When we were in the Netherlands last January we first went to Venlo as my husband had business in a nearby town. We stayed at a marvelous small hotel in Venlo. It's about a two-hour drive from the Amsterdam Airport. Here's the URL.

http://www.hotels-holland.com/bilderberg/venlo-bovenstemolen.htm

Unfortunately, we were not able to take advantage of everything this hotel has to offer as unfortunately it was bitter cold, but a truly lovely place with a wonderful gourmet-type restaurant. The staff was wonderful!

We then drove (with a business-related side trip to Rotterdam) to Delft and wished we could have stayed longer.

Chris in the Houston burbs