Arena Hotel Amsterdam

Der Besuch der ISE in Amsterdam bedingt immer ein oder zwei nächte in dieser Stadt. Das Hotel liegt gut an der Linie M51. Ein paar Minuten zu laufen schadet ja nicht. Sehr originelles Zimmer mit gutem Bett. Es ist alles vorhanden was es braucht und das zu einem fairen Preis.

Hotel Arena ligt vlakbij het Oosterpark en is per tram 7 en 10 goed bereikbaar. Als je in de binnenstad verblijft en de laatste tram rijdt niet meer (rond 00:00 uur) dan kost een taxi tussen de €10,- en €15,-. Goed te doen dus. Van binnen is het Hotel luxe en stijlvol en de kamers zijn ronduit schitterend. Het personeel is ook perfect. Dit hotel raad ik aan voor zakenreizigers, (kortstondige) stelletjes, clubbers (de club van Hotel Arena is in het weekend geopend), mensen die niet in het lawaai van de pleinen willen zitten. Overall: sjiek en goed georganiseerd. Klein minpunt: inchecktijd 15:00.

Overall I wasn't disappointed at all. My first room I was a little unhappy due to my height and this particular room, though it was very quaint and comfortable it was tough, but after voicing my minor complaint they switched up my room and I actually ended up with an upgrade right away. The AM breakfast is very tasty and has a good variety of foods to appease most palettes, though I would like to add that it is charged to your room, though I don't think the pricing is posted or made clear unless asked, just fair warning, but I felt it was of value. The club was also entertaining, just make sure to talk to the hosts during the day to get on the list. Buy a tram pass from the host and don't forget to tap on and off the tram ;-)

This hotel refused to refund the money in the wake of the Iceland volcano eruption. They are the SOLE hotel in the entire region to so refuse. I spoke to both the greedy general manager and his absolutely nasty deputy to sneered and even enjoyed telling me that there was no refund regardless of disaster. Run do not walk away form this place folks- it wikll be nothing but troulbe if any wrinkle should occur in your plans. You'd be better off and treated far better if you pitched a tent alongside the Herengracht!

Over priced, cold design, the bed was put right behind the window. suffered from cold and had to move it to be able to sleep.