...PROMINENTLY PLACED AMONGST THE GRAND 17TH CENTURY CANAL HOUSES OF THE KEIZERGRACHT. THEY FORM A PERFECT BACKDROP TO THE STRIKING TRANSFORMATION OF THE HOTEL. WELL KNOWN INTERIOR DESIGNER WIM VAN DE OUDEWEETERING TOOK CHARGE OF CREATING A CHIC, THEATRICAL AND SLIGHTLY MYSTICAL AMBIENCE, IN WHICH STYLE, WARMTH AND COMFORT UNITE. THE 38 GUEST ROOMS ARE ALL DIFFERENT AND VARY FROM SMALL AND ELEGANT TO SPACIOUS AND STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL. THE CHOICE OF ROOM RESIDES WITH THE GUESTS. ALL WILL FIND HOWEVER A HOTEL ATMOSPHERE WHICH INSPIRES FEELINGS OF RELAXATION AND WELL BEING. HEARTFELT DEDICATION THE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF THE TOREN RESOLUTELY STRIVE TO MAKE ALL GUESTS FEEL AT HOME. UPON ENTERING THIS MAGNIFICENT HOTEL, YOU WILL SEE THAT HOSPITALITY IS TOP OF THE LIST, WITH TRUE COMMITMENT TO SERVICE BEING A PRIORITY. WE AIM TO FULFIL YOUR REQUIREMENTS 24 HOURS A DAY, WHEREVER POSSIBLE . WHETHER THIS MEANS BRINGING A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE TO YOUR ROOM, RECOMMENDING PLACES TO GO OUT OR PREPARING BREAKFAST ACCORDING TO YOUR PERSONAL TASTE, TOREN STAFF ARE THERE TO HELP YOU.

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Driving Directions: PUBLIC TRANSPORT FROM CENTRAL STATION ABOUT 7 MINUTES BY TRAM LINE 13 OR 17 FOLLOWED BY A TWO-MINUTE WALK. GET OFF AT THE WESTERMARKT TRAM STOP. FROM THE STOP, CROSS THE STREET AND WALK TOWARDS THE CHURCH. CONTINUE PAST THE CHURCH, KEEPING THE CHURCH ON YOUR LEFT, AND GO DOWN THE KEIZERSGRACHT. CROSS THE FIRST BRIDGE. YOU WILL FIND THE TOREN A FEW HOUSES DOWN FROM THE FIRST BRIDGE. BY TAXI FROM CENTRAAL STATION / CA EUR 15 FROM SCHIPHOL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 15 KM OR 8 MILES. FROM SCHIPHOL BY KLM SHUTTLE BUS THE SHUTTLE BUS RUNS EVERY HALF HOUR FROM SCHIPHOL. YOU CAN BOARD THE BUS OUTSIDE THE DEPARTURE HALL AT SCHIPHOL. THE BUS STOPS IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL AND ALSO OFFERS A RETURN SERVICE IF SO REQUIRED. A SINGLE TRIP COSTS 12.50 AND A RETURN 23.00. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE BUS. IF YOU WISH TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT FROM THE HOTEL BY SHUTTLE BUS, PLEASE REPORT TO OUR RECEPTION DESK A DAY IN ADVANCE. STAFF AT THE RECEPTION DESK WILL INFORM THE SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE OF THE TIME YOU WISH TO LEAVE.

OLD AMSTERDAM A- THE ROYAL PALACE ON THE DAM THE DAM IS WHERE THE VERY FIRST DAM WAS BUILT ON THE AMSTEL - THE VERY START OF AMSTERDAM. ON THE DAM YOU CAN FIND THE ROYAL PALACE WHICH WAS BUILT BY JACOB VAN CAMPEN IN 1648. THE PALACE IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT SET TIMES DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. B- LITTLE COURTYARDS IN THE JORDAAN QUARTER THERE ARE VARIOUS LITTLE COURTYARDS. THESE INNER COURTYARDS HIDDEN BEHIND THE HOUSES ARE DEFINITELY WORTH A VISIT. ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS COURTYARDS IS THE BEGIJNHOF / WHICH CAN BE ENTERED VIA THE KALVERSTRAAT. AS YOU ENTER THE COURTYARD, WHICH CONTAINS THE OLDEST WOODEN HOUSE IN AMSTERDAM / BUILT IN 1475 / , YOU WILL EXPERIENCE A WONDERFUL SENSE OF PEACE AND QUIET. C- DE WAAG THIS OLD BUILDING WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE HOTEL WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A CITY GATE BACK IN 1488. REMBRANDT WAS A FREQUENT VISITOR AND PAINTED HIS / ANATOMICAL LESSON / HERE. VARIOUS GUILDS LEFT THEIR MARK ON THIS STRIKING BUILDING. IN 1996 THE BUILDING WAS RE-OPENED AS A RESTAURANT AND CAFE.