Rotterdam Travel Deals

The Rotterdam Welcome Card is a voucher book with over 100 euro worth of benefits. Participants are:

TOURIST INFORMATION:
VVV Rotterdam Store 25% discount on any RTM-article
VVV Rotterdam Info Café 50% discount on the Welcome Card

ATTRACTIONS
Railz Miniworld 50% discount on admission
Spido 25% discount on harbour tour in 75 min.
Grote- of St. Laurenskerk free ticket for climbing the tower
Shipyard De Delft 50% discount
Pancake Boat 25% discount on all sailings
Euromast ? 2.50 discount (=30%)
Kijk-Kubus (Show Cube) ? 1.00 discount(=40%)
Rotterdam Zoo ? 1.50 discount (=9%)
Boat excursion Kinderdijk 20% discount on boat excursion
Plaswijckpark 25% discount on admission
De Eendracht ? 10.00 discount on a sailing day trip

FOOD & DRINKS
Engels 15% discount on the check (food and/or drinks)
Restaurant 70 25% discount on a 3 course dinner
Hilton Rotterdam 25% discount on a High Tea
Bar & Brasserie Water ? 2.00 discount on coffee/tea + French apple pie
Humphrey's Rotterdam 25% discount on a 3-course set menu
Gonzales BBQ Restaurant 25% discount on the ice-cream menu
China Boat 10% discount on all sailings

MUSEUMS
Nederlands Fotomuseum 50% discount
Maritime Museum R?dam 25% discount
Netherlands Architecture Institute & Huis Sonneveld ? 3.00 discount

NIGHTLIFE/ENTERTAINMENT
Pathé de Kuip & Pathé Schouwburgplein 25% discount on a film
Rotterdam Philharmonic 25% discount on a concert
Thermen Holiday Schiedam 25% discount on sauna entrance
Baja Beach Club free entrance or free cocktail

The Rotterdam Welcome Card is available at a lot of hotels PLUS:

VVV Rotterdam Store, Coolsingel 5 (next to the Hilton)
VVV Rotterdam Info Café (near Central Station) Stationsplein 45
Rotterdam Airport Information/Service desk Rotterdam, Airportplein 60
StayOkay Rotterdam (hostel), Rochussenstraat 107-109

From the Belgian website Hotelspecials.be, a weekend-deal for the Rotterdam Hilton hotel dead center of town and walkable from Central Station.

Includes 1 night accommodation
Free entry to Holland Casino
Excluding breakfast ? 22.50 per person
Cancellations up to 16 hrs on the day of arrival.

A reservation for two nights costs ? 115.

Address: Weena 10, 3012 CM, Rotterdam

Translations:
Controleer beschikbaarheid = check availability
Kamer = room
Volwassene - Adult
Aankomst = Arrival
Nacht = night
Kies = choose
Parkeren = parking (hotel has no parking facilities, however there's a parking garage next door)
Toeristenbelasting = tourist tax (in this case: inclusive)
Huisdieren = pets (15 ? per pet/per night)



If you want to see the rooms, go to VT member stefank60's Rotterdam page and check his accommodation tips at:
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/43761/6fc73/

On Wednesdays the Boijmans-van Beuningen Museum offers free admission. This saves you the ticket price of 9 euro!
Young people under 18 years always have free admission.

For 1000 Airmiles and 7.50 euro you can get a ticket to Diergaarde Blijdorp, the large zoo in Rotterdam with its Oceanium where you are surrounded by the world under the sea surface.
The normal price for an adult ticket (12-64 yrs) is 17,50 euro.
The website of the zoo is at www.blijdorp.nl
Have fun!