Amsterdam (Rough Guide) - Martin Dunford [100]
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Prinsenhof Prinsengracht 810 020/623 1772, www.hotelprinsenhof.com. Tram #4 from CS to Prinsengracht. Tastefully decorated, this is one of the city’s top budget options with doubles for €69 without shower, €89 with. With only eleven spacious rooms, booking ahead is essential.
Rembrandt Square Hotel Amstelstraat 17 020/890 4740, www.edenhotelgroup.com. Tram #4 or #9 to Rembrandtplein. Minimalist four-star hotel with an urban feel, located just off the busy Rembrandtplein. The 166 rooms are all well equipped and tastefully decorated in grey shades. Room rates from €175. Alternatively, the Eden Hotel Amsterdam, a slightly less expensive branch of the Eden group, is just around the corner on the river Amstel.
Schiller Rembrandtplein 26–36 020/554 0700, www.nh-hotels.com. Tram #4 or #9 to Rembrandtplein. Once something of a hangout for Amsterdam’s intellectuals, the Schiller, named after the painter and architect, still has one of the city’s better-known brasseries on its ground floor decorated in fetching Art Deco style. The drawback is its location – on tacky Rembrandtplein – but if you’re here to sample a few of the city’s nightclubs, the Muziektheater or the shops along Leidsestraat, you couldn’t be better situated. Rates without breakfast begin at around €200 although discounts are available.
Seven Bridges Reguliersgracht 31 020/623 1329, www.sevenbridgeshotel.nl. Tram #16, #24 or #25 to Keizersgracht. One of the city’s most charming hotels – and excellent value for money too. Takes its name from its canalside location, which affords a view of no fewer than seven quaint little bridges. Beautifully decorated in antique style, its spotless rooms are regularly revamped, and it’s small and popular, so advance reservations are pretty much essential. Breakfast is served in your room. Rates start at €110 per double, and vary with the view.
Weber Marnixstraat 397 020/627 2327, www.hotelweber.nl. Tram #1, #2 or #5 from CS to Leidseplein. Seven spacious rooms decorated in a brisk, modern style above a popular bar, mainly attracting a youthful clientele. Rooms from €125, with a small in-room breakfast included.
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The Jordaan and Western docklands
Acacia Lindengracht 251 020/622 1460, www.hotelacacia.nl. Bus #18 to Willemstraat, or a 15min walk from CS. This small hotel, situated in the heart of the Jordaan, is on a corner, so some of the rooms have sweeping views of the canal and its adjoining streets. The pastel-pink rooms, which sleep two to four people, are rather nondescript with small beds and a shower room. Doubles from €90, including breakfast; there are also self-catering studios (€100).
Van Onna Bloemgracht 102 020/626 5801, www.hotelvanonna.nl. Tram #13 or #17 from CS to Westermarkt. A quiet, well-maintained place on a tranquil canal. The building dates back over three hundred years and still retains some of its original fixtures, though the rooms themselves are rather modest, with basic furniture and blankets on beds. Simple set-up – no TV, no smoking and cash payment only. Booking advised. Rooms sleeping up to four people for €45 per person, including breakfast.
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The Old Jewish Quarter and Eastern docklands
Adolesce Nieuwe Keizersgracht 26 020/626 3959, www.adolesce.nl. Tram #9 from CS to Waterlooplein. Popular and welcoming hotel in an old canal house not far from Waterlooplein. There are ten neat and trim modern rooms and a large dining room. Doubles €100; triples also available