Originally Posted by
BitDoc
Yesterday, I arrived in Schipol at 0620 hrs and was only booked to fly out at 2045 hrs. I decided to try the Mercure hotel in the airport itself (opposite the KLM Crowne Lounge at Pier F) and can report that it was a good experience. It is a small room with a bed, TV and desk but when you are only there to sleep it works well. WiFi is included but you have to contact the front desk for the code.
There are several positive factors in my opinion: first, the room is quiet (so nice); second, the room is dark (OK, no windows) and third it s vary convenient. When you eliminate the need to use a shuttle service, you can easily save yourself another 1 hour which translates to another hour of sleep. The only negative is the lack of breakfast.
+1, stayed there last week although I would say the lack of windows in the room I was in made it a little claustrophobic and most of Schipol internally shuts down around 9-10pm so you're on your own. Still I'd do it again as it's so convienient. Note to access it (same as the Yotel too) you need a boarding card as you have to go through passport control.
Sounds like you got a good steer on the WiFi there as I was told I had to use the KPN airport wide system..