Amsterdam Nadia Hotel

From the Central Station, we found no problem in finding the Nadia Hotel. Its a nightmare to find a hotel in Amsterdam. We need to take into consideration of location, budget and hotel condition. Beside that, most of the hotel in Amsterdam require min night of stay during the weekend. I had searched for more than 50 hotels and B&B.

Among the accommodation that i had searched, it included Vita Nova boat house, only euro27.50 per night, however i found out that the surrounding area was port from the google street view and the room was damm small and it was not convenient to look for food there. Another hotel was youth hostel , only girl in same dome, it is quite cheap with euro30 per night. But you need to share room with another 3 girls and was common bathroom.

Backpacker tips no 2: fully utilize the google map - street view while doing your research. I dont even need to look at the map to find the hotel when i was there as i had already know how it look like from street view.

After struggle for few days in searching the lodging, finally i found this Nadia hotel, www.nadia.nl. Reading at the review from tripadvisor, almost all guests gave it good compliment. The location was very near to Dam Square, only about 3 min walked, the room is clean, good hospitality and breakfast provided. The only thing is the room rate was E100 per night and it was a little bit out of our budget. After considerate, i decided to take this hotel as i wanted to ensured we had a good beginning for our trip.The result... i am very happy with this hotel.

Backpacker tips no 3 : see the photo from traveller in tripadvisor rather than believe in the photo on hotel website. The truth can be quite scary sometime . :)

The hotel main door was locked, you need to press the bell then only they will open the door for you. Although i already prepared for the "famous" staircase, but yet i still felt "phew....." when i really looked at it. It is damm damm small and slant! In fact, mostly all the building in Amsterdam had this kind of staircase. Curious on how they move things up? i found the answer when i went to Belgium. However, the hotel staff will help you to carry your luggage. So no worry!

Each time when we go down from the staircase, Allysa will walked in front of me. When we go up, she will walked behind me. Reason being was due to our size. For just in case she fall down, she will not hit me.haha.

The room size is just nice. Washroom is a bit small but no problem to fit me in. hehe.
Hotel facility included tea making, luggage room, fridge, hair dryer, tv, wifi, safe box, individual bathroom...
From my observation, this hotel was run by a family. The manager name is Mr. Osam, and sometime you can see his father, Osam senior at the counter.When we reached there, it only 9am in the morning so the room is not ready yet. However, Mr. Osam invited us to wait at the breakfast room, enjoy some free food :)He also pass us a map and tourist guide. Which later i found out the map is very useful and clear. Our room ready after about 20 min. Really appreciate for their flexibility and efficiency.

Some hotel will charge additional if you pay by credit card. As for this nadia hotel, 2 nights rate was Euro 220 if pay by credit card, while only Euro 206.80 if pay by cash. They gave me discount Euro 0.80. So end up we pay Euro 206 for 2 nights, each person cost about RM 515.

Backpacker tips no 4 : Check is there any additional charges or not if you want to pay by credit card.

After settle everything at the hotel, is time for us to go out and hunt for some day trip.