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This vibrant university city is home to a notable 17C historic center, many museums, cultural monuments, and fine historic architecture.
Leiden has been a university city since 1575, housing Leiden University, the oldest university of the Netherlands, and Leiden University Medical Centre. The two branches of the Old Rhine, which enter Leiden on the east, unite in the centre of the town. The town is further intersected by numerous small canals with tree-bordered quays. The town is home to several parks and gardens, including the Hortus Botanicus and other gardens, the Leidse Hout park, which contains a small deer park, and the Van der Werf Park. Much of the 16th- and 17th-century town centre is still intact, making it the 2nd largest 17th-century town centre in the Netherlands.
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Boutique Hotel Huys van Leyden
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Boutique Hotel Huys van Leyden is an intimate boutique hotel set in the historic centre of Leiden, right next to the Oude Singel canal. This heritage-listed property dating from 1611 includes many original features and offers its own (limited) private parking.
Boutique Hotel Huys van Leyden offers hotel rooms as well as several apartments. All the rooms are unique in layout and furnishings. The wooden-floored rooms are decorated with bright colours and have box-spring beds. They have a flat-screen TV with cable channels, a tea/coffee maker and a minibar. The rooms and apartments can only be reached by stairs. There is no lift!
In addition to the à la carte and buffet breakfast, guests can also enjoy dinner, afternoon tea or a private boat trip on the canals. These services can only be booked at the hotel.
The Pieterskerk is just 900 metres on foot. Leiden’s central train station is 1.2 km away. The old town with its museums and the Castle ‘de Burcht’ are a 7-minute walk away. Read more...
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Attractions in Leiden
- Historic Center, Leiden
- Museum Boerhaave, Leiden
- National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden
- Rapenburg, Leiden
- National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden
- Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden
- Hortus Botanicus, Leiden
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