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Staying in Amsterdam in May, Park Hotel, Crown Plaza Hotel?
Six of us are going to Amsterdam for six days in May of 2004 and we
are looking for a pretty nice hotel sort of in the middle of everything, and we have narrowed it down to The Park Hotel and the Crown Plaza - American hotel. Both of them are about the same price range (the Crown Plaza being just a little more of course) but would like to talk to someone who has stayed at The Park, since it looks pretty nice. Or if you have a better suggestion in the price range of about $150 a night please speak up. Thanks for your help in the matter.. Matt |
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Staying in Amsterdam in May, Park Hotel, Crown Plaza Hotel?
Hi,
the HI Crown Plaza on N.Z. Voorburgwaal (or Spui... I forget) is a very nice hotel right in the middle of things. the Marriot Leidsplein(sp) is probably a better buy for a similar hotel in a better neighborhood.. Matt wrote: Six of us are going to Amsterdam for six days in May of 2004 and we are looking for a pretty nice hotel sort of in the middle of everything, and we have narrowed it down to The Park Hotel and the Crown Plaza - American hotel. Both of them are about the same price range (the Crown Plaza being just a little more of course) but would like to talk to someone who has stayed at The Park, since it looks pretty nice. Or if you have a better suggestion in the price range of about $150 a night please speak up. Thanks for your help in the matter.. Matt -- Derringer Kit Sideplates http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3637637318 |
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Staying in Amsterdam in May, Park Hotel, Crown Plaza Hotel?
Yeah I think we are going to rule out the Park hotel, after reading
some reviews on the TravelAdvisor website, just seems like everyone is enjoying The American a little more than The Park. So on a related note, what is within about two hours driving time from Amsterdam? We want to go to a couple of different places but don't want to spend five hours driving or taking a train to the middle of Germany. I think about two hours travel time would be enough, any advise? Thanks for your help so far! Matt wrote in message ... Hi, the HI Crown Plaza on N.Z. Voorburgwaal (or Spui... I forget) is a very nice hotel right in the middle of things. the Marriot Leidsplein(sp) is probably a better buy for a similar hotel in a better neighborhood.. Matt wrote: Six of us are going to Amsterdam for six days in May of 2004 and we are looking for a pretty nice hotel sort of in the middle of everything, and we have narrowed it down to The Park Hotel and the Crown Plaza - American hotel. Both of them are about the same price range (the Crown Plaza being just a little more of course) but would like to talk to someone who has stayed at The Park, since it looks pretty nice. Or if you have a better suggestion in the price range of about $150 a night please speak up. Thanks for your help in the matter.. Matt |
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Staying in Amsterdam in May, Park Hotel, Crown Plaza Hotel?
(Matt) wrote in
om: Yeah I think we are going to rule out the Park hotel, after reading some reviews on the TravelAdvisor website, just seems like everyone is enjoying The American a little more than The Park. So on a related note, what is within about two hours driving time from Amsterdam? We want to go to a couple of different places but don't want to spend five hours driving or taking a train to the middle of Germany. I think about two hours travel time would be enough, any advise? Thanks for your help so far! Matt wrote in message ... Hi, the HI Crown Plaza on N.Z. Voorburgwaal (or Spui... I forget) is a very nice hotel right in the middle of things. the Marriot Leidsplein(sp) is probably a better buy for a similar hotel in a better neighborhood.. Matt wrote: Six of us are going to Amsterdam for six days in May of 2004 and we are looking for a pretty nice hotel sort of in the middle of everything, and we have narrowed it down to The Park Hotel and the Crown Plaza - American hotel. Both of them are about the same price range (the Crown Plaza being just a little more of course) but would like to talk to someone who has stayed at The Park, since it looks pretty nice. Or if you have a better suggestion in the price range of about $150 a night please speak up. Thanks for your help in the matter.. Matt Just about everything in the Netherlands! Seriously, the intensely charming ports of Volendam and Hoorn to the north and west. Edam famous for cheese. Even the incredibly hilly (for Netherlands) area of Arnhem is within this range. to the south one can see, must see, Delft, Scheveningen (if you can pronounce it you have to be Dutch!) and of course the Hague among others. |
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Staying in Amsterdam in May, Park Hotel, Crown Plaza Hotel?
Hi,
do you really HAVE to have a car for something? rent a bike at the train station (out the front door, take a hard left, downstairs under the big blue bicycle sign) instead... get a strippenkart (multi trip ticket) at the VVV (see below). I'd recommend you take the tram to centraal station, visit the excellent tourist office inside near spoor 2 (track 2.. there will be signs for the VVV). as for a day trip it will depend on the weather... some things are best booked at the last minute... Delft makes a good day trip, as does Haarlem... rent a bike in each town...they're cheap and great ways to get around. depending on when and what you want to see you may want to look into the full and half day bus excursions... you WILL see pamphlets at your hotel... even if you think "I don't want a bus tour" give it a thought... even I took one last trip to Paris (a city I've been visiting for 40 years)... new wife and myself got a pair of the jump on/off passes for one of the tourist companies that does a route of all the popular spots... and she got to "see" (for a few minutes) a LOT of stuff... this was somehow important to her... still hasn't grasped that life with me involves travel.... :-} we'll be back. ttyl akia Matt wrote: Yeah I think we are going to rule out the Park hotel, after reading some reviews on the TravelAdvisor website, just seems like everyone is enjoying The American a little more than The Park. So on a related note, what is within about two hours driving time from Amsterdam? We want to go to a couple of different places but don't want to spend five hours driving or taking a train to the middle of Germany. I think about two hours travel time would be enough, any advise? Thanks for your help so far! Matt Hi, the HI Crown Plaza on N.Z. Voorburgwaal (or Spui... I forget) is a very nice hotel right in the middle of things. the Marriot Leidsplein(sp) is probably a better buy for a similar hotel in a better neighborhood.. Matt wrote: Six of us are going to Amsterdam for six days in May of 2004 and we are looking for a pretty nice hotel sort of in the middle of everything, and we have narrowed it down to The Park Hotel and the Crown Plaza - American hotel. Both of them are about the same price range (the Crown Plaza being just a little more of course) but would like to talk to someone who has stayed at The Park, since it looks pretty nice. Or if you have a better suggestion in the price range of about $150 a night please speak up. Thanks for your help in the matter.. Matt -- |
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Staying in Amsterdam in May, Park Hotel, Crown Plaza Hotel?
(Matt) wrote in message . com...
Yeah I think we are going to rule out the Park hotel, after reading some reviews on the TravelAdvisor website, just seems like everyone is enjoying The American a little more than The Park. So on a related note, what is within about two hours driving time from Amsterdam? We want to go to a couple of different places but don't want to spend five hours driving or taking a train to the middle of Germany. I think about two hours travel time would be enough, any advise? Thanks for your help so far! Matt No need for a car. In fact, the car will just slow you down and be a headache. Gas prices will astound you as will the parking restrictions and more. The Netherlands has an amazing, clean, fast rail system that will get you anywhere you want to go. You can battle traffic jams, strange road signs and parking nightmares or you can sit speed through the countryside enjoying the view from a fast moving train. You can get from Amsterdam to Koln (Cologne) or Brussels in just over two hours and many, many other places. The car will just slow you down. Play around with this for ideas for train journeys. http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/e |
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Staying in Amsterdam in May, Park Hotel, Crown Plaza Hotel?
Well from the overwhelming response on not getting a car I must agree
with all those points you bring up. I have been looking around at that site for the train travels and that looks like that's the way to go. It's hard to find a bad review of the Crowne Plaza (The American) Hotel and for six night it's going to be about $1,300 total per person with hotel, tax and flight, which doesn't seem too bad. I was also thinking of staying at the Apollo, but I think the Crowne is a little closer to the action we are looking for. Thanks again everyone for your help. No need for a car. In fact, the car will just slow you down and be a headache. Gas prices will astound you as will the parking restrictions and more. The Netherlands has an amazing, clean, fast rail system that will get you anywhere you want to go. You can battle traffic jams, strange road signs and parking nightmares or you can sit speed through the countryside enjoying the view from a fast moving train. You can get from Amsterdam to Koln (Cologne) or Brussels in just over two hours and many, many other places. The car will just slow you down. Play around with this for ideas for train journeys. http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/e |
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