| For a first time traveler to any city, finding top notch | | | | Rijksmuseum Park, all within a walkable distance. The |
| accommodation becomes a crucible task, especially if | | | | famous "Red Light" district, coffee shops, the flower |
| you're operating on limited budget or scheduling an | | | | market, shopping malls and Rembrandt Square are |
| extended stay. The best way to proceed is to | | | | approachable through train services or waterways. |
| carefully plan the entire visit from hotel to sight | | | | Most cheap hotels are used for sleeping or to spend |
| seeing, transport and leisure time. | | | | a few leisurely hours in between sight-seeing or |
| Amsterdam is a place for unlimited outdoor action as | | | | business. If you are not very particular about privacy, |
| well as more cerebral activities. It helps to consult | | | | or if you're traveling alone, then you might look at |
| travel agents, city brochures and hotel Web sites for | | | | hotels with dorm arrangements with 2, 3 or 5 beds. |
| cheap hotels that are set in center of city close to | | | | Studio apartments or rentals in old houses may also |
| major attractions and offer reasonable facilities and | | | | be available. Some of these hotel houses date back |
| service. Cheap here does not mean colorless | | | | to 1660s and Napoleon's maid is rumored to have |
| décor or mucky washrooms but sleep-able | | | | stayed in one of them. |
| beds and useable bathrooms with or without | | | | Amsterdam has something to offer to every tourist, |
| breakfast. Such hotels are popular with tourists on | | | | ranging from museums, pubs and shopping malls, to |
| "shoe string" budgets. | | | | its rich heritage and culture. Along with cheap hotels, |
| Amsterdam has a good supply of hotels in this | | | | apartments, condominiums, hostels, campsites, villas, |
| category a few meters from Leidseplein, | | | | inns and bed & breakfasts, there is also a choice |
| Amsterdam's leisure area, which includes that Van | | | | of luxurious "5 Star" hotels. |
| Gogh Museum and Anne Frank House as well as | | | | |