Utrecht

In the center of town, the hotel is ideally situated within easy walking distance of the canals, as well as plenty of shopping and dining choices. — Fodor's

This former military hospital has been transformed into Utrecht's most luxurious hotel, with comfortably large guest rooms fitted out with terra-cotta and gold furnishings (a bit overdone) and enormously heavy curtains roped back to reveal almost floor-to-ceiling sash windows. — Fodor's

This elegantly comfortable 19th-century mansion has given its 45 rooms a stylish modern makeover, many incorporating whole-wall photo-mural pictures of old Utrecht. — Lonely Planet

This supercentral, relatively flashy hostel's en-suite dorms have very sturdy, decently private bunk beds with bed-lamp, plug-socket and (usually) a lockable under-bed drawer (own padlock). — Lonely Planet

The 1885 building is rather scrappy and bunks are closely packed, but there's an unkempt games-garden and common room with computers and musical instruments to play with. — Lonely Planet

The 27 rooms are stylishly modern, midnight-blue walls with marigold bedheads and tongue-in-cheek 'See you in Court' legalist photo art. — Lonely Planet

These rooms just off one of the main transit routes to the city center are tight and simple in furnishings and decor, but they're very clean and tidy. — Fodor's

Not a hotel at all but half a dozen canal-side cavern-rooms that have been converted into guest rooms. — Lonely Planet