Small & Elegant Hotels visits The Toren
Posted: October, 01 2014
So we’re back from a whirlwind of a trip to Europe! During our stay we got to more intimately explore the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany. Today, we’d like to share with you what we experienced during our stay at The Toren. As you may already know, we partner who some wonderful hotels in Amsterdam. The Toren is a gorgeously romantic boutique hotel right on a canal and minutes from tourist destinations like the Anne Frank house, Nine Little Streets, and the legendary Red Light District. We stayed in a Junior Suite which was on the ground level and in the back of the building with floor to ceiling glass doors that open up to a patio in the hotel’s courtyard. It was a great escape from the general high activity and noise you get when out on the main streets of a big city like Amsterdam.
Our Junior Suite, and all of the suites at The Toren, feature elegant décor and bedding. The rooms are generally dark and romantic with lots of texture in the form of lush fabrics and patterns. Our suite had a spa tub with remote control settings. It was also self-cleaning so once you were done with your bath, the tub would work through a cleaning process to ready it for its next use. We also had a tiled walk in shower with an invigorating rainfall shower head in addition to a standard shower head.
The Toren provides breakfast for guests in a main level dining area that features elegant décor like chandeliers, ornate and plush furniture, and white-clothed tables with candles. Breakfast is buffet style and includes staples like eggs, bacon, sausage, cereal, yogurt, granola, croissants, doughnuts, muffins, deli meats and cheeses, juices, milk, and single serving boxes of chocolate sprinkles intended to top toast—a breakfast staple in the Netherlands we later learned! The staff is also happy to do custom food orders like omelets and prepare café drinks like cappuccinos. In the back of the dining area there’s a sleek bar that features colored lighting during the evening and night-time hours, perfect for a relaxing late-night drink while you unwind before bed. Across the hall, there’s a cigar smoking room for guests to enjoy as well.
Perhaps the greatest joy of staying in a boutique hotel like The Toren, is the personalized attention staff are able to provide. Fewer rooms mean more energy for each guest. Many of the staff remembered our names, which room we were staying in, and recalled conversations we had the day prior. They were always eager to provide advice on what to see or do while in Amsterdam or help make our stay more comfortable. We sincerely enjoyed our stay at The Toren and are glad that we are able to share this gem of a hotel with our clients.
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