Hotel New York

The old romance of travel meets the boutique hospitality of today at Rotterdam’s Hotel New York, in the Kop van Zuid. Formerly the headquarters of the Holland America Line, a red-brick Jugendstil gem that once saw passengers off to a new life in the States now welcomes guests to stay in its turn-of-the-century grandeur. The New York’s rooms are smartly decorated with modern furnishings, with some, such as the unique Tower Rooms, offering harborside views. Available also are unique suites in what were once offices and boardrooms, each decorated a little more lushly, in a nod to the business class of decades ago. The hotel’s restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner in contemporary bistro fashion, with an oyster bar an added bonus. Oysters are available, too, as tapas at the NY Basement, the New York’s hip bar.