Must-see hotels in Amsterdam

  • SWEETS Hotel

    Amsterdam

    Amsterdam architectural firm Space & Matter's ingenious project lets you stay in uniquely renovated canal-bridge houses, where bridge keepers once lived…

  • Faralda Crane Hotel exterior

    Faralda Crane Hotel

    Amsterdam Noord

    What's that imposing industrial crane rising up at NDSM-werf? It's a hotel. The three fantasy-world suites perched at varying heights – Free Spirit,…

  • Pillows Anna van den Vondel

    Amsterdam

    This grown-up boutique hotel with exemplary service, housed in a row of three grand, red-and-white-striped 19th-century mansions, has rooms with views…

  • 't Hotel

    Western Canal Ring

    Named for Amsterdam's waterways, the eight rooms in this charming 17th-century canal house are individually decorated with black-and-white sketches of old…

  • Volkshotel

    Amsterdam

    Ignore the drab exterior: 'People's Hotel' has the vibe of an uber-cool media company, with glass-box meeting rooms and lots of bright young things on…

  • Misc EatDrinkSleep

    Amsterdam

    Steps from the Nieuwmarkt, the Misc has six charming rooms, all individually decorated, from the lanterns and bed canopy of the Wonders Room to the Design…

  • Sir Albert Hotel

    De Pijp

    A 19th-century diamond factory houses this glitzy design hotel. Its 90 creative rooms and suites have high ceilings and large windows, with custom-made…

  • Hotel Not Hotel

    Amsterdam

    Stay in a work of art at this out-there collection of installations. Sleep inside Amsterdam Tram 965 (in a king-size bed), cosy into a cute blue-and-white…

  • Lloyd Hotel

    Amsterdam

    Magnificent waterside Lloyd was a hotel for emigrants from the Netherlands, who stayed here before setting sail, back in 1921. Many original fixtures…

  • Conscious Hotel Westerpark

    Jordaan & the West

    Opened in 2018 in the magnificent brick Stadsdeelkantoor, built in 1885 and now a national monument, this addition to Amsterdam's Conscious Hotels group…

  • Ambassade Hotel

    Western Canal Ring

    Rambling across 10 Golden Age canal houses on the Herengracht, these 56 unique rooms and suites of varying sizes have period furnishings, antique…

  • W Amsterdam

    Medieval Centre & Red Light District

    Designer hotel chain W's Amsterdam premises occupy two landmark buildings, the Royal Dutch Post's former telephone exchange, and a former bank – part of…

  • Sir Adam

    Amsterdam Noord

    This cool design hotel is a perfect fit for hip Amsterdam Noord, with its mammoth, view-framing plate-glass windows, pillow menu, rainfall shower, Illy…

  • Cocomama

    Southern Canal Ring

    Once a high-end brothel, this boutique hostel's doubles and dorms are light, bright and decorated with flair, with white walls and quirky designer…

  • Hotel IX

    Western Canal Ring

    In the heart of the delightful Negen Straatjes shopping district, IX has five super-stylish suites (sleeping up to four) named for the area's 'Nine…

  • Hotel Fita

    Amsterdam

    Family-owned Fita, on a quiet street close to Museum Quarter, has 20 light-filled rooms with Nespresso machines and smart bathrooms; a bountiful free…

  • Houseboat Ms Luctor

    Jordaan & the West

    A brimming organic breakfast basket (included in the rate) is delivered to you each morning at this metal-hulled, mahogany-panelled 1913 houseboat, moored…

  • Hotel V Frederiksplein

    Southern Canal Ring

    With soothing, leafy views over lush Frederiksplein, but only a quick shimmy from the bars and restaurants of Utrechtsestraat, Hotel V exudes a style that…

  • Hotel V Nesplein

    Medieval Centre & Red Light District

    Vintage and designer furniture fills the public areas and rooms of this hotel in a fantastic location on theatre-lined Nes. Spacious rooms start at 18 sq…

  • Mr Jordaan

    Jordaan & the West

    Wooden bedheads shaped like a row of gabled canal houses, bedside cacti, and lighting made from plumbing pipes – along with vintage fixtures in public…

  • Seven One Seven

    Southern Canal Ring

    With looks straight from the pages of a style magazine, the exquisitely decorated rooms here come with that all-too-rare luxury: space. It'll be hard to…

  • ClinkNOORD

    Amsterdam Noord

    Clink is a designer hostel chain with other branches in London, and here occupies a 1920s laboratory on the IJ riverbank, by the Buiksloterweg ferry…

  • Collector

    Amsterdam

    This lovely B&B has two immaculate, spacious rooms with large windows, each furnished with its own museum-style display of clocks, wooden clogs and…

  • Hotel Okura Amsterdam

    De Pijp

    Rare-for-Amsterdam attributes that elevate this business-oriented hotel way above the competition include panoramic city views (particularly from higher…

  • Conservatorium Hotel

    Amsterdam

    Opposite the Concertgebouw, this palatial neo-Gothic building was originally a bank, then the city's conservatorium of music. Its most recent incarnation…

  • QO Hotel

    Amsterdam

    Easy on the eyes and with high-tech and sustainability cred, QO wows with its stylish rooms controlled by iPad and featuring blonde wood and black matte…

  • Hotel The Exchange

    Medieval Centre & Red Light District

    Opposite the former stock exchange (hence the hotel's name), these 61 rooms have been dressed 'like models' in eye-popping style by students from the…

  • Hotel De Hallen

    Amsterdam

    Part of the De Hallen cultural centre, housed in what were once tram sheds, this designer hotel has cool features, from a swing in the lobby to the…

  • Dylan

    Western Canal Ring

    Exquisite boutique hotel the Dylan occupies an 18th-century Keizersgracht canal house that is set around a herringbone-paved, topiary-filled inner…

  • art'otel amsterdam

    Medieval Centre & Red Light District

    Located directly opposite Centraal Station, this hotel has 107 rooms with original artworks, and an open-to-the-public gallery in the basement. The low…

  • Stayokay Amsterdam Vondelpark

    Amsterdam

    Practically in the Vondelpark, this HI-affiliated 536-bed hostel attracts a mix of international backpackers, families and groups. Renovated in 2018, it…

  • Hotel de L'Europe

    Medieval Centre & Red Light District

    Owned by the Heineken family, Amsterdam's 'other royal palace' blends classical elements (chandeliers, doorkeepers in top hats) with whimsical Dutch…

  • Hotel Notting Hill

    Southern Canal Ring

    Decorated with flair by Dutch designer Wim Hoopman of Hoopman Interior Projects (aptly abbreviated to HIP), this office-block-turned-boutique features…

  • Ink Hotel Amsterdam

    Medieval Centre & Red Light District

    Occupying the 1904 to 1986 premises of Dutch Catholic newspaper (and later magazine) De Tijd (The Time), Ink honours its journalistic heritage with…

  • Hotel de Windketel

    Jordaan & the West

    In the middle of a pedestrianised square, this diminutive octagonal water tower was constructed in 1897 as part of Amsterdam’s waterworks and salvaged by…

  • Andaz Amsterdam

    Western Canal Ring

    Visionary Dutch designer Marcel Wanders transformed Amsterdam's former public library into this fantasy of giant gold and silver cutlery, fish murals,…

  • St Christopher's at the Winston

    Medieval Centre & Red Light District

    This place hops 24/7 with rock 'n' roll rooms, a busy nightclub with live bands nightly, a bar and restaurant, a beer garden and a smoking deck downstairs…

  • Linden Hotel

    Jordaan & the West

    In a peaceful canal-side location footsteps from some of the Jordaan's best restaurants and markets, the Linden has small but beautifully furnished rooms…

  • Hotel Twenty Seven

    Medieval Centre & Red Light District

    In a monumental 1916 building on the Dam overlooking the Royal Palace, this ultra-luxury hotel opened in 2018. Starting at 40 sq metres and stretching up…

  • Generator Amsterdam

    Amsterdam

    Part of a cool designer hostel chain, Generator occupies a century-old zoological university building with large windows overlooking lush Oosterpark, in a…

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