before being turned back into a hotel in 2004. And it’s a (nationally listed) art deco marvel of a building, moving on – much like Amsterdam itself – from the darker chapters of its past ...

bike repair kits in every room (this is Amsterdam, after all) What Not To Miss: A jenever cocktail at the Art Deco Pulitzer’s Bar; an afternoon canal cruise on the hotel’s private boat ...

But, amid a hodgepodge of boilerplate hotels, stands Sommerro, a portal to Norway circa the 1930s. It’s escapism at its most visually arresting. At a glance, Sommerro is an Art Deco hotel ...

The average of these scores then determines the overall score. A welcoming hotel with cheery art deco design, housed in a former bank building on the Herengracht canal. Banks Mansion is in a ...