Amsterdam

Tetsuko

Thanks for all the ideas, muchly appreciated.

We'll be spending as much time out and about as possible. We checked out some reviews of where we are staying yesterday and it appears to be the worst place to stay in all of Amsterdam. The hostel even claims that in it's advertising :eek: And no, I wasn't the person to book it :rolleyes:

Fifer

There's some good advice on Amsterdam (and lots of other cities) on here.

Donnie

Where will you stay?

Jersy

i stayed in Hotel de Paris. bit of a dump, well it was ok. cheap and cheerful with an over friendly owner lol

but only slept in it, well, thats not the complete truth, but lets leave it there

Tetsuko

Donnie wrote: »

Where will you stay?

The Hans Brinker Hotel

http://www.hans-brinker.com/service.html

o_t_e

A few suggestions about what to do:

How about a ‘Wetland Safari’ ie a canoe tour of the canals outside of Amsterdam:

http://www.wetlandssafari.nl/index2.htm

Alternatively how about a bike tour:

http://www.mikesbiketoursamsterdam.com/Default.aspx?tabid=24

or a walking tour:

http://www.newamsterdamtours.com/nat/
http://www.zoomamsterdam.com/walk.html

I didn’t fancy spending any time in the red light district but I found this was an entertaining and informative tour:

http://randyroysredlighttours.com/mainpage.htm

Otherwise have a look here for more info:


http://www.simplyamsterdam.nl/events.htm

outlaw777

I'm going for 7 days next week.....

cowbutt

I went back in March with my other half; things we did:

- Van Gogh Museum
- Reijksmuseum (I preferred the VG)
- Anne Frank House
- wandered around
- Ate (recommendations: Cinema Paradiso for their pizzas and sgroppino, De Bolhoed for veggie/vegan, Sama Sebo for Indonesian)

I'd like to go back; hopefully we'll get to include NEMO next time!

blinky

Some options for out of town...
Miffy museum + art gallery at Utrecht.
Escher Museum / Gallery at The Hague - 5 minutes walk from train station.
Haarlem