Amsterdam holidays makes you feel like at home from the moment you step out onto its cobbled streets. The people are friendly, the food's that great mix of foreign and familiar – and the centre's reassuringly small, so you can roam without fear of getting lost. Forget the stress of travel to Amsterdam is enthusiastic to taking it easy.

Amsterdam holds a real attraction for Britons simply because it is so close by. Weekend breaks to Amsterdam take you over a stretch of the English Channel that is only some twenty one miles wide, and into a country with very different views, routines and habits to our own. Amsterdam itself, although much smaller than London, makes up for its lack of size by packing lots of activities and sights into its smaller area.