9 five-star hotels, rankedBest hotels in Amsterdam
Where to stay in Amsterdam: the 9 grand hotels within reach of the museums, in the order their guests rate them, with what each one has and where it stands.
- 9
- Five-star hotels on the list
- 1867
- The oldest: Amstel Hotel
- 4
- Have a swimming pool
- 4.8
- The highest rating: Pillows Grand Boutique Hotel Maurits at the Park
The ranking for Amsterdam
14.8
The Oosterpark, beside the hotel.. Picture: Alf van Beem, Public domain
Pillows Grand Boutique Hotel Maurits at the Park
Five-star hotel, Oosterpark
A university building of 1908 on the edge of the Oosterpark, opened as a hotel in 2022, a short tram ride east of the old centre.
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Spa
- Fitness room
24.7
Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam
Five-star hotel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal
A convent of the fifteenth century, then lodgings for princes, the Admiralty and for almost two centuries Amsterdam's city hall, a hotel since 1992.
- Indoor pool
- Spa
- Restaurant
- Bar
34.7
Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht
Five-star hotel, Prinsengracht
The city's old public library on the Prinsengracht, turned into a hotel in 2012 with interiors by the Amsterdam designer Marcel Wanders.
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Garden
- Spa
44.6
Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky
Five-star hotel, Dam Square
The hotel a Polish tailor built out of a coffee house on Dam Square, facing the Royal Palace, with its glass-roofed Winter Garden of the nineteenth century.
- Restaurants
- Bar
- Winter Garden
- Spa
54.6
Hotel Okura Amsterdam
Five-star hotel, De Pijp
A Japanese hotel in a tower of 1971 on the edge of De Pijp, seventy-eight metres high, with a restaurant and a bar on its twenty-third floor.
- Indoor pool
- Spa
- Restaurants
- Bars
64.6
Pulitzer Amsterdam
Five-star hotel, Prinsengracht
Twenty-five canal houses of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries on the Prinsengracht and the Keizersgracht, joined into one hotel round four gardens.
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Gardens
- Spa
74.6
Amstel Hotel
Five-star hotel, On the Amstel
Amsterdam's grand hotel of 1867 on the bank of the Amstel, built on the initiative of Samuel Sarphati, who did not live to see it open.
- Indoor pool
- Health club
- Restaurant
- Bar
84.5
Conservatorium Hotel
Five-star hotel, Museumplein
The state savings bank of the turn of the twentieth century, later a music school, opened as a hotel in 2011 on the corner of Museumplein.
- Indoor pool
- Spa
- Restaurants
- Bar
94.3
The College Hotel
Five-star hotel, Oud-Zuid
A school building of the 1890s in Oud-Zuid, a listed monument, turned into a hotel in the mid-2000s, a few minutes from Museumplein.
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Terrace
Closest to the museums and sights
For each museum and sight this site has a guide to in Amsterdam, the 3 hotels nearest to it. Distances are in a straight line.
By area
Centrum district
- Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam, Oudezijds Voorburgwal
- Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht, Prinsengracht
- Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Dam Square
- Pulitzer Amsterdam, Prinsengracht
- Amstel Hotel, On the Amstel
Oost district
- Pillows Grand Boutique Hotel Maurits at the Park, Oosterpark
Zuid district
- Hotel Okura Amsterdam, De Pijp
- Conservatorium Hotel, Museumplein
- The College Hotel, Oud-Zuid
Hotels in Amsterdam: common questions
- Which is the best hotel in Amsterdam?
- By what guests say on Google, Pillows Grand Boutique Hotel Maurits at the Park: 4.8 out of 5 from 495 ratings. Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam and Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht come next. The ranking on this page follows that rating and nothing else.
- Which five-star hotels in Amsterdam have a swimming pool?
- 4 of the 9: Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam, Hotel Okura Amsterdam, Amstel Hotel and Conservatorium Hotel.
- Which five-star hotels are closest to the Rijksmuseum?
- Conservatorium Hotel, 400 m away; The College Hotel, 800 m away; Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht, 900 m away. Distances are in a straight line.
- Which is the oldest grand hotel in Amsterdam?
- Of the hotels on this list, Amstel Hotel, which opened in 1867.
- How is the ranking made?
- The hotels are chosen by this site: five-star hotels with a history, close to the museums. Star ratings for hotels in the Netherlands have been voluntary since 2015, and many hotels do not apply for them: five-star here is the class each hotel is given on Google Maps. Their order is not chosen. It follows each hotel's overall rating on Google, and where two are level, the one more guests have rated comes first. No hotel pays to be listed or to be higher.
Where to eat in Amsterdam
- De Drie Fleschjes4.8Tasting room, Nieuwe Kerk
- Café De Dokter4.8Brown café, Spui
- De Kas4.7Restaurant, Park Frankendael
- Wynand Fockink4.7Tasting room, Dam Square
How the ranking is made
Which hotels are on the list is this site's choice: five-star hotels with a history, close to the museums. Their order is not. It follows each hotel's overall rating on Google, highest first, and where two are level, the one more guests have rated comes first. No hotel has paid to be here or to be higher.
Star ratings for hotels in the Netherlands have been voluntary since 2015, and many hotels do not apply for them: five-star here is the class each hotel is given on Google Maps.
The ratings are read from each hotel's entry on Google Maps and change over time, so the order can change too. No room rates are given, because they change by the night. The button on each hotel's page leads to the hotel's own site.