This well known luxury hotel behind a protected art-nouveau façade is located directly on Leidseplein, not to Amsterdam's most important museums. There are scores of churches, theatres, shops, connection to public transport as well as access to the city's dynamic and varied nightlife in the surrounding area.||The first class hotel was built in 1987 and consists of 270 rooms on 6 floors, of which 87 are doubles, 62 are singles and 4 are suites. The first class facilities include a bar and a superb restaurant with a non-smoking area. The hotel also has its own boat mooring area.||The opulent rooms are en suite and fitted with a hairdryer, a direct dial telephone, a minibar, a fridge and a safe.||There is an indoor swimming pool, a sauna and a solarium available for use as well as a gym.