A hotel could do a lot worse, when it comes to raw material, than the old Palace of Justice, the 17th-century canal-side landmark where the Rosewood Amsterdam makes its home. The Prinsengracht location is both prominent and central, and the hotel’s designer, Piet Boon, leans into Amsterdam’s high-culture heritage, decorating its interiors with no fewer than a thousand original artworks. When it comes time to describe the rooms we often make excuses for Amsterdam’s parsimonious spaces, but the Rosewood’s rooms are generously sized — and handsome, to boot. The suites, naturally, spread out a bit more, and the Houses are properly residential in scale, and come with butler service. Still, it may be the common spaces that are the Rosewood Amsterdam’s most impressive. The lobby is rich with visual interest, and goes out of its way to be welcoming rather than imposing; so too do the Grand Library and the hotel’s dining venues, from the flagship restaurant Eeuwen to the courtyard lounge and the Indian-accented Advocatuur.