ANDAZ AMSTERDAM PRINSENGRACHT
Prinsengracht 587, Amsterdam hotel.qantas.com.au/ andazamsterdam
Local creative Marcel Wanders is the powerhouse behind the design details in this 122-room fifive-star hotel, from the giant bell lights over the greeting desks to the trade-route carpets and red tulip-inspired armchairs. The playfully luxurious guestrooms feature fifish-spoon wallpaper and freestanding bathtubs and offffer a free minibar (excluding alcohol). ↓
Business facilities There are six event spaces; book the Delft Blue room for a meeting with panache. Wi-fi Fast and complimentary.
Food and drink Bluespoon Bar is a speakeasy-like cocktail nook with a marble communal bar table at its centre. Casual yet slick, Bluespoon Restaurant offers a farm-to-table menu that pops with international flavours; try the steak tartare with cured egg yolk, pickles and caviar.
Fitness and wellbeing The small gym is bright and airy and overlooks the hotel’s Alice in Wonderlandthemed Secret Garden.
Run route For a 5.5-kilometre loop, head north on Prinsengracht, past the Anne Frank House, turn right at Brouwersgracht, right at Keizersgracht then right at Reguliersgracht to return to Prinsengracht.
Coffee nearby Café de Pels (en. cafedepels.nl) does great coffee and a Dutch breakfast of fresh bread with chocolate sprinkles.