This literary hotel arranged across ten canal houses is the place to bump in to your favourite author. Staff are discreet and attentive, and rooms - which stretch from single...

This chain hotel standard has great views over the Amstel river to the front and is well placed to crash after indulging in the fleshpots of Rembrandtplein behind, but it's...

If you're planning on taking kids to Artis zoo then this hotel is just across the road, and their triple and quad rooms are very much aimed at families. Even though it's a bit...

This rather well-kept secret of a hotel is the opposite of the grand gestures of the Amstel hotel, and the epitome of understated glamour. It's a small, flower-filled building...

On twinkling Leidsegracht - a genteel canal that's just minutes from the nightlife of Leidseplein - the Piller family take good care of the seven bright, simply decorated rooms...

One of very few accommodation options in the area, this hotel in an imposing red-brick Amsterdam School building came under new ownership in autumn 2006, and has been restyled...

This former youth prison has been re-invented as one- to five-star accommodation complete with a new 'cultural embasssy'. Fitting in nicely in this harbour neighbourhood which...

One of the few hotels to fill the gap between the museums and the Pijp, this place, though plain, functional and a tad overpriced, is well placed for culture and fun-seekers....

If the budget doesn't stretch as far as the swankier hotels on and around Dam Square, this one is the match for them on location, if not on style itself. Nestling on an...

This is the ideal destination for hermits who want a luxury hidey-hole far from the madding crowd that's also conveniently located for the museums and city centre. There are no...

This medium-sized, 32-roomed building is ideally located for canal and Jordaan strolls and for arrival and departure by train - it's a five-minute walk from the station, and...

A practical outpost of the city's hotel and catering college, all the staff here are students who are training in situ. The boutique styling and glamorous touches (bathrooms...

Much beloved of visitors to Amsterdam for many years, this cheap 'n' cheerful staging post for pedal-pushers was one of the first (and is still one of the few) places to stay...