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Hotel Arena vs Hotel The Exchange
Both properties are highly recommended by experts. On balance, Hotel Arena is preferred by most writers compared to Hotel The Exchange. Hotel Arena comes in at 83 with accolades from 12 publications like Travel + Leisure, Jetsetter and Time Out.
Hotel Arena
Michelin Guide
Concierge
Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure
DK Eyewitness
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's-Gravesandestraat 51, Amsterdam 1092 AA, The Netherlands
From $105 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Michelin Guide
"Formerly an orphanage (1890), now an ultra-trendy hotel."
Concierge
"The St. Elizabeth building (circa 1890) was a Catholic orphanage turned youth hostel until 1999, when it was upgraded into this happy, still-youth-centric hotel."
i
Standard rooms look like the orphans never moved out and are to be avoided.
Lonely Planet
"A modern, four-star, 116-room hotel with a trendy restaurant, cafe and nightclub."
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Travel + Leisure
"Built as the St. Elisabeth Orphanage in 1890, the brick building now houses the Hotel Arena, with its trendy restaurant, café, and nightclub."
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DK Eyewitness
"The restaurant, bar and nightclub are the stars of this former orphanage in a slightly out-of-the-way residential district, so the Arena is ideal for young trendies intent on socialising in situ."
Hotel The Exchange
Concierge
Fodor's
Rough Guide
Lonely Planet
Oyster
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Damrak 50, Amsterdam 1012 LL, The Netherlands
From $81 /night
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
- Multilingual
- Dry Cleaning
Concierge
"A sister hotel to the iconoclastic Lloyd hotel, the Exchange is located on tatty Damrak, the tourist-thronged artery that runs from the Centraal Station to Dam Square."
Fodor's
"All of the rooms in three adjoining buildings have been designed by students and alumni from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute and are unique and funky."
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Rough Guide
"God knows, Damrak needs a decent hotel, and this new sister to the excellent Lloyd Hotel... is a welcome and wacky newcomer... for the price, it’s one of the best places to sleep in town."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The Exchange has 61 rooms that have been done up in crazy, eye-popping style by students from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute."
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i
If you like plain decor, this isn't your place.
Oyster
Mid-Range
"The Exchange is a boutique concept hotel, where all 61 rooms have been decorated by different young fashion designers from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute."
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