CitizenM Hotel Amsterdam Airport

Tip of the day: If you are heading to Amsterdam, or have a layover there, stay at the CitizenM Hotel

We walked from the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to the hotel - with our baggage (on wheels of course). A short distance. Coming out of the airport doors, turn right and begin walking down the sidewalk . Then look for the covered walkway that leads to the CitizenM. Once you get out of the airport doors and head down the sidewalk to the right a bit you'll see the hotel off to your left.

We were greeted at the hotel by a cool, hip look, friendly staff, and a simple check-in. On our way up to the room, we saw 4 gleaming iMacs in the lobby for guest use, no charge. Ooh, now we were salivating. We could get on Facebook and email to touch base with the folks back home to let them know we had arrived.

We went up to the room and found this cool Jetson like layout. There is a frosted glass circular around the toilet, a glass circular around the shower, a privacy curtain, one super comfy bed with eiderdown for 2, a chair, a nighttable, overhead lighting, laminate wood floor, a flat screen TV on the wall, and a sink. Everything you need, in, as you can see, a small space, very nestlike. We had a blast here - a really fun entry to Europe.

You can set a theme, and turn on colored lights and music- see the faint purple hue in the lights above the toilet and shower? A remote controls it all.

http://www.citizenm.com/affordable-luxury-hotels.php

View from the bed: The privacy curtain, the shower (left), the toilet (right) and my Vera Bradley bag hanging on the doorknob

The Mom putting her feet up and watching TV after the international flight and a full day on the pavement in Amsterdam, and, oh yeah, a cold (0 degree - see glass) Heinekin at the Hotel bar.

The shower with nice body wash and shampoo

The toilet and sink

(photos of CitizenM Hotel by Nika)

Price for one night in July 2009? 88.75 Euro.