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by GeneralGreens
Wed 3rd Aug 2011 01:41 pm
Forum: Hotels
Topic: Good hotel near great coffee shops? Newbie help please. =)
Replies: 18
Views: 4570

Re: Good hotel near great coffee shops? Newbie help please.

check out priceline.co.uk's enter your own price section. you can select only the central area. i ended up with a 5 star hotel for four nights during a pretty busy weekend for like $160 USD, which is pretty nifty. it's a bit far out from the center, but still close enough with trams and everything.
by GeneralGreens
Tue 2nd Aug 2011 05:41 pm
Forum: Hotels
Topic: Good hotel near great coffee shops? Newbie help please. =)
Replies: 18
Views: 4570

Re: Good hotel near great coffee shops? Newbie help please.

If proximity to a coffeeshop counts, Stay at a coffeeshop. Voyagers has rooms, as does Rookies. Voyagers is right across from Centraal Station and Rookies is near Leidseplein. There are coffeeshops all over town. Click the Amsterdam Map tab at the top of this page. First timers get my S G Collins r...
by GeneralGreens
Mon 1st Aug 2011 10:34 am
Forum: Hotels
Topic: Hotel Okura?
Replies: 4
Views: 2165

Re: Hotel Okura?

haha yeah, don't really have much of an option now. i sent them an email yesterday with some inquiries and they haven't gotten back to me yet, i wonder if they just don't reply to emails right away or if my booking didn't go through or something. i shall await ze results!
by GeneralGreens
Sun 31st Jul 2011 05:14 pm
Forum: Hotels
Topic: Hotel Okura?
Replies: 4
Views: 2165

Hotel Okura?

I was messing around on priceline and ended up with a five star hotel (Hotel Okura) with my bid for 100 quid a night. Has anyone stayed here before? It's a bit South of the center, but it's quite easy to get around Amsterdam with trams and whatnot. Now, I'm just wondering if I overpaid? I wasn't qui...
by GeneralGreens
Thu 7th Jul 2011 10:04 pm
Forum: Coffeeshops and Cannabis
Topic: Can anyone recommend a few good coffeshops near Vondelpark?
Replies: 16
Views: 7072

Re: Can anyone recommend a few good coffeshops near Vondelpa

Noon is not far from the Rijksmuseum. You can look at the map on the site below and then look at reviews here on ACD. The headshops won't have bongs for you to use, they only sell. Most coffeeshops will have a bongs for you to use. No need to say water pipe, this is not a headshop in the States! ht...
by GeneralGreens
Thu 7th Jul 2011 05:47 pm
Forum: Coffeeshops and Cannabis
Topic: Can anyone recommend a few good coffeshops near Vondelpark?
Replies: 16
Views: 7072

Can anyone recommend a few good coffeshops near Vondelpark?

I'll be staying at Hotel Inner, which is pretty close to the Van Gogh museum and also very close to Vondelpark. I heard Tweedy is a good nearby shop, can anyone else recommend a few others? Also, do most coffee shops have bongs (err water pipes) in the stores for use? Just wondering, it'll be my fir...