"Hot Croissants in the Morning"
This apartment is uniquely located in the De Pijp area and is just around the corner from some small shops cafes restaurants etc. Our Host Ester made us feel welcome from arrival to departure. The apartment is quite spacious and modern and has all the comforts one needs when staying for a short or long time in Amsterdam. Particularly helpful is the "start up" goodies Ester provides by way of tea coffee eggs soft drinks fruit wine cheese butter and beer. Its great to unpack upon arrival and be able to make a fresh coffee in the pod machine with milk so you are ready to go from day one. The bikes came in handy and it was great to have a cold Grolsh (also supplied) after a short ride working up a thirst. It is situated in the exciting De pijp area with many cultural restaurants and shops nearby including delis; coffee shops small restaurants, café, and a huge day market offering many types of simple street food dips olives fish vegetables clothing etc. The apartment being downstairs makes it easy for suitcases as many apartments have narrow and steep staircases so this was great for us. its a short 5 min walk to the Tram no 16 and we soon learnt the system with a 7 day pass. There is a lovely park nearby and a huge range of restaurants larger shops chemists supermarkets etc in a 10 min walk 2 blocks away rather than those I mentioned around the corner from the apartment which included a hot bread shop where I would get the morning croissants straight from the oven at 8am opening !!!!.

Ester also provides her local guide of restaurants places to go and things to do which is most helpful. We had booked a food tour of the De Pijp area and were pleasantly surprised when it started at the French patisserie around the corner from us so we got to learn all of the options and heritage of the area on the our but were pleased we had picked the right spot also. We met with friends who had booked elsewhere but their places didn't seem to have as good as the variety close to us at this location. We would certainly stay here again.