Amsterdam

A five-star break to a chic and sleek Amsterdam city pad with Michelin-starred dining - breakfast included. — Jetsetter

This collection of historic canal homes pampers guests with luxe amenities and inviting high style. — Gayot

Before it became a nine-room guesthouse, Seven One Seven was a Dutch fashion designer’s private Amsterdam pied-à-terre, a lovingly restored canal house where friends gathered for long weekends. — Afar Magazine

They don't come much posher than this grand hotel standing imperiously over the river it takes its name from. — Time Out

While it takes up prime real estate in a former music conservatory just a stone’s throw from the Rijks and Museumplein, Conservatorium has a lot more going for it than location alone. — goop

Individually styled and furnished rooms reflect the different phases of the building's past and are the last word in plush. — Frommer's

With its long literary associations, this is the bookworm’s choice of lodgings: the library is lined with signed copies from the numerous authors who have stayed here. — DK Eyewitness

You'll bask in an Asian sense of luxury and service from the moment you enter the spacious lobby with its marble floors and elegant furnishings. — Fodor's

A canalside celebration of Amsterdam by the Lady Gaga of Dutch design. — Jetsetter

It’s impossible to stay at The Hoxton without feeling an overwhelming urge to take every single part of it back home with you. — Time Out

Even the smallest rooms -- some are small even by Dutch standards -- utilize clever design to maximize the available space, so they don't feel cramped. — Frommer's

A luxury landmark with fabulous views across the Amstel, this is the place to head for an indulgent splurge or a honeymoon hideaway. — Time Out

A former holding-area home for immigrants, this bohemian hotel is well suited to its current quirky incarnation as an offbeat design showcase. — Fodor's

Spread out over six stunning buildings on the banks of one of Amsterdam’s most memorable canals, the Waldorf Astoria is just as much a historic landmark as it is a supremely plush place to stay. — goop

Set inside a renovated, late-19th-century school, this stylish hotel blends well into its surrounding, fashionable neighborhood. — Travel + Leisure

Hotel Estherea takes a maximalist approach to its interior design, and treads the fine line between plush extravagance and gaudiness with aplomb. — Oyster

Indulgent in a minimalist way, with dashes of both Japanese modernism and midcentury Scandinavian design in the black wooden floors, oversized white soaking tubs, and all the latest technology. — Afar Magazine

Conveniently located just half a mile from Central Station, the Amrâth has all the grandeur of the venerable InterContinental Amstel but with details that lend it more of a sense of humor. — Concierge

The idea was to strip things down to the bare essentials: 14 square-metre (150-square-foot) rooms are created and assembled off-site. — Time Out

A large, leafy sofa-strewn garden is an unexpected find behind these adjoining 17th-century canal houses. — Lonely Planet