I could be wrong, but seem to recall that the same shuttle bus serves the Ibis and Novotel - the bus makes a loop and from the airport goes to the Ibis first, then the Novotel on the way back to the airport.
I really could be wrong about this.
Also, you could stay at the Ibis at Centraal Station in Amsterdam. It is right at the station, and trains go 4 times per hour and get you to the airport in 20 minutes or less. Given the train schedule, it is in some sense more convenient to the airport than the Ibis airport hotel. And you get to stay in Amsterdam.
Originally Posted by
mith
due to an early departure, we need to stay one night near the airport. Which hotel would you recommend. It is only for sleeping, so I guess most depends on which shuttle bus is quicker... IBIS would be 51 EUR on accorhotels.com or NOVOTEL about the same on expedia.co.uk with those 20 GBP off as mentioned in the deals forum. I guess priceline bookings might end up in the "courtyyard" with long and not free shuttles from/to airport.
I know it is 4 stars vs. 2 stars, but that is not too important to me - I stayed at etap AMS before, and that was fine too - fun free tv channels... but this time more expensive...