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Holiday Inn Express is ninth, and it's here for one reason the others can't match: breakfast is free. IHG says it plainly, "Breakfast is free with your stay", from 6:30 on weekdays and 7:00 at weekends, and it's the only hotel in our twenty that does.
The trade-off is distance. Our walking route to Cruise Terminal Rotterdam is about 1.7 miles, roughly 37 minutes. You'll take metro D or E instead — Centraal is about 8 minutes on foot, and Wilhelminaplein is four stops on.
Parking is €37.50 (about US$40) a day with 121 spaces, per IHG — fine for the night, not priced for a week. IHG counts a restaurant but names none, and pets aren't allowed.
Book it if you're coming in by train and want breakfast settled, and buy the metro ride with your bank card.
Book it if
- You want breakfast included, full stop
- You're arriving by train
- You want a chain you know
Look elsewhere if
- Your dog travels with you.
- You want dinner in the hotel.
- You want to walk to the ship.
Your night before, from here
The evening at Holiday Inn Express to the morning on the Wilhelminapier, built only from what Holiday Inn Express and the port publish.
IHG counts one restaurant on site but gives it no name or hours, so we don't score an evening meal; the station and the city centre are on the doorstep.
IHG lists no shuttle to the ship. Walk about 8 minutes to Rotterdam Centraal, by our routing, and take metro D or E to Wilhelminaplein.
Included, per IHG: "Breakfast is free with your stay", 6:30 to 10:00 on weekdays and 7:00 to 11:00 at weekends.
IHG gives no cruise figure; it puts Rotterdam The Hague Airport about 7.5 km away. Our routing to Cruise Terminal Rotterdam is about 1.7 miles on foot (2.8 km), roughly 37 minutes, or about 2.2 road miles. Allow 37 minutes on foot from Holiday Inn Express, more with children and luggage.
€37.50 a day in the garage next door, 121 spaces, per IHG — nothing about a cruise week.
Night-Before Score: 30 of 100
Scored only from what the hotel or its brand publishes on its own pages, and the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
Schiphol is about 36.9 road miles from Holiday Inn Express by our routing, Rotterdam The Hague Airport about 5.0; from Holiday Inn Express the terminal is about 1.7 miles on foot, roughly 37 minutes, by our routing, and anything marked unknown below is yours to arrange.
IHG lists no Schiphol shuttle.
IHG lists no shuttle to the ship. Walk about 8 minutes to Rotterdam Centraal, by our routing, and take metro D or E to Wilhelminaplein.
IHG gives no cruise figure; it puts Rotterdam The Hague Airport about 7.5 km away. Our routing to Cruise Terminal Rotterdam is about 1.7 miles on foot (2.8 km), roughly 37 minutes, or about 2.2 road miles.
From AMS without a hotel shuttle
By our routing Schiphol is about 36.9 road miles from Holiday Inn Express, roughly 50 minutes with no traffic. Train first: the Intercity direct to Rotterdam Centraal, then 8 minutes on foot to Holiday Inn Express by our routing, or the metro. The airport page sets that against Holland America’s €95 (about US$105) cab.
IHG puts Rotterdam The Hague Airport about 7.5 km away and lists no shuttle.
IHG lists no shuttle to the ship. Walk about 8 minutes to Rotterdam Centraal, by our routing, and take metro D or E to Wilhelminaplein.
IHG gives no cruise figure; it puts Rotterdam The Hague Airport about 7.5 km away. Our routing to Cruise Terminal Rotterdam is about 1.7 miles on foot (2.8 km), roughly 37 minutes, or about 2.2 road miles.
From RTM without a hotel shuttle
Rotterdam The Hague Airport to Holiday Inn Express: about 5.0 road miles, 8.0 km, by our routing. Book a taxi or take bus 33 and the metro.
€37.50 a day in the garage next door, 121 spaces, per IHG — nothing about a cruise week.
Parking for your stay: €37.50 a day, 121 spaces.
IHG lists no shuttle to the ship. Walk about 8 minutes to Rotterdam Centraal, by our routing, and take metro D or E to Wilhelminaplein.
IHG gives no cruise figure; it puts Rotterdam The Hague Airport about 7.5 km away. Our routing to Cruise Terminal Rotterdam is about 1.7 miles on foot (2.8 km), roughly 37 minutes, or about 2.2 road miles.
Not staying at Holiday Inn Express after all? The airport page works out whether a sail-day landing leaves enough time.
Which terminal
Cruise Terminal RotterdamYour terminal is Cruise Terminal Rotterdam at Wilhelminakade 699 — Holiday Inn Express is about 1.7 miles on foot, roughly 37 minutes, by our routing. Holland America’s page prints 669 for the same building; see the Rotterdam cruise guide.
Source: cruiseportrotterdam.nlDistance
~1.7 mi on foot, our routingIHG gives no cruise figure; it puts Rotterdam The Hague Airport about 7.5 km away. Our routing to Cruise Terminal Rotterdam is about 1.7 miles on foot (2.8 km), roughly 37 minutes, or about 2.2 road miles.
Source: ihg.comTo the ship
No shuttle statedHoliday Inn Express has no ship transfer to sell you. Our walking route is 2.8 km, roughly 37 minutes, and a taxi is a 2.2-mile hop.
Source: ihg.comParking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmed€37.50 a day in the garage next door, 121 spaces, per IHG — nothing about a cruise week.
Source: ihg.comThe port’s cruise parking
€19 (about US$20) per 24 hours, per the portHoliday Inn Express: €37.50 a day, 121 spaces. If you’d rather park for the whole cruise, the port’s lot at the ss Rotterdam takes no reservations and charges €19 per 24 hours.
Driving to Holiday Inn Express? Read Rotterdam cruise parking before you book a garage.
Source: cruiseportrotterdam.nlThe evening and the morning
The evening
Nothing we could countIHG counts one restaurant on site but gives it no name or hours, so we don't score an evening meal; the station and the city centre are on the doorstep.
Breakfast
FreeIncluded, per IHG: "Breakfast is free with your stay", 6:30 to 10:00 on weekdays and 7:00 to 11:00 at weekends.
Address
Weena, by Rotterdam CentraalWeena 121, 3013 CK Rotterdam
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, as Holiday Inn Express publishes it. The gaps here are room count and whether parking runs for a week — a call to Holiday Inn Express settles both.
Check-in and check-out
Minimum age
Not stated by the hotel.
Extra fees
Tourist tax 6.5% of the overnight price, Rotterdam’s 2026 rate
Wi-Fi
Free
Parking for your stay
€37.50 a day, 121 spaces
Breakfast
Free with your stay: 6:30–10:00 weekdays, 7:00–11:00 weekends
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
No pets, per IHG.
Sail morning, on the clock
From the hotel’s published hours. The boarding time printed on your cruise documents is the one Cruise Terminal Rotterdam works to.
Rooms
Holiday Inn Express doesn’t list room types on the pages we read.
Accessibility
Accessible rooms aren’t described on the Holiday Inn Express pages we read; ring the hotel before you count on one.
On site
- EV chargingNot stated
- Guest laundryNot stated
- GymNot stated
- Pets allowedNo
Nearby, by the hotel’s count
- Rotterdam The Hague Airportabout 7.5 km, per IHG
Distances as Holiday Inn Express or its brand lists them, kept in its own units.
Also worth knowing
- No pets
- IHG prints the phone number with an Amsterdam area code
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Breakfast included.
- Parking €37.50 a day, 121 spaces.
- No pets.
- IHG prints a phone number with an Amsterdam area code.
- Add Rotterdam's tourist tax: 6.5% of the overnight price in 2026, per the city, which doesn't say whether VAT is in that price. Ask Holiday Inn Express what it charges on.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Room count
- Whether parking runs for a week
- Accessible rooms
Every hotel fact here comes from Holiday Inn Express’s own pages or its brand’s, read October 4, 2026, unless we name another source — so before you book, confirm parking terms if you're driving.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Holiday Inn Express: the Rotterdam cruise guide, Rotterdam cruise parking and the splurge list.
Wake up by Rotterdam Centraal, breakfast included.
Send the sail date and the ship, and we’ll ask Holiday Inn Express about that night and line up the run to the ship. No payment on the form.
Holiday Inn Express FAQ
Is breakfast free at Holiday Inn Express Rotterdam Central Station?
Yes — IHG says breakfast is free with your stay, 6:30 to 10:00 on weekdays and 7:00 to 11:00 at weekends.
How do I get from Holiday Inn Express Rotterdam to the cruise terminal?
Walk about 8 minutes to Rotterdam Centraal by our routing, then metro D or E to Wilhelminaplein. Holland America puts that stop four minutes on foot from the terminal.
Does Holiday Inn Express Rotterdam allow pets?
No, per IHG — the hotel doesn't take pets of any size.
How much is parking at Holiday Inn Express Rotterdam Central Station?
€37.50 a day, with 121 spaces, per IHG.
How far is Holiday Inn Express Rotterdam from Rotterdam The Hague Airport?
IHG says about 7.5 km; our routing gives about 5.0 road miles.
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