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prefer) on this float ing interior has been given a The Winston Hotel
hotel are small. The dose of 1960s retro. The MAP N3 • Warmoes straat
upside is getting three- rooms in the De Munck 129, 1012 JA • 020 623
star accommodation at a are airy and clean, and 1380 • www.winston.nl
very reasonable price and there is also a garden • €–€€
good views over the for guest use. The Winston is located on
harbour. There is also a the doorstep of the Red
(free) ferry that will take Museumzicht Light District. This
you to Centraal Station in MAP C5 • Jan inexpensive art hotel has
10–15 minutes. Luykenstraat 22, 1071 CN vibrant rooms,
• 020 671 2954 • € individually designed by
Bicycle Hotel You can peer down into local art students. Even
Amsterdam the lovely Rijks museum the hallways double as
Van Ostadestraat 123, garden from the vintage exhibition spaces. It
1072 SV • 020 679 3452 • 50s- and 60s-styled attracts a young crowd,
www.bicyclehotel.com • € rooms at the back of this in part because of the
Clean, cheap, simple modest hotel. It occupies adjacent club, which
rooms away from the the top floors of a opens from 9pm to
tourist traps, with bikes Victorian house. The 4 or 5am. Breakfast
to rent, free maps and hotel’s greatest assets are is included.
advice on routes and definitely its splendid
sights attract a young location and the great Hotel Iron Horse
clientele. It claims to be organic breakfasts. MAP B5 • Overtoom 33,
100 per cent climate- 1054 HB • 020 262 9220
friendly, with paper and Travel Hotel • www.hotelironhorse.
bottle recycling, and solar Amsterdam com • €€
panels on the roof. MAP N2 • Beursstraat 23, A friendly hotel, housed
There’s also a lounge – 1012 JV • 020 626 6532 in a renovated old
of course, what might • www.travelhotel.nl • € stable, the Iron Horse
be a lounge else where Though this hotel is very is decorated with light
is “a chill-out zone” basic, the location of colours and features
here in De Pijp. Travel Hotel Amsterdam, large windows and
in the heart of Oude Zijde modern furniture. There
Hegra and next to the Red Light are five types of rooms,
MAP L3 • Herengracht District, makes up for the including: single, double,
269, 1016 BJ • 020 623 lack of facilities. There is twin-sharing, triple-
7877 • www.hotelhegra. also a 24-hour on-site sharing, as well as
nl • € bar to keep hotel guests quadruples, with no
This 17th-century entertained. A good two rooms the same.
merchant’s house has a choice for young night
prime location on the owls on a budget. Linden Hotel
lovely Herengracht. The MAP C2 • Lindengracht
Hegra’s reasonable prices Hermitage Hotel 251, 1015 KH • 020 622
and the warmth of its MAP Q6 • Nieuwe 1460 • www.lindenhotel.
welcome make up for Keizersgracht 16, 1018 nl • €€
the (albeit comfortable) DR • 020 623 8259 Occupying a narrow
rooms being rather on • www.hotelhermitage corner among the
the small side. amsterdam.com • €–€€ historical architecture in
Situated close to the the Jordaan district, this
De Munck Amstel, on a peaceful hotel in a renovated
MAP E5 • Achtergracht 3, canal, the Hermitage 19th-century building
1017 WL • 020 623 6283 Hotel is clean and well has super-sleek and
• www.hoteldemunck. organized. Plump for a cleverly designed rooms
com • € room on the top floor, as that come in all shapes
Originally built for a ship’s they have the most and sizes. The Jordaan’s
captain and within hailing character, but all rooms plethora of shops and
distance of the Amstel, an come with their own eateries are only a
otherwise traditional shower and toilet. short walk away.
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