Hotel Offers Special Program Coinciding With Amsterdam’s Rembrandt 400th Anniversary
Coinciding with Amsterdam's commemoration of Rembrandt's 400th Anniversary, The Dylan Amsterdam offers a celebration of its own, with a special "Discovering Rembrandt" package featuring accommodations, and tickets to the Rembrandt House Museum, where he lived and worked from 1639 and 1658.
Centrally located on Keizersgracht, The Dylan Amsterdam is a quick walk to the Rembrandt House Museum, as well as the city's other major attractions or guests can travel like a local with a bicycle from the hotel's fleet. In addition to Museum tickets, the "Discovering Rembrandt" package includes an overnight stay for two in a Luxury Double room and continental breakfast. The special offer is valid through December 2006 and is priced at EUR 350 for two people.
The Rembrandt House Museum hosts art exhibitions throughout 2006, including: the ongoing "Step back into Rembrandt's Age" exhibition, where visitors tour the 17th-century house where Rembrandt painted many of his masterpieces; "Rembrandt the Etcher" (July 8-Sept 3, 2006), an exhibit of the Museum's own collection of Rembrandt's etchings; and "Rembrandt & Uylenburgh, Dealing in Masterpieces" (Sept 16-Dec 10, 2006), a collection of Dutch, Italian and Flemish art bought and sold by Uylenburgh, the firm where Rembrandt oversaw the painters' workshop when he arrived to Amsterdam.
Other Rembrandt events in the city include an enormous bronze sculpture of Rembrandt's 'Night Watch' on the Rembrandtplein, where visitors can stand in the middle of sculpture and "become one" with the painting. Additionally, the world-renowned Rijksmuseum offers the 'Masterpieces' exhibit and Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' is considered the highlight of the collection.
One of the world's first boutique hotels to open in 1999, The Dylan is hailed as an icon of style and service. Located on 'Keizersgracht,' one of Amsterdam's most famous and picturesque canals, The Dylan is housed in a historic 17th century building with forty-one stylish guestrooms offering guests a choice of distinct atmospheres, from rich and dramatic to cool and calm. The Dylan Restaurant serves a menu of traditional French cooking spiced with subtle yet exciting North African influences.
Reservations can be made at www.dylanamsterdam.com and through The Small Luxury Hotels of the World at www.slh.com, or by dialing via 800-525-4800.
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