Abbotsford: the tulips of the Fraser Valley

In the heart of the fertile Fraser Valley in Canada, Abbotsford transforms every spring into a vast carpet of millions of colorful tulips.

A car remains helpful for comfortably reaching the tulip fields surrounding the area.

The Abbotsford Tulip Festival, among the largest in all of North America, transforms the fields of the Fraser Valley into a mosaic of colors every April.

A few minutes away, Mill Lake Park comes alive with peaceful walks around a lake surrounded by shaded forest trails in the heart of the city.

Heading toward the mountains, you reach Sumas Mountain Regional Park, with panoramic hiking trails overlooking the broad agricultural valley below.

In the evening, the numerous local farms of the Fraser Valley offer tastings of fresh berries and various regional dairy products typical of the area.

The Abbotsford Tulip Festival, inspired by the famous Dutch bulb fields, attracts hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic visitors every spring to the Fraser Valley, among Canada's most fertile and productive agricultural regions.

The Fraser Valley, which surrounds Abbotsford entirely, produces every year a significant portion of the blueberries and berries consumed throughout British Columbia and beyond.