Amsterdam
Amsterdam City Break
Amsterdam city breaks offer visitors a chance to escape to one of the most flamboyant and lively cities in Europe. A weekend in Amsterdam, with its unique and vibrant atmosphere, guarantees visitors a break to remember.
Enchanting canals and quaint cobbled streets, with an array of historical treasures encased within its city centre, surround Amsterdam's centre, stretching out from the Dam Square. Colourful houseboats brighten up the canals and the streets are a busy throng of tourists, students and street performers. Amsterdam city breaks are a multifaceted experience, with a welcoming and sophisticated old city of historical treasures, exceptional museums and art galleries. Set beside the hedonistic pleasures of the notorious Red Light District, known for it's liberal restraints on the use of marijuana and flamboyant nightlife.
Ideal for weekend breaks, Amsterdam is an easy city to walk around with its compact old town, which is home to gabled homes, historic bridges, narrow cobbled lanes and quaint boutiques selling traditional Dutch clogs and Delft china. Visitors can watch the city bustle by from one of the many chic bars or pavement cafes, or alternatively view Amsterdam from one of the many waterways on a canal cruise.
The city lights up with a flamboyant atmosphere at night, when Amsterdam's infamous Red Light District becomes the centre for entertainment and attractions. Surrounded by the Oudeziujds Achterburgwal canal and Oudezijds Voorburgwal canal near Dam Square, the Red Light District area of De Wallen draws even the most conservative visitors to it's notorious attractions. Brightly lit shop windows displaying prostitutes and an array of touts inviting passers by to stop for a floor show are a familiar sight on the way to Amsterdam's best theatres, bars and nightclubs on Rembrandtplein and Leidesplein.
