HOME Tourism Review Online Magazine 8 / 2010 Quirky Hotels around the World Lloyd Hotel: Utilitarian Chic in Amsterdam Alec Hills - Aug 30, 2010 While researching historic accommodation for a stay in Amsterdam, I came across the Lloyd Hotel (Lloydhotel.com) awash with cultural, historical and architectural eccentricities. Reached by taxi or by frequent electric train service, this rather forbidding brown brick structure overlooks a major city waterway slightly outside the tourist core.