Must-see hotels in The Netherlands

  • Stayokay Den Haag

    Den Haag

    Located southeast of the city centre, this HI-affiliated hostel has 4- to 8-bed single-sex ensuite dorms. Each dorm bed has a power point and reading…

  • Mainport

    Rotterdam

    Locations don't come better than the Mainport, spectacularly set on the harbour a heartbeat from the city's action. Plush rooms are subtly themed to…

  • D'Oude Morsch

    Leiden

    Sharing a canal bank with De Put windmill, this hotel occupies the 1870 watchhouse of a former army barracks. A great deal of thought has gone into the…

  • Flying Pig Downtown Hostel

    Medieval Centre & Red Light District

    Hang out with hundreds of young dope-smoking backpackers at this very relaxed, massive 250-bed hostel. It's a bit grungy, but no one seems to mind,…

  • Stayokay Amsterdam Stadsdoelen

    Amsterdam

    Stadsdoelen has friendly staff and is always full of backpackers, but slightly lacks atmosphere, and rooms are stuffy in warm weather without air…

  • B&B Utrecht City Center

    Utrecht

    This ramshackle 68-bed hostel has several remarkable selling points including the late check-out time (4pm) and the fact that basic foodstuffs for make-it…

  • Court Hotel

    Utrecht

    The reception is just a little booth in the de Rechtbank bistro, but the 27 rooms are stylishly modern, midnight-blue walls with marigold bedheads and…

  • Hotel Estheréa

    Medieval Centre & Red Light District

    Olde-worlde grandeur reigns at this hotel spread over several Golden Age canal houses. Each of its 91 rooms is unique, with mahogany panelling,…

  • Hotel 26

    Utrecht

    Not a hotel at all but half a dozen canal-side cavern-rooms that have been converted into guest rooms. Check in via the Court Hotel.

  • De Eilanden

    Friesland

    For hard-core charm, check into this gorgeous, canal-side boutique hotel in a toy-like vintage townhouse with caramel brickwork and sunflower-yellow…

  • Malie Utrecht

    Utrecht

    Tucked away amid the beautifully sedate tree-lined avenues of the Buiten Wittevrowen quarter, this elegantly comfortable 19th-century mansion has given…

  • Hotel Vondel

    Amsterdam

    Named after the famed Dutch poet Joost van den Vondel (as is the nearby park), this stylish hotel's smart rooms have lots of designer flourishes, from…

  • Hotel New York

    Rotterdam

    Rotterdam's most characterful accommodation option, this hotel in the former Holland-America passenger-ship line office (a listed monument) offers…

  • De Vier Seizoenen

    South Holland

    Lisse's best options for eating and sleeping are conveniently in the same building. Upstairs are four small rooms in chocolate-box tones with sloped…

  • SWEETS Hotel Overtoomsesluis

    Amsterdam

    One of 28 historic bridge houses around the city converted into hotel suites by a team of architects, designers and builders, this unique house is…

  • Die Port van Cleve

    Medieval Centre & Red Light District

    Opened in 1870 on the site of Heineken's first brewery, just off Dam, this hotel is split across three monumental buildings. It takes its design cues from…

  • 't Keershuys

    Den Bosch

    Above a typical local bistro in a 1450 building, this is a great central location for bar hoppers plum in the main pub area (noisy at weekends). With lots…

  • Hotel Karel

    Nijmegen

    With its eye-catching cream-and-red brick facade and twinset of jazzy orange parasols on the Grote Markt, this long-standing hotel remains thoroughly up…

  • Simplon Jongerenhotel

    Groningen

    Housed in an early-20th-century brick structure that served as a cannery, and more famously the Simplon raincoat factory, this is a creatively designed…

  • Student Hotel

    Amsterdam

    This brutalist tower has 370 cool if bare-bones rooms (the upper categories have a bit more style). Students and interns really do stay here, but anyone …

  • CityHub Amsterdam

    Amsterdam

    Close to De Hallen, this high-tech hostel has Japanese-style capsules or 'hubs' – don't expect to spread out too much – with colourful lighting and in…

  • A-Train Hotel

    Medieval Centre & Red Light District

    Reflecting its unbeatable location facing Centraal Station, the train theme at this old-fashioned, family-run hotel extends from the clocks, photographs…

  • Martini Hotel

    Groningen

    The city's oldest hotel has been in the business since 1871, with vintage fittings and fixtures to prove it – check out the glass-walled elevator,…

  • Neighbour's Magnolia

    Amsterdam

    Offering excellent value in the Old South (Amsterdam's wealthiest district, just south of Vondelpark), this is a good choice, with helpful staff, rooms…

  • The James

    Rotterdam

    A welcome addition to Rotterdam's limited array of midrange hotels, this centrally located place opened in 2018 and offers good-sized, well-equipped rooms…

  • Hotel Abrona

    Utrecht Province

    This fairly simple hotel had a major refit in 2018 adding some quirky, locally relevant rope elements to the decor of standard rooms and large photo-bed…

  • Stayokay Terschelling

    Frisian Islands

    This branch of the nationwide chain stands on a bluff overlooking the harbour, 1.5km east of the lighthouse in West-Terschelling. Sea views from the…

  • 't Wapen van Terschelling

    Frisian Islands

    Slap-bang on the main boutique- and cafe-clad street in Midsland, 6km east of the ferry, this long-standing inn is above a welcoming brown cafe with…

  • ’t Heerenlogement

    Friesland

    This 300-year-old relic has been zealously preserved by its owners, down to the period wallpaper in some of the uniquely designed rooms, all of which…

  • SWEETS Hotel Gerben Wagenaarbrug

    Amsterdam Noord

    The largest of 28 historic bridge houses around the city that have been transformed into hotel suites by a team of architects, designers and builders,…

  • Huys van Leyden

    Leiden

    Steeped in history, this hotel in two 1611 canal houses has seven attractive rooms (ask for number 4, which is large and has a canal view) and a grand…

  • Oranje Hotel

    Leeuwarden

    Directly opposite the train station, this business hotel is the city's historic hotel address. In the biz for 130-odd years, it exudes a timeless elegance…

  • Botel Maastricht

    Maastricht

    This centrally moored boat has 34 basic, inexpensive cabins which are very compact with beds that won't suit the tall. Doubles ensure that couples get…

  • College Hotel

    Amsterdam

    Originally a 19th-century school, the impressive-looking College Hotel has stylish rooms you'd never think were former classrooms. It's a celebrity…

  • Stayokay Maastricht

    Maastricht

    Much of the main floor of this excellent hostel is a cafe-bar which spills out on to a wide terrace overlooking the Maas. Prices rise dramatically at…

  • Zenden

    Maastricht

    Pale floors, white lamps on white walls and black chairs at white tables all give a bleached sense of otherworldliness in this smart design hotel that's…

  • Hotel De Jong

    Frisian Islands

    Standing at Ameland's crossroads, this friendly inn is buzzing in high season, when you can lounge at a terrace table and observe the comings and goings…

  • Little Amstel

    De Pijp

    Windows in these two cabin-style rooms aboard a houseboat look directly over the Amstel, the river that gave Amsterdam its name. The 'basic' room has one…

  • Nine(t)teen

    De Pijp

    Brilliantly situated in De Pijp's northeastern corner near the Southern Canal Ring, this B&B has 19 en-suite rooms across four townhouses. Basement rooms…

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