Our top picks from Amsterdam
Not on your Nelly. Step away from the tourist haunts and red-neon glare and discover this stunningly beautiful city with the head of a metropolis and the heart of a village.
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LUXE Loves in Amsterdam
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EAT & DRINK
Rijsel
Former school hall turned open kitchen giving a lesson in top-notch, no-nonsense French fare. The fine rotisserie chicken is the star draw, plus otherwise decent compact menu.
Marcusstraat 52b Oost
+31 20 463 2142
rijsel.com
Hermitage Amsterdam
Beautiful C.17th classicist former geriatric home now housing an enormous collection of antiquities from the incredible vaults of the St Petersburg mothership. Perma and temp exhibs tell the story of Netherlands-Russia relations.
Amstel 51, Centre
+31 20 530 7488
hermitage.nl
Sauna Deco
Gorgeous 20s-style pamper nest with stained glass and wrought iron salvaged from Paris’ Au Bon Marché. Great Swiss, Shiatsu, hydro and deep tissue massage, plus wraps, facials, sauna, Turkish steam and plunge ba-aah-th.
115A Herengracht Amsterdam
+31 20 623 8215
saunadeco.nl