Best Luxury Hotels in Amsterdam
These are our current luxury picks from the Amsterdam hotels we have reviewed that carry a five-star classification. That classification is recorded from mapping data rather than from the Dutch classification register, and the source is shown on each hotel's entry so you can check it. The reviewed set is deliberately selective and does not yet cover every major luxury hotel in the city.
How we chose
- Five-star classification recorded in our factual research, with its source shown
- A clearly differentiated proposition rather than a rating alone
- Spread across areas, so the list is not one stretch of one canal
- The trade-off stated, including what the price does not buy
InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam
Plantage · 5-star
The grandest hotel in the city, standing alone on the Amstel. It faces the river rather than the Plantage's gardens and museums, so the reason most people choose that area is a walk away.
Hotel Pulitzer
Canal Ring · 5-star
A five-star hotel spread through linked 17th- and 18th-century houses on the Prinsengracht. Rooms differ in size, shape and outlook, which is what a hotel assembled from historic houses means.
Hotel de l'Europe
Old Centre · 5-star
Five stars on the Amstel at the corner of the old centre, away from the red-light streets and the Damrak. It is the most expensive way to solve that area's noise, and the walk to Centraal Station is longer than from the Damrak hotels.
Amrath Hotel
Nieuwmarkt · 5-star
The Scheepvaarthuis, a 1916 Amsterdam School landmark on the harbour front. It faces the harbour road rather than the Nieuwmarkt, so the cafés and restaurants are a walk rather than a step.
Sir Albert
De Pijp · 5-star
A converted diamond factory at the top of the Albert Cuypstraat, and the one five-star address on the street De Pijp is known for. The market is set up and cleared six days a week, which starts early.