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Seven One Seven one family room, extra famous Art Deco
MAP E5 • Prinsengracht beds may be requested, hotel overlooking the
717, 1017 JW • 020 427 and the suites are Rembrandtplein. There
0717 • www.717hotel.nl very nice. are plenty of facilities to
• €€€ keep parents entertained
This is a luxuriously Rembrandt while the kids explore
laid-back hotel, where MAP F4 • Plantage the buzzing nightlife.
beautiful antiques Middenlaan 17, 1018 DA
complement the even • 020 627 2714 • www. Owl
more beautiful guests. hotelrembrandt.nl • € MAP C5 • Roemer
Break fast, tea and This immaculate, good- Visscher straat 1, 1054 EV
evening drinks are value hotel has a wonderful • 020 618 9484 • www.
included in the rate. antique breakfast room owl-hotel.nl • €€
and spacious bedrooms Although there are no
Family Hotels that can sleep up to particular facilities for
six people. children (beyond triple
Aadam Wihelmina rooms, babysitting and
Koninginneweg 169, Albus Hotel cots for babies), this
1075 CN • 020 662 5467 MAP N6 • Vijzelstraat 49, family-run hotel in the
• www.hotel-aadam- 1017 HE • 020 530 6200 Museum Quarter is
wilhelmina.nl • € • www.albushotel.com noted for its friendliness.
This is an excellent • Dis. access • €€ A stuffed owl in an alcove
two-star hotel in the Parents may prefer old- provides the name.
Museum Quarter, with world character, but Rooms are plain but
double and triple rooms. children usually like their taste fully decorated and
The yellow break fast hotels to look spanking there is a pleasant garden.
room is particularly jolly. new, like this four-star
The breakfast and Wi-Fi hotel in the Canal Ring. Singel
are free. Some of the rooms can MAP N1 • Singel 13–17,
accomodate families of 1012 VC • 020 626 3108
Amsterdam House up to four people, and • www.singelhotel.nl • €€
MAP N5 there is a brasserie for Child ren who love
• ’s Gravelandseveer 7, breakfast and snacks. animals will enjoy staying
1011 KM • 020 626 2577 opposite De Poezenboot
• www.amsterdamhouse. Max Brown Hotel (The Cat Boat; see p14).
com • € Canal Disctrict The family-run hotel has
Treat the children to life MAP M1 • Herengracht an excellent location
aboard a houseboat. 13–19, 1015 BA • 020 522 on a pretty stretch of
Amsterdam House has 2345 • www.maxbrown the Singel, and small
eight houseboats hotels.com • Dis. access but characterful rooms.
available for short stays • €€ Those under the age
or long-term rental, as In a very central location, of two stay for free.
well as apartments and this friendly hotel is
hotel rooms. housed in three Estheréa
monumental canal MAP M4 • Singel 303,
Hotel Arena houses with an amazing 1012 WJ • 020 624 5146
MAP G5 300-year-old façade. The • www.estherea.nl • €€€
• ‘s Gravesande straat 51, rooms are decorated with In the same family for
1092 AA • 020 850 2400 funky patterns and have three generations, this
• www.hotelarena.nl • € all mod cons. elegant hotel mixes
A four-star hotel close to modern facilities with
the Tropenmuseum and NH Schiller traditional surroundings
Artis Royal Zoo (see p127). MAP N6 • Rembrandtplein and a warm atmosphere.
Younger children will love 26, 1017 CV • 020 554 There are family rooms,
the location, while teen- 0700 • www.nh-hotels. some of which overlook
agers will enjoy the club com • Dis. access • €€ the courtyard, and they
nights at weekends. Teenagers might put up also offer a handy
Although there is only with parents in this babysitting service.

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