If you're a seasoned traveller, you probably want centrally-located, hotel-style accommodation - no way would you stay in a hostel - in Amsterdam that won’t see you selling off your family members' body parts in some canal-filled back street.
The solution? Hotel Amstelzicht. Picture large, open windows with an uninterrupted view over the Amstel canal and coffee shops, bars, restaurants and attractions at your fingertips.
The only catch is that, being built in 1659, the stairs are very steep. But as one of the guys who works there says, it’s traditional and his grandmother of 89 has done it this way since …well, forever.
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