Above: a floating tulip garden; an early café créme on a quiet square; anyone for chess?
Below: no visit to Amsterdam is complete without feasting on rijsttafel (traditional Indonesian multi-dish "rice table"), sampling Dutch cheeses at a street market or hopping on a bicycle....
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PARIS - AMSTERDAM
Several direct flights daily
Total flight time: 1 hour 20 minutes
By train: Thalys from Paris Gare du Nord - 27 trains per day
[shortest travel time: 3 hours 17 minutes direct into Amsterdam Centraal]
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