Best Value: Taking all factors into account -- price, location, facilities, hospitality, Dutchness, and that indefinable element that makes a stay memorable -- the Estheréa, Singel 303-309 (tel. 020/624-5146), is the best value in town.
Best for Tradition: Die Port van Cleve, Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 176-180 (tel. 020/714-2000), is one of Amsterdam's oldest hotels, but has entirely modernized rooms, so you can celebrate the 17th century in 21st-century comfort.
Best for Families: The Amstel Botel, NDSM-Werf 3 (tel. 020/626-4247). It's hard to beat a floating hotel that you reach by boat. Among its neighbors are a retired Soviet attack sub, a Greenpeace warrior of the seas, and the "Pancake Boat."
Best for Business Travelers: The NH Barbizon Palace, Prins Hendrikkade 59-72 (tel. 020/556-4564), is modern, luxurious, stylish, efficient, and has an excellent location -- opposite Centraal Station -- and a full range of business facilities.
Best Unknown Hotel: This accolade goes to Seven Bridges, Reguliersgracht 31 (tel. 020/623-1329), for its combination of location, decor, personal service, enthusiastic owners, and general all-round quality.
Best Budget Hotel: Many cheap hotels in Amsterdam leave a lot to be desired. Not so the Museumzicht, Jan Luijkenstraat 22 (tel. 020/671-2954), a plain, clean, and friendly hotel at a superb location across from the Rijksmuseum.
Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without
notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before
planning your trip.
