Arknoa Houseboat

Private houseboat ARKNOA with view on broad and active canal, at 9 min. walking distance from Central Station offers 2 private rooms:
1. A large 3-person-private-studio-room: THE 'ELEPHANT room', (with 1 double bed & 1 comfortable couch bed)
for 2 or 3 guests which can be booked here with H'World for 2 persons (Twin double) or for 3 persons (Three bed private).

The second room, the Nest room, a very small room with a large mezzanine double bed, for 1 or 2 guests, cannot be booked at this site. (Contact the houseboat preferably by phone to rent this inexpensive NEST room: seventy e per weeknight and eighty on saturday nights; For min. two or three nights.)

The houseboat can thus accommodate all together a group of 4 or 5 guests in these 2 adjacent rooms!
Linen, towels, soaps are provided and it's smoker friendly.

The Elephant room ( for 1- 2 or 3 guests) with private entrance:
has 2 large windows with waterfront view, a king size bed and table, a couch-bed, T & coffee-making facilities in the room; a radio, a fridge, Wifi, (Router) also a narrow terrace on the canal side where a rowing boat is parked in front of your windows in which you can safely enjoy the feel of the water ...
The room faces the afternoon sun, the canal and 8 grand beautiful trees on the other side of the canal.
It is comfortable, attractive, spacey, with books available in the room;

Also Arknoa is close to the supermarket, the Jordaan district & the streetmarkets there on Saturdays and Mondays. Also close to the Westerpark and the farm there with veg.meals.

THE ELEPHANT STUDIO is situated at the far end of the houseboat with shared bathroom/shower just down the hall next to the smaller Nest room (2p.) and the innkeeper's studio.

You can book the larger room, the ELEPHANT STUDIO for:
1, 2 or 3 persons as a THREE BED PRIVATE or you can book this room as a TWIN DOUBLE.
KEY DEPOSIT is e50.- p.p. :
Deposit will be returned when rooms and bathroom/
cups and dishes/ are left tidy and clean behind and when garbage has been removed and key is returned...
When 2 adults wish 2 separate beds, please inform the innkeeper upfront.

When 4 guests want to occupy both rooms (min. 3 nights), only the Elephant room can be booked with Hostelz.com.
You will have to inform if this second room is available with the houseboat.

Please note: If you want two separate beds, please book the 3-bed room!

CHECK-IN is after 16oo. You can deposit bags if arriving early and if convenient. Please then mail-in to make sure innkeeper is home. CHECK-OUT is 11am.

(For e10.- you can park your bags at the houseboat for the afternoon, if convenient with innkeeper that day).

HOUSEBOAT ARKNOA is close-by breakfast shops on the Haarlemmerstraat/Dijk. (Barney's Coffee Cie, p.ex. opens at 8a.m.) The supermarket is 5 minutes away (open daily, Sundays included from 8am to 10pm); the houseboat is also close to the Monday and Saturday street-markets of the Jordaan.

ARKNOA offers its guests a safe, peaceful and refreshing place to relax in. So welcome to your floating room on the waters and to a good night's sleep!

Dogs are not directly accepted as there are 2 cats living on board. Special requests can be made.

See also Adinoah' s documentation book in the room for free FERRY BOAT TRIPS to interesting locations &/or restaurants and to the dutch BEACH ! (This flying Ferry to the beach, Ijmuiden, cost's e5.- one way/ Bus to Beach 10 min./ Walk down the beach to Zandvort -3hrs-/return by train to Amsterdam!...).

Pour votre bonne information, Adinoah speaks le Francais et un peu l’Espagnol.