Marion and Jang’s home is the best Airbnb decision I have made to date.
Location: Their home is a bit outside of the city center, tucked into a cozy little neighborhood and close to an old shipping warf which has a few great restaurants and access to the ferries. It’s just far enough to escape the crowds but not far enough to feel like you’re missing anything. Getting to the center is easy - it’s a short (free!) walk-on ferry away. It’s also a bike ride away from some beautiful Dutch countryside. Our favorite day during our trip was the day we spent touring the countryside/coast per Marion and Jang’s recommendation!
The home: the bedroom is small, but perfect for two people. There’s a great library just off of the bedroom that acts as a living room but we were lucky to have perfect weather so honestly didn’t use it much.
The hosts: Marion and Jang are truly the best. They went far above and beyond to make us feel at home and to help us have the most amazing time in Amsterdam. We were there for 5 days and every day Marion or Jang (or both of them) would make us an excellent breakfast and we would sit in their beautiful garden where they would provide us suggestions and answer all of our first-timer questions. We had planned very little before arriving in Amsterdam (intentionally) and thoroughly enjoyed everything they suggested. They let us use their bikes for 5 euro per day which was SO great. We spent more time on those bikes than we did on our feet. The convenience of being able to ride the bikes back to the place we were staying and then just grabbing them again in the morning before heading out was wonderful.
I can’t recommend this place enough. If you’re looking to avoid some of the hustle of the center but still have easy access, be in close proximity to the country side, eat a wonderful homemade breakfast every morning, and get to know two of the loveliest people on the planet, then do yourself a favor and stay here.