hotels in Amsterdam

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We got a good deal on the Mövenpick for this December using AA miles.  No idea exactly where our river cruise is docking, but we figure it’s kind of central to the various docks so we’re hoping it won’t be too much of a hike for embarkation.  (A bit further to the train station, which is how we are arriving, but it’s still doable.)
 

In April, our Viking ocean cruise docked behind it, with a couple of river cruise ships on either side.  The area wasn’t too bad of a walk to things, but we were intentionally walking so didn’t mind if it was a bit further to the main tourist areas.  In December we aren’t planning to do much touring since we just did Amsterdam, so the Mövenpick seemed to be a better choice than the Doubletree, which was one of the other nearby options for getting a hotel with miles.  Also, online reviews seemed to lean towards Mövenpick having a better breakfast than Doubletree, so DH voted with his stomach.

 

I don’t know if it’s the best use of miles, but we don’t have any AA flights to book in the foreseeable future, and we’ve got a ton of miles from our credit card usage.  We did all our hotels for pre/post for that trip using miles, so got some nicely upgraded rooms as a splurge.