Bourtange Fortress Tours

comfortable stay, loved the tv wasnt a big fan of shower layout, everything is so open and cold, water gets everywhere they had stuff to drink in lobby that was nice, my only con is the issues with the fridge; it barely got cold, difficult when youve bought food, also theres no microwave. good stay for a night or 2 not the most ideal for several days

I had stayed in a Social Hub in Madrid and found it to be an excellent alternative to main stream hotels. The one in Amsterdam was not the case. The location for this hotel is not very good. We were assigned a handicap accessible room without requiring nor requesting one. They did change our room but unfortunately the air conditioning in that room did not work. When I enquired at the desk I was told that none of the rooms had air conditioning because it was illegal in Europe to have AC. This is of course false. The rooms were climate controlled except our room was about 25-28 degrees even though the thermostat was set to 18. They said they would send someone but never did. We survived by opening the window and luckily the fall weather kept the room comfortable for sleeping. We did not spend any daytime hours in the room. Overall, for the money we paid, we could have had a much better hotel room, closer to the city centre and in a safer, more friendlier area. I do not recommend staying at this location.

This hotel is in such an ideal location. It is situated 2 stops from Schiphol airport (15 minutes max) and there are 2 stations within 2 minutes' walk - Amsterdam RAI (overground) and Europaplein (metro), which takes you straight into Amsterdam Central station in less than 10 minutes. The hotel itself has a beautiful boutique style decor and every room is individually designed. The beds are very comfortable and the shower is spacious with a superb water pressure. Amenities like an iron and ironing board, powerful hairdryer, coffee machine, kettle and free water are provided. Staff is probably the best I've come across in a long while - they're kind, courteous and go out of their way. The hotel is also red hot on luggage storage, which gave us enormous peace of mind as we arrived hours before check-in and our return flight wasn't till late evening after check-out. Away from the hustle and bustle of the city centre yet close enough to access, I would not hesitate to stay at this hotel again.