Amsterdam hotel recommendations- HELP!!
Dec 10, 2001 | 1:37 pm
#16
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Rio Rancho, NM - USA
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I concur with comments about staying in the vicinity of Centraal Station. I really like the Leidseplein area, the Americain and the Marriott are in this area. I like the Hotel Vondel, a small 3-star in Vondelstraat, footsteps around the corner from the Marriott. If your wife likes B & Bs, this small hotel is a good bet, and quite reasonable. Trams come by Leidseplein every couple of minutes to transport you anywhere you care to go. This area is within walking distance of two absolute must-see sites: the Van Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum. The other "don't miss" is the Anne Frank House (go first thing in the AM to avoid lines and crowds). There is a great Pancake Bakery near AFH, their pancakes cover the whole giant plate and make a complete meal. Mmmm!
Dec 10, 2001 | 1:38 pm
#17
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Rio Rancho, NM - USA
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I concur with comments about staying in the vicinity of Centraal Station. I really like the Leidseplein area, the Americain and the Marriott are in this area. I like the Hotel Vondel, a small 3-star in Vondelstraat, footsteps around the corner from the Marriott. If your wife likes B & Bs, this small hotel is a good bet, and quite reasonable. Trams come by Leidseplein every couple of minutes to transport you anywhere you care to go. This area is within walking distance of two absolute must-see sites: the Van Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum. The other "don't miss" is the Anne Frank House (go first thing in the AM to avoid lines and crowds). There is a great Pancake Bakery near AFH, their pancakes cover the whole giant plate and make a complete meal. Mmmm!
Dec 11, 2001 | 1:33 am
#18
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: East Bay, CA UA1K
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I just got got back from my first visit there, what a wonderful city.
We went to the tourist booking office at central station and got the AMS City Centre Hotel (about a 15 minute walk from the station) for about $70 a night. (checking online it seems to be going for about $125-ish.) I think it's about a 3***, our rooms are tiny but very funky, newly refurbished and very clean, almost a 'boutique' hotel style-wise. The included breakfast was fine, and it's right across from a tram stop, very convienient. The nieghborhood didn't strike me as particularly grotty, but I used to live on the lower east side.
Have a great time!
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We went to the tourist booking office at central station and got the AMS City Centre Hotel (about a 15 minute walk from the station) for about $70 a night. (checking online it seems to be going for about $125-ish.) I think it's about a 3***, our rooms are tiny but very funky, newly refurbished and very clean, almost a 'boutique' hotel style-wise. The included breakfast was fine, and it's right across from a tram stop, very convienient. The nieghborhood didn't strike me as particularly grotty, but I used to live on the lower east side.
Have a great time!
This post reprised from this thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...ML/000171.html
Dec 11, 2001 | 10:26 am
#19
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Methuen, MA USA
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A nice alternative to hotel rooms and B&B's would be short-term stay apartments. I used the following service/site for a stay in AMS this past May and thoroughly enjoyed our accomodations (a 2 BR townhouse). A friend who joined us there had a similarly nice 1 BR apartment.
http://www.amsterdamhouse.com/
http://www.amsterdamhouse.com/
Dec 11, 2001 | 5:33 pm
#20
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by matahari:
Around the Central Station its a bit seedy WITH NO CHARM. </font>
Around the Central Station its a bit seedy WITH NO CHARM. </font>