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Family Hotels
Owl
Although there are
no particular facilities for
children (beyond triple
rooms and cots for
babies), this family-run
hotel in the Museum
Quarter is noted for its
friendliness. A stuffed
owl in an alcove provides
the name. The hotel has
a neat little garden, and
fresh flowers in the fairly
plain rooms.
d
Roemer
Visscherstraat 1, 1054 EV
•
Map C5
•
020 618 9484
•
www.owl-hotel.nl
•
€€
Amsterdam
House
Treat the children to life
aboard a houseboat.
Amsterdam House has
eight of them available
for short or long rentals
(from €175), as well as
apartments and hotel
rooms.
d
's-Gravelandse
Veer 3-4, 1011 KM
•
Map
N5
•
020 626 2577
•
www.
amsterdamhouse.com
•
€€
four-bedded rooms. The
yellow breakfast room is
particularly jolly. d
Koninginneweg 169, 1075
CN
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020 662 5467
•
www.
hotelwilhelmina.com
•
€€
Rembrandt
This immaculate,
good-value hotel has a
wonderful antique break-
fast room and spacious
contemporary bedrooms
that can accommodate
up to six people. d
Plantage Middenlaan 17,
1018 DA
•
Map F4
•
020
627 2714
•
www.
hotelrembrandt.nl
•
€
Estheréa
In the same family
for three generations,
this elegant hotel mixes
modern facilities with
traditional surroundings
and a warm atmosphere.
Baby baths and high
chairs are available, and
babysitting. A new wing
with 20 rooms should be
ready in 2005.
d
Singel 303, 1012 WJ
•
Map M4
•
020 624 5146
•
www.estherea.nl
•
€€€€
Adolesce
Cheerful, friendly and
simple, this canal house
in Plantage has a
welcoming attitude to
children, with family
rooms. Breakfast is no
longer served (there are
places nearby) but hot
and cold drinks, fruit and
cookies are on offer
during the day.
d
Nieuwe
Kiezersgracht 26, 1018 DS
•
Map R6
•
020 626 3959
•
Closed end Oct-Easter
•
www.adolesce.nl
•
€€
Singel
Animal-loving child-
ren will enjoy staying
opposite the Poezenboot
(see p10)
. The family-run
hotel has an excellent
location on a pretty
stretch of the Singel, and
small but characterful
bedrooms. Under-seven-
year olds stay for free,
and babysitting can be
arranged.
d
Singel 13,
1012 VC
•
Map N1
•
020
626 3108
•
www.lempereur-
hotels.nl
•
€€€
NH Schiller
Teenagers might put
up with parents in this
famous Art Deco hotel
overlooking the neon
glare of Rembrandtplein,
once the meeting-place
of artists and poets. There
are family rooms, and the
kids can escape to the
buzzing Schiller Café. d
Rembrandtplein 26, 1017
CV
•
Map N6
•
020 554
0700
•
www.nh-hotels.com
•
Dis. access
•
€€€€
't Jagershuis
This small waterfront
inn is a good option for
families who prefer to
stay outside the city
centre. Just 10 km (6
miles) from the city by
bus or bicycle, it's in a
charming village
(see
p128)
and there are family
rooms. d
Amstelzijde 2-4,
1184 VA Ouderkerk aan de
Amstel
•
020 496 2020
•
www.jagershuis.com
•
Dis.
access
•
€€€
Albus Grand
Parents may prefer
old-world character, but
children usually like their
hotels to look spanking
new, like this recently
opened three-star hotel in
the Canal Ring. Some
rooms sleep three or four,
and there is a brasserie
for breakfast and snacks.
d
Vijzelstraat 49, 1017 HE
•
Map N6
•
020 530 6200
•
www.albusgrandhotel.nl
•
Dis. access
•
€€€
Wihelmina
Recently renovated,
this is an excellent two-
star hotel in the Museum
Quarter, with three- and
Note:
Unless otherwise stated, all hotels accept credit cards and
have en-suite bathrooms.
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