Amsterdam Hotels & Hostels (211)

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The Quentin, decorated with colourful murals, rock-star art and contemporary handmade furniture, offers a variety of rooms for weary travellers and visiting performers. There are a range of rooms…

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The Zandbergen stands out like sterling silver in a tray of plastic cutlery. The caring staff in this wonderful, nonsmoking hotel go overboard, the rooms are absolutely faultless and the generous…

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Like your artiest friend, the Lloyd is always fabulous and occasionally exasperating. More than just a hotel, it's also a cultural centre and local gathering place, so you never know what's aroun…

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Just outside the centre but a quiet world away, the Hotel Vondel offers a full-service urban respite from the frenetic streets of the city. Lounge back in the private garden or go into full retre…

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With a history that includes Rembrandt using part of the hotel's third floor to paint the Nightwatch followed a few centuries later by a raucous stay by the Beatles, the Doelen has seen much from…

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'The Philosopher Hotel' welcomes all manner of epistemologists and metaphysicists to small but comfortable rooms, each dedicated to a different philosopher, writer or thinker. Some rooms are fest…

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This handsome building has a precipitous set of stairs but the energetic staff will tote your luggage up them. Rooms are immaculate, with linens you could bounce coins on. Rooms to the front have…

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With more face-lifts than a Hollywood star, this building, bordering lush Oosterpark, has morphed from an 1890 orphanage to a backpackers hostel. Now it is a slick, modern hotel with a fashionabl…

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This building, a one-time brothel, sailors' hostel, the basic Hotel New York and the less-basic Hotel New Amsterdam, has now been reborn as trendy Chic! and Basic! It's the perfect spot for the W…

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You simply cannot get any closer to the action than the American; six storeys facing Leidseplein and a 1900 art nouveau landmark in its own right. Inside is a mixture of art deco and contemporary…

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De Munck is a genteel choice in a quiet neighbourhood. All 16 rooms are bright and well kept and come with TV and phone. Add in a flower-filled courtyard, a huge continental breakfast and a wise …

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Situated on the water's edge next to the Passenger Terminal building, the fetching exterior of this 20-storey business hotel is layered with stripes of glass, green granite and white concrete. Vi…

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This art nouveau delight is in top form, with a crisp white and caramel colour scheme and hip, contemporary designer furniture. Other pleasures include a solarium, steam bath and whirlpool, garde…

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This cosy, beautifully designed hotel is an oasis of calm, with an excellent location close to the Vondelpark and the Museum Quarter. All rooms overlook either a quiet, leafy street or the statel…

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The name here is as literal as it gets: the staff at this stylish, posh hotel are all students in Amsterdam's hospitality school. (And by our experience they're mainly A students.) Originally a 1…

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Although it's an old-school hotel with lots of business guests, the Hilton grabs the spotlight every once in a while. It was 'flower power' central in 1969 when John Lennon and Yoko Ono staged th…

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A one-time bank building, this is one of the classiest recent additions to the luxe end of Amsterdam. The design is inspired by the Amsterdam school of architecture, with a little art deco thrown…

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Flick through the books in the Ambassade's spiffy little library and you'll spy signed copies by Salman Rushdie and Umberto Eco. Literary luminaries, business travellers and genteel tourists alik…

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Steps from Nieuwmarkt Square, what the six rooms at Misc lack in size, they make up for in visuals. Each is themed, ineffably fashionable and individually designed. All have an in-room safe, full…

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Clearly the work of an architect with an affinity for jigsaw puzzles and mazes, the Pulitzer is cobbled together from 25, 17th-century canal houses. But it combines big-hotel efficiency with bout…

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Oozing regal elegance, the Hotel l'Europe welcomes you with a marble lobby graced with Dutch Master paintings, massive chandeliers, 100 rooms (some have terraces and all have handsome marble bath…

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Amsterdam's former city hall (1808-1987) was the scene of Queen Beatrix's civil wedding in 1966. You may feel a bit royal yourself as you wander through the cavernous lobby, grandiose public spac…

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The Dylan is a temple of over-the-top unrestrained style. Created by London hotelier Anouska Hempel, it combines 17th-century canal house-style with contemporary Asian-influenced decor. If you ha…

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Since 1867 this elegant temple of marble and crystal has attracted the high society of Europe. It boasts an incomparable riverside location where it looks like a ship of state. This is classic ol…

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If you're into the bed-and-bike thing, this is the place to go. Run by Marjolein, who loves pedal-power, this casual, friendly, green-minded hotel has rooms comfy and familiar, and serves a kille…

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Euphemia's institutional layout falls short of glamorous, but the rooms are neat and many are quite large. Other pluses? It's gay-friendly, on a quiet block (with even less traffic during Metro c…

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Facing the Botanical Garden, this old-shoe comfy, 20-room hotel has small doubles with or without showers (luck of the draw); all have a safe and a sink. It's run by the same crew as Hotel Brian,…

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Once a bit austere, the Acro has given its '80s-décor rooms a useful facelift and the result is pleasant indeed. Rates are reasonable for the quiet location (near Museumplein), the bar is welcomi…

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Freeland has the Leidesplein scene twigged, because what it supplies - basic but clean and tidy rooms at an excellent location, all with ensuite shower, some with balconies overlooking a canal, a…

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This 93-room place next to a park is bigger than it looks, and a top-to-toe renovation a few years back has made it one of the smartest lodgings in the Plantage. Rooms all have TV, phone, free wi…

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This small hotel is a modish number, with a fresh, minimalist style with brilliant flashes of colour and a groovy fireplace. With only 24 understated rooms it's a personal and personable hotel wi…

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A good solid find, in a nice residential area near the Vondelpark. Note that all doubles are twins, and the rooms (with peppy quilts meeting European hardwood) vary a lot in size, from enormous w…

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A great location close to the Concertgebouw, this small, family-run hotel has rooms larger than Amsterdam standard for the price, with big windows and comfy beds. The superb staff are extremely h…

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Located in the World Trade Center office complex, this spanking new hotel pushes the design envelope with its 'Cubis', queen-sized beds and shower-washrooms melded into single monolithic units (n…

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Of all the small hotels around Centraal Station, this is the only one we'd stay at. Opened in spring 2005, rooms are small, white and tidy, featuring mod loos and decorative themes of sand, water…

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This budget choice in hotel-lined Raadhuisstraat - an eight-room hotel run by two friendly, funky brothers - has an artsy-student vibe. All eight rooms have a TV and each is individually decorate…

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Located close to the museums and looking at the Vondelpark's fine old arbour, this immaculate hotel offers a startling variety of rooms (including good single 'business' rooms) in a quiet locatio…

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Pride of place belongs to this gargantuan, 468-room edifice across from the Royal Palace, one of the city's first grand hotels (1866). NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky has elegant if compact rooms and…

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More like a farmed-out Ikea than the Golden Age, but who's to quibble because the rooms at Aalborg are clean, tidy and newly installed. The front rooms enjoy a fine view overlooking the lush Sarp…

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A pleasant surprise if ever there was one, this smart little number is the probably the best option for your money in the thick of the RLD, with vast numbers of pubs and more within staggering di…

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