My husband and I will be spending a couple of nights in Amsterdam at the start and end of our Netherlands trip at the end of May/early June. I have two main conditions for a hotel: Around $300 per night, and ONE train or bus ride from/to the airport(no changes). Don't mind being away from downtown as long as we can get to things using transit.
Posted by
Washington, DC USA
845 posts
The Owl hotel in Amsterdam fits your criteria for price and transport. There is a bus to the aiport about a block from the hotel. It is a short walk from the art museums. I am not sure if it has air conditioning or if that matters in late May/early June -- I was there in October.
My other suggestion might be to stay in Leiden which is about a 15 minute direct train ride to the aiport and about 35 minutes to Amsterdam. I stayed at the IBIS across from the train station in Leiden but there are also more upscale hotels nearby.
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Seattle, WA
398 posts
The 397 bus will take you directly from Schipol Airport (AMS) to Museumplein, a very convenient area with a good number of forum recommended hotels and great transit connections. We’ve stayed twice at the modest XO Hotel Van Gogh, across the street from the Van Gogh Museum and steps from the Museumplein bus/tram stops. The hotel is half hotel/half hostel. The hotel rooms are clean and comfortable and the only time you might notice it’s also a hostel is in the morning when sharing the breakfast room with traveling young people.