The Albus Hotel is located approximately 12 miles from Schiphol Airport and within walking distance of Floating Flower Market and Rembrandt Square. Amsterdam has romantic canals, exciting nightlife, historical monuments, various types of shopping, and more than 40 museums. The hotel is within walking distance of the bus, train, and Kalverstraat (main shopping street). Within one mile are the Rembrandt House, Dam Square, Royal Palace, Scheepvaart Museum, Artis Zoo, Hortus Botanius, and Rijksmuseum. The Vincent Van Gogh Museum is two miles away, Zaandam is nine miles away, and Hoofddorp is 11 miles from the hotel. Hotel amenities include the full American breakfast buffet (12 euros), private safe rentals, and laundry service. All rooms have private bathrooms, hairdryers, direct-dial telephones, cable and satellite TV, in-house movies, radios, electronic keycard locks, and smoke detectors. The city of Amsterdam imposes an extra tax of 5 percent on room accommodation rate. This tax will be charged to guests at check-out, and paid directly to the hotel.