Travel? Why Not! Amsterdam

Travel

• 8 hours NYC to Schiphol Airport
• 2 hours London airports to Schiphol
• Less than 5 hours, London St. Pancras to Amsterdam Centraal by rail
• 15 minutes Schiphol Airport to Amsterdam Centraal
• 15 minutes Paddington/Heathrow via Heathrow Express
• 30 minutes Paddington/Heathrow via Heathrow Connect
• 2 hours by express train from Brussels

Sights

• Hop on/Hop off Canal boat, good for the first day, sit back, see the city and plan the rest of you visit.
• Tulip Museum, 15 minute walk from Centraal Station
• Houseboat Museum, further down the Prinsengracht from the Tulip Museum
• Pipe museum, also on Prinsengracht
• Royal Palace
• New Church, same plaza as Royal Palace
• Botanical Garden
• Hermitage Amsterdam near the Botanical Garden
• Small Brewery with tours, past the Zoo
• list of museums in Amsterdam
• Holland Official Tourism website