Oudkarspel Holiday Rentals

"This is a beautiful converted mansion built in in 1909, recently modernized. Great for relaxing get away or longer stay to explore the Netherlands. The gardens lead to a National Park. It is about 25 km outside Amsterdam but there is easy access to the city (25 mins every 30 min) as well as other locations by train from Sandpoort Nord station. Hotel will arrange taxis (however taxi to Amsterdam is €100 one way compared with €8 roundtrip on train. The staff are great with helpful suggestions on trips and restaurants. Hotel restaurant is excellent for dinner. Bar is open as an alternative. Breakfast (cooked or continental) is included, substantial and high quality. Lunch is on the patio (weather permitting). Boschbeek is local restaurant that provides traditional Dutch food, and is easily reached by bike (available at hotel). Bistro Bar Indonesia (https://www.bistrobarindonesia.nl/en/home/) in Haarlem is highly recommended (accessible by bike, taxi or train). Spa facilities are very good but only open at 3 PM on week days. Rooms with en suite bathrooms are reasonably spacious and well appointed (request room on 1st floor with view of the gardens and the park). Overall - highly recommended, would stay there again. For Formula One fans, hotel is close to the Dutch Grande Prix track - crew and some drivers stay at this hotel. Book early, room rates likely to be very expensive!"

"We have one recommendation and that is to have the windows in the room open maybe not completely but enough to air the room but apart from that our stay was excellent. The staff were very friendly and helpful check in was so easy with the self check, rooms clean and the location was great with everything you need within a15 minute walk. Definitely recommend anyone to stay and will stay again if visiting Zaandam"

"Lovely for the price. It is a 15 minute train from Amsterdam but we didn't mind as when we holiday we are out all day long so it suited our needs."

"Very nice place with great food and drinks"

"Lovely relaxing break. Highly recommend this hotel."

"Lovely stay just outside central Amsterdam, very accessible by public transport. Felt safer and cleaner than being more central, would definitely recommend for family stays! Staff were all lovely and lots of travelling tip resources all around the hotel. Rooms aren’t entirely soundproof but guests are respectful of quiet hours so this wasn’t a problem. "

"This was a great place to stay and explore Alkmaar. The room was clean, bright and large enough for comfort. The hotel was within walking distance of the centrum. "

"We booked this hotel for the proximity to the Felison Cruise terminal. The hotel was perfect for our needs. Easy check in, spacious and clean room, great view, mini fridge worked, kettled worked, safe worked, separate room for toilet and one for the shower. We didn’t use the gym and the sauna room was locked. We assume it was not working. We ate at the restaurant in the hotel for dinner one night. The meals were very good and not overpriced. Service was excellent but a little slow at first. The staff were all great and spoke English very well. There are several restaurants located within steps of the hotel plus a little corner store that sold drinks, snacks, yogurt, hummus, cheeses, some baked goods, etc. There was enough there for us to have a quasi supper the night we arrived. We also bought fruit, etc there for breakfast before walking over to the cruise port. The beach was also two minutes away and went on for miles. We will definitely stay here again if a future cruise leaves from IJmuiden."

"Although this hotel is outside the city, we appreciated the quietness. It does take about 40 minutes to get into the city but the bus stop is close atleast and passes quite often. "