The Toren ****
A romantic luxury boutique hotel characterized by a warm design.The hotel's elegantly designed interior and warm welcome, combined with the beautiful surroundings of Amsterdam's canal belt create a special atmosphere: chic, theatrical and slightly mystical.
This canal-house hotel has an ambiance, in which style, warmth and comfort unite. The 38 guest rooms are all different and vary from small and elegant to spacious and stunningly beautiful.
When available, you can have a room with canal view for €50 extra per night.
Location
Hotel Toren is located in the historic centre of Amsterdam, right on the Keizergracht, one of the main canals of Amsterdam, around the corner from Anne Frank's House and near the Jordaan quarter. Five minutes walking from the Dam Square.
History of the building
From 1830 to 1882 the house was in the hands of the Bienfait family, descendents of the Huguenots who had been driven from France and had acquired their wealth in the 19th-century sugar import industry, for which they kept their own ships.
The most remarkable figure who have lived in the house was Abraham Kuyper, who lived from 1837 to 1920. He was the founder of the Dutch Antirevolutionary Party (ARP) and became Prime Minister for the Netherlands in 1901, after which he moved to The Hague. He was also a preacher and leader of the orthodox-reformed community in the Netherlands. In 1880 Kuyper founded the VU University 
(VU), the 2nd university in Amsterdam.
In the Second World War the house was used as a safehouse. The 20 people, who were sought by the Nazis for a number of reasons, all survived the war.
The Toren family bought number 164 in 1968 and turned this huge building into a hotel. The family, which comprised the parents and their 5 daughters and 1 son, moved to Keizersgracht and used the VU's former teaching room erected in the garden as their home.
Today The Toren Hotel has become one of the most beautiful four-star hotels in Amsterdam.
Family run design hotel, located on the beautiful Keizersgracht.
Mid-Range Hotels
in Amsterdam
The TorenKeizersgracht 164
Jordaan, Canal Belt
Amsterdam
+31 20 6226033
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Rooms: 38
Rates: €130-230
standard double room, excl. breakfast and 5% city tax
nearby Attractions
Anne Frank House hiding place where Anne Frank wrote her diary during WWIIAmsterdam Hist. Museum
Jordaan neighborhood with many cafés, restaurants, galleries and small shops
Royal Palace built as a city hall on Dam Square in 1648
Westerkerk 17th century protestant church in which Rembrandt was burried
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