If you are going to Amsterdam, then it is better to take care of where you will spend the night. There are several options: Hotel, Hostel, Apartments, Botell, Cottage or Country House, Mini-Hotel, Guest House, Homestay or Kauratsurfing.
I would like to tell about the hotels of Amsterdam in more detail.
Amsterdam's hotels abound, more than 300: 16 five-star, 64 quadption, 113 "Trex", 57 "Two-hotels", 34 hotels 1 * and 25 hotels without a star. In some hotels, when placing one or two children to a certain age (in different hotels in different ways: up to 2, up to 12 years, etc.) on extra beds are free.
Undoubtedly plus, but you need to ask in advance. Another point: On some sites, booking rooms in price is not included in the amount of 5.50%. Also not in all hotels allowed pet accommodation. The more beds in the room, the more expensive, although there are rooms with a single bed, which are not inferior to the rooms for the whole family. At the reception they speak English, Dutch, German, and sometimes even in Russian.
All five star hotels are located in the city center. The cost of living for 1 night in the room on two people fluctuates in such hotels from 8 thousand rubles and above (though, for 8 it is still necessary to look for, usually the prices begin from 11 thousand rubles). You can order rooms with breakfast, or without. Breakfast in the "fives" costs from thousand rubles. All hotels are distinguished by high comfort, stylish design, rooms, as a rule, LCD televisions with satellite channels, coffee machine, all the necessary cosmetic sets in the shower.
In the "fives" tourists offer the services of the Spa and the Wellness Center, the Turkish bath, hydromassage baths (everything, of course, for a fee), and everything that only the soul wishes. A visit to the fitness center and the pool, as a rule, in such hotels is provided free of charge. Some hotels have even its gallery (Art'yl Amsterdam 5 *) and a winter garden (as in the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky 5 *).
In the same place, by the way, there is an old Wynand Fockink distortion, where you can taste and buy Dutch gin and different liqueurs). Some hotels can book nanny services (Andaz Assterdam Prinsengracht - A Hyatt Hotel 5 *). With such hotels, there are usually restaurants, as well as elite and expensive (some are marked by the stars of the Michelin restaurant guide), and a cafe where you can drink coffee or tea, and even listen to live music (de l'Europe Amsterdam 5 *).
All hotels are executed in different styles, but tourists are especially loved by the Hotel Art'yl Amsterdam 5 * (at Prins Hendrikkade, 33) for unusual interiors and really a Dutch setting. By the way, the prices in this hotel, compared to other "fives" not the highest.
Of course, this option is far from cheap. If you consider hotels-Four, prices there are as far from low - from 6 thousand rubles and higher. And again, all the "four" are concentrated in the center, so to all the sights of the hand. In principle, in the "four" there are all the same conditions as in the "fives" and spa, and massage, and a gym.
Moreover, many rooms are much more comfortable and more interesting than the "five", for example, the Ambassade Hotel 4 * Hotel is located in the XVII century mansion from Herenghate channels, and the rooms are made in the royal style of the XV century. Many tourists love to stop at Inntel Hotels Amsterdam Center 4 * with simple and elegant interior and quite adequate prices. Breakfast in hotels, again, may be included or not, if not, the surcharge will be from 700 rubles.
"Trex" in Amsterdam most. Prices for "treci" begin from 2.5 thousand rubles per night, and some rooms cost as much as the cheapest in the "five." Three star hotels in Amster are very comfortable. Most perfeds about hotel Boutique Hotel Synopsis 3 * at Nieuwe Keizersgracht, 22-a close to Artis Zoo.
The hotel's room design has modernity, and the echoes of past centuries: antique furniture, a cozy garden with armchairs, wicker mats. Breakfast (if not included) - from 300 rubles.
"Diva" stand from 1.5 thousand rubles. The Hotel Clemens 2 * is very familiar with tourists at Raadhuisstraat 39, 2hg. Probably because to the square of the ladies only 3 minutes walk. And maybe because of the windows of the hotel offers a wonderful view of Westerkerk and the Royal Palace. It costs it more expensive than other "doubles", but pleasure from accommodation at this hotel will be compared with the highest-class hotels.
Single hotels are also good! They stand almost the same as the "doubles", often even more expensive. The interiors are simpler, without delights located in residential buildings, small such hotelers, in short, you can live. Often, these are hotels in the attic that gives them even more comfort. Here is how, for example, a very cozy and budget hotel - Hotel Schroder 1 * on Haarlemmerdijk, 48b a 15-minute walk from Lada Square. By the way, the bathroom and the toilet in the "odnushki" there (and not only there) Total.
Unratet hotels are not necessarily terrible rooms 50 km from the city. The hotel has no stars, just because the hotel is still new, or the owner of the hotel does not want to assign any stars to his "the Break". All of them are located in the city center. Prices are completely different: there are rooms and for 3 thousand, and for 13. Such hotels in Amster are sometimes striking with their beauty and style, such as Park Mansion Center, which is rather reminded by a gallery with beautiful paintings, candelabras and curtains than a hotel.
Hostels in Amsterdam 24. They are scattered throughout the city and suburbs. They are much cheaper than hotels, and in terms of living conditions sometimes do not differ from the hotel. Rooms in the hostels must be booked in advance: during a trip to Ampster, we hardly found the only hostel with free places, and that is not at the lowest price. The hostels can be prepared on their own in the shared kitchen, bathroom and toilet are also common (although sometimes there are separate). Favorite Hostel - The Flying Pig Downtown on Nieuwendijk, 100 in 3 minutes from the station. Very unusual, bold interior where you immediately understand that you, damn it, in Amsterdam! The hostel has 32-, 14-, 16-, 18-, 4-seater numbers in common rooms (i.e., for men and women), and there are separate rooms for different floors. Moreover, the number of beds in the room does not affect the price: 4-bed rooms costs cheaper than the number on ten.
If you do not want to spend money on accommodation in Amsterdam, register on the Couchsurfing.org website. There is a whole base of locals who will gladly let you in your home, and, for free. This is a very interesting experience. Do not be afraid to travel in this way. I stayed many times in this way, including in Amsterdam, in two Kauratsurfers, who showed me the city in all its glory, with all those cozy places that do not indicate the guidebooks. And this is an excellent way to make new friends, right?