Hotels in Amsterdam

[Sillysol2001]

Any suggestions? We have 2 children 7 and 11. Hoping to go for a couple of nights towards end of August.

Thanks

[lillyanginger]

We went in October last year and booked an apartment for 5 nights. It worked really well for us and our 2 kids...maybe an idea?

[El Pibe]

Tulip Inn (3 star hotel) does apartments as well as rooms and is located at the top of zeedijk, handy for the centraal station and you're right in the heart of town.

http://www.goldentulip.com/EN/hotels/Netherlands/Amsterdam/TI-amsterdam-centre-hotel-booking-room.aspx

If you can break the bank the Pullitzer is lovely.

http://www.pulitzeramsterdam.com/?PS=EAME_aa_Starwood_NWE-100_Google%20UK_pulitzer%20amsterdam_07/25/11

[Sanne Panne]

Avoid the stretch coming out of central station called Damrak. Lots of hotels there but just a somewhat noisy and unattractive part of town, not a "home" kind of place at all.

Anything at/near a canal or river Amstel is generally nice. Zeedijk (Nieuwmarkt-side) is ok too as el Pibe mentioned. As it's a small city you never need to travel too far to get to your hotel so don't worry too much about distance. The "concertgebouw" and "rijksmuseum" area is very nice too, central yet quiet and charming and has plenty of hotels.

An apartment can be nice if you like to rest "at home" in the middle of the day (as hotels obviously do room cleaning and the rooms are generally not very big). Maybe less worth the research for just 2 nights but you can consider it.

Pm me if you have specific questions about the city as I'm from there.