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Our favourite rooms: Light trickles in over the window seats of the Sistermans Suite and twinkles off the antique mirrored headboard onto a silky buttercup-yellow bedspread – definitely a room to lose yourself in. Opposite the bed are twin porcelain sinks with silver mirrors above, creating a shimmering contrast with the sultry Waterland palette of the walls. The Admiraals Suite on the floor above has a freestanding bath, and the gentlemanly Persijnenkamer Suite on the top floor comes with a terrace looking out onto the Monnickendam rooftops and a hand-carved wooden sink.
Packing tips: A sketchbook and some watercolours to coax out your inner Vermeer.

Amsterdam hotels: Posthoorn, need to know

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Suitehotel Posthoorn

Amsterdam, Netherlands [view map]

Style: Vermeer in velvet
Setting: Waterland town outside Amsterdam

20 minutes from Amsterdam, in the centre of the older Waterland town of Monnickendam, Suitehotel Posthoorn preserves a timeless air of homeliness. It’s hard to stop yourself sighing in contentment as the rich, sultry hues of the decor and soft, dusty light washes over you. Even contemporary touches – mirrored chandeliers in the restaurant, flatscreen TVs in the rooms – don’t spoil the warmth of the 17th-century illusion.

Need to know

Rooms: Five.
Rates: €135–€225, including breakfast; excludes city tax of €1.40 a person, a night.
Check-out: 11am, but later is possible by prior arrangement, depending on availability.
Facilities: Garden and terrace, DVD library, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: flatscreen TV, DVD/CD player.
Hotel closed: First week of January.
Also: Pets can be accommodated for €17.50 a night. Amsterdam is a 20-minute taxi ride away, or there's a direct bus service departing from close by the hotel.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant: Champagne-coloured chenille seating, honey-hued chandeliers and butter-gold walls lend Posthoorn’s restaurant an air of contemporary elegance. The chef produces excellent French cuisine and fresh seafood, such as lobster, is a speciality.
Dress code: Pearl earrings for the girls; velvet jackets for the gents.
Top table: Cosy up in a fireside spot in the winter months; in summer, the stone patio is great for alfresco dining and heaters make it an option in cooler months too.
Last orders: Meals stop being served at 22h, but there’s a snack menu available until 23h. The bar is open until 0h30.
Room service: Breakfast, snacks, drinks and – during restaurant hours – the full dinner menu can be served in your room from 9h to 23h.
Hotel bar: Cigars and aperitifs have been enjoyed in the portrait-lined, wood-panelled herenkamer since the 17th-century – add your name to the aristocratic roll call who’ve sunk into the leather armchairs, and sup on the signature cognac cocktail.

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