not allowed, except assistance dogs. You can bring your own food and eat it in the garden, not in the greenhouses, or eat at the Hortus Grand Café. The entrance is at Rapenburg 73.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://hortusleiden.nl/
- Coordenadas: 52.1571, 4.4854

## Cerca de aquí

- [Café Barrera](https://www.geocalia.com/en/the-netherlands/leiden/where-to-eat/cafe-barrera), a 48 m
- [Rijksmuseum van Oudheden and the Temple of Taffeh](https://www.geocalia.com/en/the-netherlands/leiden/things-to-do/rijksmuseum-van-oudheden), a 145 m
- [Annie's](https://www.geocalia.com/en/the-netherlands/leiden/where-to-eat/annies), a 489 m
- [The Burcht, the castle on the mound](https://www.geocalia.com/en/the-netherlands/leiden/things-to-do/burcht-leiden), a 522 m
- [Leiden canal boat with Bootjes en Broodjes](https://www.geocalia.com/en/the-netherlands/leiden/things-to-do/leiden-canal-boat), a 523 m
- [Boutique Hotel d'Oude Morsch](https://www.geocalia.com/en/the-netherlands/leiden/where-to-stay/boutique-hotel-d-oude-morsch), a 564 m
- [De Lakenhal Museum](https://www.geocalia.com/en/the-netherlands/leiden/things-to-do/lakenhal), a 673 m
- [City Hotel Rembrandt](https://www.geocalia.com/en/the-netherlands/leiden/where-to-stay/city-hotel-rembrandt), a 679 m

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Is it open every day?
Yes, from 10:00 to 17:00.

### Can you go in with a dog?
No, except assistance dogs.

Destino: [Leiden](https://www.geocalia.com/en/the-netherlands/leiden.md)