Renaissance Amsterdam

Frommer's Review

Van Gogh liked this setting well enough to paint part of it in his View of Amsterdam from Centraal Station (1885). Built around an open central courtyard in an area of old warehouses, the six-story Renaissance blends with the gabled facades nearby. Antiquity's influence stops at the front door, however: The Renaissance is highly modern, offering big beds, color TVs with in-house movies, electronic security, and message-retrieval systems. It's a matter of opinion whether the hotel's transformation of the adjacent domed Lutheran Koepelkerk into an ultramodern conference center is appropriate. The restored old church, which dates from 1671 (and was painted in 1885 by Vincent van Gogh), occasionally serves as a dining room for special events. The hotel's regular restaurant was closed for rebuilding at the time of writing; in the meantime, there's still the brown-cafe-style Koepelcafé, which serves light meals.

Facilities:
Restaurant; bar; access to nearby health club and spa; concierge; business center; room service; babysitting; laundry service; same-day dry cleaning; all rooms smoke-free; executive rooms

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