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Richer Raver: Package tours from the UK can be good value if you go midweek (less so weekends). In the midweek case, the flight and 2 nights accom in a 3* Hotel is often cheaper than paying for a flight alone . "Cresta", seem to be the cheapest of the large operators, details of their Amsterdam packages are to be found in their "Amsterdam and Paris" brochure available at most big travel agent chains. Or put your own package together, separate flight and hotel booking through a Travel Agent, an independant one might be better for this as they have no "own products" to push. Worth an enquiry as I have recently heard of people getting some very good deals this way -like a £30 return flight via BMI from Heathrow, (2 people,departing Sunday, returning 4 days later) I have stayed several times at the Hotel Rho, which, a little noisy, and nothing special as a 3 star hotel beyond its architecture - it was formally a theatre - is wonderfully located 20 yards or so from the Dam Monument and consequently shops, restaurants, trams etc are within easy distance. The Hotel can be a little noisy late at night - and in the morning due to the hammering etc from a nearby bicycle rental business which seems to open disgustingly early - so take some earplugs if you are a light sleeper.
En-Suite facilities are reasonal size and usually it is one small step down and another smaller one into the shower. The Hotel does have its own secure car parking facilities -f40 (€18) per day - if required.
 
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While
not having disabled access at the front entrance or having
disabled converted rooms, the Hotel Rho does have some
accessible rooms. I saw one guest in a wheelchair last time
I was there. There are ramps on the accommodation floors.
However, as the Rho is a converted Theatre, the corridors,
while wheelchair friendly, are like labrynths. See "Travel
report 2" for another opinion on the "Rho".