Fodor's Pocket Amsterdam, 1st Edition: What to See and Do If You Can't Stay Long (Pocket Guides) [Paperback]

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Publication Date: April 27, 1999 | Series: Pocket Guides

Pocket Guides are designed for leisure and business travelers who want the highlights of a
destination.  They contain full, rich descriptions of the best a destination has to offer -- the most
worthy sights, the best restaurants and lodging in all price ranges, plus shopping, nightlife, and
outdoors highlights.




The best of Amsterdam -- with all the essentials

All the essential sights, including the canals, Rijksmuseum, Anne Frank House, and Van Gogh Museum
The very best spots to shop, from flea markets to designer boutiques and antique stores
The lowdown on jazz clubs, bars, discos, and cabarets

        

The best dining and lodging in every price range
Candlelit dining rooms, waterfront pubs, ethnic eateries, brown cafes, and hot spots for the
New Dutch fare
Deluxe hotels, family-run inns, cozy canal houses, and offbeat hideaways

Just four hours to spend? Follow our Quick Tours

Plus 10 pages of maps locating lodging, dining, and sights

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Pocket Guides are designed for leisure and business travelers who want the highlights of a
destination.  They contain full, rich descriptions of the best a destination has to offer -- the most
worthy sights, the best restaurants and lodging in all price ranges, plus shopping, nightlife, and
outdoors highlights.




The best of Amsterdam -- with all the essentials

All the essential sights, including the canals, Rijksmuseum, Anne Frank House, and Van Gogh Museum
The very best spots to shop, from flea markets to designer boutiques and antique stores
The lowdown on jazz clubs, bars, discos, and cabarets

        

The best dining and lodging in every price range
Candlelit dining rooms, waterfront pubs, ethnic eateries, brown cafes, and hot spots for the
New Dutch fare
Deluxe hotels, family-run inns, cozy canal houses, and offbeat hideaways

Just four hours to spend? Follow our Quick Tours

Plus 10 pages of maps locating lodging, dining, and sights

Endorsed by the American Society of Travel Agents
"Fodor's can't be beat." -- Gannett News Service
"Fodor's always delivers high quality...thoughtfully presented...thorough." -- Houston Post
"Packed with dependable information." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"An excellent choice for people who want everything under one cover." -- Washington Post

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Culture, Charm, and Contradiction



Amsterdam is a city with a split personality: It's a gracious, formal cultural center built on
canals, and it's the most offbeat metropolis in the world. There is an incomparable romance about
the canals at night, and a depth of cultural heritage in its great art museums; but there is also a
houseboat crawling with stray cats permanently parked in front of an elegant gabled canal house, and
prostitutes display their wares in the windows facing the city's oldest church.



Amsterdam's museums are filled with some of the best art in the western world. There are the
home-grown Old Masters and Van Gogh in the galleries and art museums, as well as works by artists
such as Georg Breitner, who roamed Amsterdam with his friend Vincent Van Gogh and produced
atmospheric scenes of the city at night and in winter. There is also a wealth of contemporary art.



Amsterdam is best in spring when the parks and window boxes are filled with flowers and you can
get a clear view of the gables between the branches of trees not yet in full leaf. Winters can be icy,
with biting winds, but one of the compensations -- if the canal freezes over -- is ice skating.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's (April 27, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067900243X
• ISBN-13: 978-0679002437
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,300,446 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)