"Cheap,
friendly and very strange decor with a lot of rooms designed
and kitted out by artists - scope out the Durex room with
complimentary rubber novelties!!.The hotel even has its own
club catering for all tastes from transvestite poetry (well
it is on Warmoestraat) to all female Japanese punk
band................." (Feb
2003: However, I have had a recent report that the hotel has
become a bit run down and in need of some
maintainance.) Thanks
Geoff for this and the info on "Easyjet". More
of your Hotel recommendations,
please "FACTORY051"
recommends The Albus Grand Hotel on Vijzelstraat -
the roadthat runs south from the Muntplein and close to
some good coffeeshops such as Rokerij 3. The hotel is
quite cool about smokers, so long as you are discrete
-remember to open the windows when you go out.
There are a
lot of little 1* & 2* hotels in the vicinity of
Central station, most do not have lifts and their stair
cases are very steep. Lemming ("Amsterdam Coffeeshop
Directory") recommends the Hotel
Schirmann
International at Prins Hendrikade 23,
+31
20 6241942,he
says it has stairs which are almost like ladders to
climb, but there are great views from the rooms in the
front and it is pretty cheap for the location .
(Which,
I must add, is likely to be pretty noisy as it is very
near Central station and its trams. Some earplugs might
be a good idea. Note also Dutch stairs can be very tricky
- particularly going down !)
Reports good access for wheelchairs with a good sized
lift.![]()