looking for safe hotel in amsterdam as i'll be traveling alone. will pay, do not want hostel!

Hotel Ibis right by the airport just by virtue of being away from the City is quite decent. When you do want to visit, the City's a short ride from the train.

These hotels are in the Leidseplein area of AMS, nice location, near trams, restaurants, shopping streets and Vondelpark.<BR>Have stayed at:<BR>AMS Terdam*** (offered thru Best Wstn chain)149E / dbl<BR>Going to stay at:<BR>AMS Holland** (in Oct.)89E / dbl<BR>Willing to stay at:<BR>Hotel Prinsen *** 125E / dbl but not avail for my dates<BR>Breakfast included in the rates. Can book the 1st two via www.ams.nl website, and all 3 via www.bookings.nl, unless prefer to contact directly.

I frenquently go to Amsterdam alone and I stay at Hotel Fita. www.fita.nl

thanks for all. are those rubber duckies at the hotel fita? that's great!<BR>i'll look into the best western chain ones as well...go with the big name right?

abc... as ever, I'm a Hotel Washington groupie... a lovely, safe, quiet neighborhood with a great guesthouse... Have a grand time!

Actually, the Terdam is not technically a Best Western - in Europe, BW's are just another way to book certain hotels (don't even know if they have to meet certain standards, but it seems so). Each hotel retains its own distinct original style, not the typical American BW style at all. So even if you choose to book a hotel via BW, you will be staying at a 'character' property.

I just stayed at the AMS Museum hotel at 2 PC Hooftstraat...kiddie corner Rijksmuseum. The single rooms are small but the location is excellent. the rate was approx. 95/euro /night. Breakfast included. Staff is excellent. My initial room looked out over nothing...a wall that was it. Very depressing and I asked to be switched and was accomodated with courtesy and professionalism. I would stay there again in a heartbeat...just not in a single room. Very central to just about everything you could want. Then I stayed at the Doelen Hotel at the Niewe Doelen straat...this one was even better. walking distance to Dam Square, kalverstraat (a shopping street), and central to many tram and bus lines too.<BR>Have a nice trip.