Went for a short trip away with my daughter as a treat for her finishing her first year of university. We stayed for 3 nights and were really pleased with the location and the room. The last time that I visited Amsterdam was during the 1980’s during my twenties so to come back with my daughter was lovely, especially as she hadn’t been before! The room was clean and spacious and we were very grateful for the fridge having been stocked up with milk, juices, butter and cheese etc and to have breakfast cereals and bread there for us. (Our flight was delayed until the afternoon and we arrived on a Sunday so most of the shops were shutting soon after we eventually arrived)
The only thing that we had trouble with was the lock combination on the door to our room as we couldn’t figure out how to get it to work... and there were no instructions in the room info pack. The door was open ready for us when we got there anyway and the outside door to the apartment has a secure lock combination so it wasn’t too much of a problem but we kept our passport and valuables on us because of this. Marlot’s apartment is on the floor below and we probably should of asked her but we felt that we could manage without hassling her with how to lock our room and we felt safe anyway.
The apartment was relatively easy to find (although my daughter did resort to using google maps in the end) and as she went out and about we found a quicker route as we got our bearings.
Overall we had a lovely time and saw many of the sites including the bodyworks experience, the Van Gogh museum, the windmills, the Anne Frank house (roughly a 10 minute walk away), went on the pizza and wine/beer evening boat trip and went to lots of lovely cafes and restaurants. (I recommend the cafe ‘t smalle which is on the canal - we sat and had a G&T and an apple pie on our last evening and it was beautiful!)
As a family we have previously visited Norway, Iceland and Copenhagen and there were definitely aspects of Amsterdam which reminded us of these places! Overall a lovely trip away, thank you so much for providing such a nice and cosy place for guests to stay!