Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!ut-ngp!werner From: werner@ut-ngp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.travel Subject: economic places for tourists in Amsterdam Message-ID: <451@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Wed, 20-Jul-83 17:16:27 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.451 Posted: Wed Jul 20 17:16:27 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jul-83 21:44:59 EDT Lines: 30 (source: International Living, Vol 3 # 3, July 1983, page 3) Visiting Amsterdam: 5 great cheap hotels WESTERTOREN HOTEL, Raadhuisstraat 35B, 3 canals and 6 streets southwest of Central Station. 30 guilders/person/night. (also close by, GALERIJ, RONNIE, or PAX) HOTEL PRINSENHOF, Prinsengracht, ( near the Opera House and the Heineken brewery ). 35 g/p/n CHRISTIAN YOUTH HOSTEL "Eben Haezer", 179 Bloemstraat. near the corner of Maxnixstraat and Rozengracht, 15 minutes walk from Central Station, of 5 minutes by No 17 streetcar. dormitory bed is 11 g/n, dinner 8 g. THE VONDELPARK, at 5 Zandpad, close to Vondel Park and Rijksmuseum is even cheaper and a great bargain because of its central location. bed and breakfast are the choice of many travelers, and can be found all over Europe. one reference is to the SLOOP-family renting rooms for 25 years. their house overlooks a windmill at Willem de Zwijgerlaan 353, (tel 841166). No 21 bus goes there from the Central Station. rates 26 g/p/n including breakfast (like most places in Europe). outside of town: H. Rikkers, Iepenlaan 16, Volendam (tel 02993 - 63993 ) cost 17 g. a conventional Amsterdam Hotel is the: THE ARCO 42 Jan Luykenstraat (tel 725538) has 160 large, well- furnished rooms, at 30 g. including breakfast. dormitory rooms are only 24 g.