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Amsterdam: Hotels

Concentrated in the city center, Amsterdam hotels range from posh palaces to cheap-as-chips student hostels. If you're only staying for a few days, the convenient downtown location may pay off, but if time is on your side and you want a more authentic experience, head for the Western Canal Ring or Museum Quarter – because of the city's small size, you won't be far from the action. Most hotels have taken over 17th-century buildings, and renovations aside, this means most hotels rooms are on the small side. Many buildings are historical, meaning most can't install elevators even if they wanted to, so be ready to climb tight, winding staircases. Only the top hotels have air conditioning, but unless you hit one of the rare summer heat waves, that shouldn't be a problem.

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Ambassade Hotel
Few hotels capture the spirit of Amsterdam like the historic Ambassade, which manages to vaunt an "Old Europe"...
smart splurge | art | expensive | spa

Amstel Intercontinental
Old-world elegance attracts stars and royalty to this legendary 67-room hotel on the Amstel River featuring a spa, indoor pool...
smart splurge | historic | landmark | expensive

Banks Mansion
An excellent value, Banks Mansion makes up for its smallish rooms with décor that nods to the Amsterdam School (an...
historic | expensive | great value

Grand Hotel Amrath Amsterdam
In June 2007 the city’s newest (and most beautiful) hotel opened. The five-star property is a heritage art nouveau...
architecture | new | expensive

Hotel 717
Classic romance defines these eight large, elegant suites along the canal. Extras elsewhere (ironing, shoe shines, house...
smart splurge | boutique | historic | expensive

Hotel Pulitzer
More than a mere hotel, the Pulitzer is part architectural study, part old school restaurant (go for high tea), part art...
historic | expensive

Amistad Hotel
The Amistad is a favorite of gay male visitors for its location – on a street with gay clubs and cafés, just...
budget | gay

Hotel Brouwer
This tiny, eight-room hotel is in a building dating from 1652, steps from the center of town and facing one of its most...
historic

NL Hotel
Amsterdam’s best kept secret is this small, yet trendy hotel outside the famous canal ring. Rooms start at just €...
budget

College Hotel
Plusses: hip setting in a converted 19th-century school building, equally hip restaurant, unique rooms with contemporary-chic...
trendy

Lloyd Hotel
The contemporary design hotel of choice. The quirky rooms – no two are alike – range in luxury from one to five stars...
architecture | trendy

Hotel Fita
The Fita is worth the trip for its location near Museumplein (Van Gogh Museum, Rijksmuseum, and the Concertgebouw concert...
great value

NH Amsterdam Centre
Take the perfect location – between the attractions of the Museum District and the nightlife of the Leidsplein, add a...
family

Ambassade Hotel
Few hotels capture the spirit of Amsterdam like the historic Ambassade, which manages to vaunt an "Old Europe"...
smart splurge | art | expensive | spa

Banks Mansion
An excellent value, Banks Mansion makes up for its smallish rooms with décor that nods to the Amsterdam School (an...
historic | expensive | great value

Grand Hotel Amrath Amsterdam
In June 2007 the city’s newest (and most beautiful) hotel opened. The five-star property is a heritage art nouveau...
architecture | new | expensive

Hotel 717
Classic romance defines these eight large, elegant suites along the canal. Extras elsewhere (ironing, shoe shines, house...
smart splurge | boutique | historic | expensive

Hotel Pulitzer
More than a mere hotel, the Pulitzer is part architectural study, part old school restaurant (go for high tea), part art...
historic | expensive

Amistad Hotel
The Amistad is a favorite of gay male visitors for its location – on a street with gay clubs and cafés, just...
trendy | gay

Hotel Brouwer
This tiny, eight-room hotel is in a building dating from 1652, steps from the center of town and facing one of its most...
historic

NL Hotel
Amsterdam’s best kept secret is this small, yet trendy hotel outside the famous canal ring. Rooms start at just €...
trendy

Amistad Hotel
The Amistad is a favorite of gay male visitors for its location – on a street with gay clubs and cafés, just...
budget | gay

College Hotel
Plusses: hip setting in a converted 19th-century school building, equally hip restaurant, unique rooms with contemporary-chic...
moderate

Lloyd Hotel
The contemporary design hotel of choice. The quirky rooms – no two are alike – range in luxury from one to five stars...
architecture | moderate

NL Hotel
Amsterdam’s best kept secret is this small, yet trendy hotel outside the famous canal ring. Rooms start at just €...
budget

College Hotel
Plusses: hip setting in a converted 19th-century school building, equally hip restaurant, unique rooms with contemporary-chic...
trendy

Hotel Fita
The Fita is worth the trip for its location near Museumplein (Van Gogh Museum, Rijksmuseum, and the Concertgebouw concert...
great value

Lloyd Hotel
The contemporary design hotel of choice. The quirky rooms – no two are alike – range in luxury from one to five stars...
architecture | trendy

NH Amsterdam Centre
Take the perfect location – between the attractions of the Museum District and the nightlife of the Leidsplein, add a...
family