Wellnesshotel Zuiver Amsterdam

The spa is large, has lots of different types of saunas and pools, and offers "guided" sessions in the saunas throughout the day.

The hotel room is OK, with just a standard quality bed (not a super comfort bed or linens). The shower is large, but otherwise nothing special in the bath area. Security is very tight into the gym and sauna areas and requires the front desk staff to issue a new wrist band each time you try to enter or exit the area beyond your room on the day you are checking out. You have to bring your own robe and slippers or have to rent them from the hotel. You also have to bring your own towels to the spa or bring them from your room.

Rooms are spotlessly clean, very modern, good bus service to town, excellent spas (yes there is a free one there as well as the paid one).

No room service or coffee/tea facilities in rooms. The staff wasnt too familiar with the bus lines (170 and 172 to city center) and only recommended cabs which are expensive in Amsterdam (30 Euros from airport for example instead of 6 Euros for 2 to the Suid railway station, a 5 minute trip and bus 171 to the Koenenkade stop for a couple of stops.

comfortable hotel, some way from the city centre although 5 minutes walk from a good bus route in, and an excellent spa

The SPA is huge and truly amazing - the best I've been to so far. My room (standard) was well-equipped and exceptionally clean.

Some might not like the fact that the hotel is in the same building with a sports center. Also, a bit hard to find. But, really, the marvelous experience in hotel's SPA eclipses all the small shortcomings.