Budget hotels in Amsterdam
For a first-time traveler to any city, finding first-rate accommodation becomes a crucial task, especially if you are operating on a limited budget or planning an extended stay. The best way to proceed is to carefully plan your entire visit from your hotel to sightseeing, transportation, and free time.
Amsterdam is a place for unlimited outdoor action, as well as more cerebral activities. It is helpful to consult travel agencies, city brochures, and hotel websites to find inexpensive hotels that are located in the city center close to major attractions and offer reasonable facilities and services. Cheap here doesn’t mean colorless decor or dirty bathrooms, but usable sleeping beds and toilets with or without breakfast. These hotels are popular with tourists on “shoelace” budgets.
Amsterdam has a good range of hotels in this category just a few meters from Leidseplein, the entertainment area of Amsterdam, which includes the Van Gogh Museum and the Anne Frank House, as well as the Rijksmuseum Park, all within walking distance. The famous “Red Light” neighborhood, cafes, flower market, shopping centers and Rembrandt Square are accessible by train or waterway services.
Most of the budget hotels are used to sleep or to spend a few hours of leisure between sightseeing or business. If you are not very fussy about privacy, or if you are traveling alone, then you can look for hotels with bedroom arrangements with 2, 3 or 5 beds. Studio apartments or rentals in older homes may also be available. Some of these hotel houses date from the 1660s and Napoleon’s maid is rumored to have stayed in one of them.
Amsterdam has something to offer every tourist, from museums, pubs, and shopping malls, to its rich heritage and culture. In addition to budget hotels, apartments, condos, hostels, campsites, villas, inns, and bed & breakfasts, there is also a selection of “5-star” luxury hotels.
