Must-see hotels in The Netherlands

  • Hello I'm Local Boutique Hostel

    Haarlem

    In a charming neighbourhood on the edge of the centre, this quirkily named hostel inside a traditional brick Dutch house has 56 beds across 12 rooms, and…

  • Boutique Hotel Straelman

    Nijmegen

    Owner Tanja Seegers is the design talent behind this chic, five-room boutique hotel in an elegant 19th-century townhouse with breakfast room opening onto…

  • Hotel Nobel

    Frisian Islands

    The perfect designer sleeping-eating hybrid, luxurious Hotel Nobel sports 19 chic rooms with a dazzling white palette and fashion-photography wall murals…

  • 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 The Roosevelt

    Middelburg

    Footsteps from the Abdij, this mansion has been converted into a splendid boutique housing 28 period-meets-contemporary rooms. These are stylish and well…

  • Hotel Indigo

    Den Haag

    A clever transformation of the former 1884 De Nederlandsche Bank headquarters, the Indigo is located on fashionable Noordeinde. Its 63 good-sized rooms…

  • 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…

  • De Luthiers

    South Holland

    Above a luthiers' atelier (a place where string instruments are built and repaired), this B&B has two cosy rooms tucked up in the attic under sloping…

  • 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…

  • Sense Hotel

    Den Bosch

    Right next to the Jheronimus Bosch Art Center, this charming little hotel has four rooms and three suites, each with its own special decor. Breakfast (€17…

  • 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…

  • Brasss Hotel Suites

    Haarlem

    Each of the 10 luxurious suites at this jewel is named after sea creatures (Octopus, Sardine, Langoustine, Mackerel etc) except for Diamonds of the Sea,…

  • 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…

  • Student Hotel

    Maastricht

    'Sit down…or dance with us' suggests the colourful, open-plan reception in this light-suffused, 140-room hotel that oozes industrial-chic in a brilliantly…

  • 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…

  • Bliss Hotel

    Noord Brabant

    A glass of bubbles welcomes guests to the very personal, high-service Hotel Bliss, where each of the nine suites is individually designed, typically with…

  • De Koepoort

    North Holland

    Adjacent to the historic city gate De Koepoort, the western gateway to the town, its namesake hotel has 25 timber-trimmed rooms (some with balconies)…

  • Hotel de Tabaksplant

    Utrecht Province

    Three historic buildings, including a pre-1623 tobacco merchant's house, have been combined to create a 25-room hotel with very obliging service and an…

  • Hotel Nassau

    Noord Brabant

    Shoehorning a sparklingly modern 94-room hotel into three historic houses creates quite a maze, enlivened by naughty-nun photo artwork (a little heretical…

  • Brasserie Kasteel Schaloen

    Limburg

    In gloriously peaceful countryside around 1km east of Valkenburg, this charming institution has a popular wood-beamed rustic cafe, 11 duplex holiday units…

  • 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…

  • Pincoffs

    Rotterdam

    A clever re-use of a former customs house built in 1879, Pincoffs is Rotterdam's only truly boutique hotel. Blending recycled and vintage art and…

  • Grand Hotel Ter Borch

    Overijssel

    Footsteps from the train station, this luxurious 41-room hotel immediately entices with its sunny, primrose-yellow facade and tree-shaded gardens. 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…

  • Design Hotel Texel Suites

    Texel

    Inside a historic harbourside brick warehouse, the three panoramic suites here are bigger than many Dutch apartments: two are 90 sq metres (one is a…

  • 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,…

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