Getting around in Amsterdam

We recently spent a delightful few days in Amsterdam on a City break holiday. Even though it was October, the weather was wet and cold, we filled our time with a variety of activities. We had no problems booking our flights and found a beautiful hotel right in the middle of the action. Despite planning, reading guide books and asking friends and travel agents it is often a problem navigating the transport system and choosing from the list of sights ...
...find “The Amsterdam Pass” on our first day – a scheme run by the Amsterdam Tourist Board. We found their office in the square opposite Central Station. It is available in a 1-, 2- and 3-day version and provides travel on the City’s transport system (trams, buses and the underground Metro – although the latter does not service much of tourist interest), admission to a wide range of attractions and vouchers giving discounts at other sites and restaurants. ...

Newfloridian 13.12.2002 · Read full review
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Getting around in Amsterdam At first glance Amsterdam is complete Bedlam.The noise of trams, traffic, bikes and people as far as you can see.I thought how can anyone make sense of this mess.Factor in a good smoke and a few drinks and you have a recipe for disaster. Once you have been a few times it starts to make some sense.I will start with the basics, first of all the centre of Amsterdam is not that big and is probably best viewed on foot anyway, ...
...up with little bridges all throbing with activity.There is an old joke they somtimes play on tourists asking for directions they point and tell them to go to the end of the canal. If you look at a map the canal network looks like the bottom half of a spiders web with the main station (Amsterdam Centraal) at the top in the middle, this is where most people will start from. Having arrived on the boat train from the Hook or the shuttle from Schipol, ...

sonicmk 12.10.2002 (21.10.2002) · Read full review
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If you ever consider taking a taxi when you visit Amsterdam, think twice, or you must have all the money in the world to spend, in which case i would advice to rent a limo. The taxi's are nice, Mecedes, and comfortable, but, next to Tokio, Amsterdam has the highest prices. You'll better take the public transport, or walk. Taxidrivers in Amsterdam have had an monopoly for years. When, a couple of years ago, the ministry of transport changed that, ...

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...Centraal Station is the hub of it all, where tram, bus, train and metro lines converge. Trams are good for the inner city, buses go farther out, while the train is most useful for getting to the airport and the metro is best for getting to the international bus station. ...

westybrook 25.05.2007 · Read full review
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