Amsterdam Hotel Breaks

Location: Museumplein

What you can find: Art and Craft works as well as historical collections

The highlight of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam is the extensive collection of paintings which relate to the Dutch Golden Age. And it is owing to this fact that Rijksmuseum Amsterdam takes name as a Dutch National Museum. Large collections of Asian art are another thing you can lookout for.

Electric Ladyland is the only one of its kind in the whole world. If your kids are tired of the regular genre of museums, here is one which can delight them. As of now it is the first and last museum of florescent art and a fluorescent atmosphere is all set to welcome you to the place. One can associate a whole string of adjectives with Electric Ladyland – from quirky and fun to crazy and wonderful.

The visit to the Electric Ladyland museum is not going to cost you an arm and leg either – kids under twelve are admitted free of cost (A reason to smile!)

“Little slice of Holland” – that’s the way Zaanse Schans is fondly referred to. Sited at a distance of about 30 minutes north of Amsterdam city, here is a place where you can relax yourselves far away from the fast pace of the city. This small village, on the banks of the Zaan river has more than a dozen highlights associated with it which include the topical museums like the Clock Museum (which are worth taking a look at in spite of its small size), working windmills, a great cheese-making shop, pretty green houses and of course the Albert Heijn store. As if this is not enough, you have goats and other animals waiting to entertain you

Zaanse Schans makes for an ideal day trip out of Amsterdam city!

Take bus 91 from Amsterdam Central station, it stops right outside. It will cost you 5 euros to return. The buses leave at 25 and 56 minutes past the hour (between 9-4) and the trip takes around 50 minutes.

Talk about parks. The greenest, biggest and most famous is all one – Vondelpark. Time to get romantic? Head to Vondelpark. You can simply chill out with the love of your life lying on the grass in this park. People say the experience is fantastic and maybe that’s the reason why more than 10 million visitors flock to this city park (the largest in Amsterdam). Amsterdammers love it and so do tourists. If you have nothing better to do, this park is one of the best for people-watching. There are hundreds who arrive here on any sunny day for dog walking, roller skating, bike riding or simply to do nothing. Other highlights at the park include

• The Groot Melkhuis with a children’s playground

• Statue of the poet Vondel

• The film museum and its popular terrace [Performances for children on Wednesday and Sunday afternoon]

• Cast iron music dome

• The open air theatre [Free children shows on Wednesday afternoon]

Here is a great review: “You can see some local people playing petanque while smoking a joint and drinking a pack of Heineken, or you can see a couple sitting on a bench and having a picnic, or a beggar sleeping in the grass, or a dog swimming in the small lake for his owner stick, or a musician playing flute, or catch a free concert of local music..”