Starwood, 5 star Hotels in Amsterdam

Beautiful modern hotel in great location - central to everything we wanted. A tad far to walk from Central Station trains if your lugging your luggage - but once checked in, we were able to walk everywhere. Shopping, red light district, museums all close by. Staff were exceptionally friendly upon check-in and managed to get us in early - always welcome after a long journey on a hot day. Soundproofing of rooms excellent. Hotel is in 2 buildings though and it made for an awkward check-in as the porter brought us to wrong building after assuming which one we would be staying in. Waited in line-up far too long only to be told that we needed to check-in across the street. He was very apologetic. Hotels are quite large and seem quite confusing to navigate - not sure we could have sorted it easily without porter's help. Once in our room, discovered that our "canal view" was obstructed by construction barges - disappointing as this was our last night in Amsterdam and we paid extra for that option.