citizenM Amsterdam Airport Schiphol: Pre-Cruise Hotel Review

The verdict

citizenM sits eleventh, and it's a landing-night bed, not a cruise-morning one. The hotel says it's a 4-minute walk from Schiphol's Arrivals hall, with canteenM open 24/7; from the airport, our routing puts PTA about 12.7 road miles away, roughly 23 minutes.

There's no parking of its own and no shuttle of any kind. You walk to the airport, then take the train to Centraal or a taxi to the port.

Rooms are built for two adults with an extra-large king bed, so a family needs two. Breakfast comes with some rates, per the hotel, without a price.

Book it if your flight lands after dinner and you'd rather sleep than ride. Take the morning train, not a taxi in rush hour.

Book it if

Your flight lands late
You want food at any hour
You're two adults in one room

Look elsewhere if

You're a family of four.
You're driving and need parking.
You want breakfast confirmed.

Sail Morning

Your night before, from here

From check-in to the gangway, using only what citizenM Schiphol publishes.

Evening

Check in and settle

canteenM, a bar and restaurant open around the clock.

Before bed

Line up your ride

No ship transfer, and no airport shuttle either — you walk to the terminal building, per the hotel. From there it's the train to Centraal or a taxi to the port.

Sail morning

Breakfast, your call

Included in some rates, per the hotel; the price isn't printed.

Heading out

To the terminal

citizenM says it's a 4-minute walk from the Arrivals hall. It prints no house number, so our pin is the airport's reference point, not the door; from there our routing puts PTA about 12.7 road miles (20.4 km) away and Felison about 19.5. Your check-in time decides when to leave citizenM Schiphol, not the hotel.

While you sail

Your car

No parking of its own, per the hotel; its "Excellent Parking" costs extra, and the price isn't printed.

Score

Night-Before Score: 18 of 100

18No. 11 of 13

Distance to the ship15/30

Getting to the ship0/25

Parking while you sail0/20

Free breakfast0/10

The evening before3/15

Scored only from what the hotel or its brand publishes, and the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.

To the Ship

Getting here, and on to the ship

This hotelOther ranked hotels, tap one to open itCruise terminalStraight line to the ship, not a routeReal geography: NOAA’s GSHHG shoreline, generalised, so the IJ quays, the North Sea Canal locks and the city canals aren’t drawn. Map pins from the Esri World Geocoder, address matches, except three: Waldorf Astoria and Pulitzer are street points, and citizenM Schiphol’s is the airport’s own point, since the hotel prints no house number. The terminal pins are Esri’s points for Piet Heinkade 27 and Cruiseboulevard 10, not berths.

Our routing puts Schiphol about 0.8 road miles from citizenM Schiphol, and PTA about 12.7 road miles, roughly 23 minutes with no traffic, by our routing — figures for empty roads, not the A10 at rush hour.

Leg 1 · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to the hotel

No shuttle

A 4-minute walk from Arrivals, per the hotel, which runs no shuttle.

Leg 2 · Hotel to the ship

Shuttle not stated

No ship transfer, and no airport shuttle either — you walk to the terminal building, per the hotel. From there it's the train to Centraal or a taxi to the port.

From AMS without a hotel shuttle

Schiphol publishes no fixed taxi fare, so the meter decides: about 0.8 road miles to citizenM Schiphol by our routing. More: the airport page.

Leg 1 · Drive in and park

No parking at the hotel

No parking of its own, per the hotel; its "Excellent Parking" costs extra, and the price isn't printed.

Parking for your stay: No parking of its own; "Excellent Parking" at an extra charge, price not printed.

Leg 2 · Hotel to the ship

Shuttle not stated

No ship transfer, and no airport shuttle either — you walk to the terminal building, per the hotel. From there it's the train to Centraal or a taxi to the port.

Same-day flight? Go airport to terminal and leave citizenM Schiphol for another trip; our landing check sets the margin.

Which terminal

PTA or IJmuiden: check your documents

Two terminals, one name on the brochure. From citizenM Schiphol, PTA in the city is about 12.7 road miles, roughly 23 minutes with no traffic, by our routing, and the Felison terminal at IJmuiden about 19.5 road miles, roughly 29 minutes; the Amsterdam cruise guide says which lines use which.

Source: hollandamerica.com

Distance

~12.7 road mi to PTA, our routing

Source: marriott.com

To the ship

No shuttle stated

citizenM Schiphol runs no shuttle, so nothing is timed for you. A taxi to PTA is about 23 minutes on empty roads by our routing; allow longer at rush hour. The train to Centraal leaves eight times an hour.

Source: marriott.com

Parking

Parking while you sail

Cruise parking

No parking at the hotel

No parking of its own, per the hotel; its "Excellent Parking" costs extra, and the price isn't printed.

Source: marriott.com

Q-Park Park+Cruise

€105 (about US$120) for 7 days, €120 (about US$135) for 8, per Q-Park

Against no parking of its own; "Excellent Parking" at extra cost at citizenM Schiphol, the published cruise option is Q-Park Oostenburg: €105 for 7 days, €120 for 8, €210 (about US$235) for 14, booked online, a walk of about 20 minutes to PTA.

Where the car goes while you sail · Amsterdam cruise parking, compared.

Source: q-park.nl

The Night Before

The evening and the morning

The evening

Food or bar on site

canteenM, a bar and restaurant open around the clock.

Breakfast

Not stated

Included in some rates, per the hotel; the price isn't printed.

Address

Jan Plezierweg, at Schiphol

Jan Plezierweg, 1118 BB Schiphol (house number not printed)
Hotel website

Fact Sheet

The fine print, in one place

Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, as citizenM Schiphol publishes it. Before you book, ask citizenM Schiphol about the "Excellent Parking" price and whether breakfast is in your rate; its pages don’t say.

citizenM Schiphol’s pages don’t print a minimum age, EV charging or guest laundry. Ask us and we’ll get them in writing before you book.

Check-in and check-out

Check-in14:00

Check-out11:00

Extra fees

Not Amsterdam's tax: the hotel is in Haarlemmermeer, whose rate we didn't research

Wi-Fi

Yes

Parking for your stay

No parking of its own; "Excellent Parking" at an extra charge, price not printed

Breakfast

Included in some rates; price not printed

Pool

No pool mentioned on the pages we read

Pets

No pets, per the hotel.

Food and drink on site

canteenMBar and restaurant, open 24/7

Rooms

Rooms for two adults, each with an extra-large king bed.

Accessibility

We found no accessible-room detail on citizenM Schiphol’s pages — if you need one, phone before booking.

On site

GymNot stated
Pets allowedNo

Nearby, by the hotel’s count

Schiphol Arrivals hall4-minute walk

Distances as citizenM Schiphol or its brand lists them, kept in its own units.

Also worth knowing

No pets
citizenm.com redirects to marriott.com
Lifts, per the page summary

Worth Knowing

Before you book

Worth knowing

Rooms are for two adults, each with an extra-large king bed.
Check-in 14:00, check-out 11:00.
citizenm.com now redirects to marriott.com.
Room temperature is set from a tablet in the room.
citizenM Schiphol is in Haarlemmermeer, not the City of Amsterdam, so Amsterdam's tourist tax doesn't apply; we didn't research Haarlemmermeer's.

What we couldn’t confirm

The "Excellent Parking" price
Whether breakfast is in your rate
Room count

Every hotel fact here comes from citizenM Schiphol’s own pages or its brand’s, read October 4, 2026, unless we name another source — so before you book, confirm whether breakfast is in the rate you book.

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