If you're after a little bit of luxury, Amsterdam has a great selection of boutique hotels, here's Time Out's top picks.
The phrase 'boutique hotel' conjures up images of small, chic residences with an air of exclusivity. Well, Amsterdam’s offering does not disappoint.
From expertly appointed abodes such as Vondel, where you can rest your head on designer blankets to spending the night in a luxuriously reworked prison, there’s a chocolate box of hotels to be discovered in the city.
To make choosing that little bit easier, we’ve rounded up some of our favourite boutique hotels so you can make your holiday that little bit more special. Take a look at the list below to see some of our top picks.
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Once upon a time, this seventeenth-century canal-side building was home to a humble 12-room guest house. Nowadays, it’s one of the city’s most beautiful boutique hotels, featuring 91 rooms and two suites. Each and every room is uniquely decorated, with a love of maximalist patterns, colours and quirky accessories. We defy anyone not to feel a sense of joy just looking at this décor.
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.
Outrageous elegance are the key words here. Guests are made to feel like superstars - even the odd bona fide star drops in from time to time too - and lodge in colour-coded chromatherapy rooms.
Not one of the city’s poshest boutique hotels, but certainly one of the cutest and coolest. Tiles, paintings and knickknacks galore adorn the walls and surfaces of this lovely place which, best of all, is part-hotel, part-cocktail bar. The interiors deliver a knowing wink to quintessentially Dutch art and culture that will make you smile.
One of the city's most stylish secrets, this place - complete with spa and a wine bar - is just a kitten-heeled skip away from the designer shops of PC Hooftstraat.
This interesting hotel comes in size ‘large’ but don’t let its sizeable exterior trick you into thinking it’s all faceless corporate splendour. Far from it, in fact. Located where ships historically set sail for Jakarta, this place has much of the feel and personality of a boutique venue. The Indonesian link extends into the hotel’s interiors (check out those lush indoor palms) and food offerings, plus there’s some lovely views of the river to enjoy.
This former youth prison has been re-invented as one- to five-star accommodation complete with a new 'cultural embasssy'. Lloyd features the work of hotshot Dutch designers, Atelier van Lieshout and Marcel Wanders.
Another hidden gem near museums and upmarket shopping opportunities, this thoroughly chic place is covered with art and boasts a lovely decked garden.
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