Weekend Breaks & Short City Breaks to Amsterdam!
Plan your city break to Amsterdam, now whilst airfares are still
low and the city remains unspoilt before the hoards of tourists
and stags discover this latest new destination.
With your next weekend break you must plan a holiday package to
the Cultural Capital of Holland, Amsterdam. With its beautiful
canals running through the city centre, Amsterdam earned itself
the honorary name of "the Venice of the Netherlands". Amsterdam
is physically small, beautiful, relatively quiet, and an unusual
city in that it has all the advantages of a big city - culture,
history, food, entertainment, good transport.
If you're planning a short
weekend break to Amsterdam, there are a lot of places you
shouldn't miss. The largest park of the city, Vondelpark, close
to the Leidseplein and the big museums, is always alive with
skaters, joggers and all sorts of street performers. During your
city break you must visit Amsterdam's most famous day market,
with stalls lining both sides of the Albert Cuyp street. The
canals of course are one of the major attractions of the 'Venice
of the North'. By daytime already very charming, by night they
become even more enchanting because a lot of the canal houses
and bridges are beautifully illuminated. The flower market on
the Singel between the Munt tower and the Koningsplein is one of
the most colourful, sweet-smelling sightseeing attractions
in Amsterdam.
Waterlooplein is the host to Amsterdam's largest flea-market,
the merchandise has become more geared towards visiting tourists
with lots of second-hand apparel and smoking paraphernalia, but
for cheap clothes it's still hard to beat. The
Reguliersdwarsstraat is a street lined with bright and cheery
cafes, restaurants and clubs. Especially in summertime, on
warmer evenings the street in front of the bars is a favourite
hangout for many locals and tourists. The popularity of
Rembrandtplein has arised along with the caf