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The grande dame of Amsterdam
The Hotel De L’Europe is Amsterdam’s oldest independent luxury hotel, says James Fisher in Country Life. Its 19th-century, red-brick building sits beside the River Amstel in the heart of the city and the interior has recently “emerged from the chrysalis of old-fashioned elegance to become something newer, something chicer, something more current”. The redesign has walked a fine line of updating while at the same time conserving the best bits of this grande dame. “The suites…