InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam Destination

A variety of 2/3 hours guided bike or walking tours are offered by this tour company. Walking tours can take you to the "red light district", "Sunday morning canal" or "Jordaan district." The tours are done by very knowledgable local students. Various departure times.

Meet one of our knowlegable skippers who will take you down to the quay side of the Hotel for a memorable tour through the UNESCO heritage listed Amsterdam canals. On our private historical saloon boats a selection of food and beverages can be served any time of day or night.

An organised 3 hour (10am-1pm) Jewish Amsterdam Tour with a professional Jewish guide through the city centre. The tour focuses on the old Jewish part of town, the museums and the main canals around it. Guided tours can be arranged for a minimum of 3 hours in a variety of languages.

Enjoy a lovely walk around the nearby canals. Dating largely from the 17th Century Golden age era and part of UNESCO World Heritage, these series of concentric, semi-circular canals (grachten) were dug around the old city centre with the houses, mansions and warehouses situated along them. They were built on wooden piles to cope with the marshy subsoil and are gradually sinking, providing a fascinating sight.

A lunch or dinner tour in a private saloon boat leaving from the hotel quayside on our unforgettable Amsterdam city cruises. You'll glide down the narrow canals of the Jordaan, journey into the heart of the old city, admire the modern architecture of the harbour district and enjoy cocktails or an intimate dinner on board, catered by Amsterdam's best waterside restaurants.

A visit to the Rijksmuseum, one of Holland's finest museums, is dedicated to the country's arts, crafts and history. It has a large collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age and a substantial collection of Asian art.

The Van Gogh museum features works of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries. It houses the largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings in the world.

Turn left outside the Hotel and stay on our site of the Amstel river, turn right at the courtyard of Amstel 51 where you will find a small but quaint extension of 'The Hermitage', in St Petersburg where 6 monthly exhibitions take place. The Amstelhof building is one of the finest examples of monumental classicist architecture in Amsterdam. Combine your walk with a visit to the Amsterdam Botanical Gardens further down the Nieuwe Herengracht.

Start your walk with a coffee at Café Luxembourg at Spui. From here you should turn immediately left and go straight on to enter the 'Negen Straatjes' (Nine Little Streets). These are the nine streets between the four main canals where you will find a wonderful collection of unusual shops, restaurants and all kinds of specialty shops.

Visit the hiding place where Anne Frank wrote her diary during the Second World War. The secret annex where she was concealed has been preserved in its authentic state and Anne's original diary is on display in the museum along with some of her other notebooks. Tip: Cut the queues by purchasing your tickets at the Concierge desk (upon availability). If tickets are sold out go as early or as late as possible.