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Amstel Botel
In Amsterdam we stayed at Amstel Botel, a boat-like hotel located on Amstel river, a few minutes of walk from Central Station.
I'm not sure whether it's a real boat though, they claim that it's floating but it seemed to have a solid foundation to the bottom of the river so that it doesn't sway.
We had a "basement"/water-level rather large room on the land side (oppositely to the nicer canal side), which offered us a less than pleasant view of some building in demolition. The staff was nice and helpful, and the included breakfast was a large buffet with a lot of choice. The convenient location made it a good deal at €84/night.
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Posted on September 25, 2003 at 12:56 | Tweet
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That sounds like fun, sleeping in a boat. When I was in Amsterdam, I shared a room in a cheap hotel with a Brit that slept with a gun under his pillow.
Posted by Jean on September 25, 2003 at 23:12
We had something simular in Göteburg Sweden. I'm pretty sure these botels do not swim at all ;-)
In Cologne you can sometimes find real boats used as hotels if a big trade show takes place. Come here and try it ;-)
/Markus
Posted by Markus on September 26, 2003 at 20:14