Hello,
We are older parents and a college sophomore spending her spring break week in Amsterdam the second week of March! We are looking for neighborhood charm, proximity to casual good eats, and museums. Husband and I are 183 cm/6 feet plus. We are fit but I have a very bad back & silly allergies so we need good firm beds, bathroom on the larger, no smoking, no feathers/down ("hypoallergenic" if possible). We'd like a suite if we could have space to hang out with our daughter and have wine and take-away dinners in the room some night. From my research, it looks more likely that we'd need 2 rooms so that we have 2 bathrooms. It would be nice to connect the rooms.
Current thoughts: Ambassade, Tivoli Doelen (too close to RLD?), still researching.....
We do not want to be in loud boisterous areas or party scenes. This is a special trip for many difficult reasons, and we want to make it relaxing. As an idea of our family, we live in a suburb of San Francisco and we like the diversity, different ethnic cuisine, cool shops, just hanging out and people watching. Good food w/o having to dress up for dinner. We tend to have a big breakfast, snack during the day, and a good dinner. So if there is a full breakfast at our hotel, that would be great. Ideally our (very petite) daughter could go out shopping and exploring on her own and feel safe. Walking a ways to museums is fine, we like to walk.
Other ideas on food, day trips, etc. are welcomed!
Just found this forum, and am super excited to hear ideas. This weekend I will try to return the favor by looking for NorCal questions that I can answer!
SanMateoB