Flora Batava

Hotel Flora Batava - historic villa on the estate

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Quality Lodgings

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Unrated

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Location:

Nieuwersluis

Area:

Vecht

Hotel Flora Batava is an idyllic boutique hotel set within Buitenplaats de Vijverhof, a historic country estate on the banks of the river Vecht at Nieuwersluis, a short drive from Breukelen in the province of Utrecht. The estate traces its story to 1670, when Agnes Block founded the Vijverhof and became renowned for cultivating rare plants, among them the first pineapple to fruit in the Netherlands, an achievement that earned her the nickname Flora Batava. The monumental villa at the heart of the hotel is a protected national monument, and the grounds, gardens and waterside setting lend the whole property a sense of calm that feels a world away yet sits within easy reach of both Amsterdam and Utrecht, roughly twenty-five kilometres from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

The hotel offers forty-five rooms and suites, ranging from intimate Cosy Rooms through Comfort and Superior Rooms to Junior Suites and characterful Suites set within the historic villa, several with beamed ceilings, garden views or a private terrace. At its culinary heart is Restaurant Bloei, a Gault and Millau listed kitchen serving seasonal cooking in a glass-enclosed dining room overlooking the garden, complemented by a waterside tea house for intimate dinners and a private dining room for smaller gatherings.

For groups and incentive travel, Flora Batava combines genuine tranquillity with the full range of estate experiences, from boat trips on the Vecht and electric bike tours of the surrounding countryside to paddle boarding, walking and private dining. The hotel holds the Green Key sustainability certification, and its blend of history, nature and refined hospitality makes it a distinctive base for a retreat, celebration or incentive within half an hour of the Randstad's major cities.

Flora Batava is a beautiful and tranquil setting for meetings, brainstorming sessions, training days, celebrations and private events, where business groups can work undisturbed on a historic estate and then step straight out onto the gardens and the Vecht. The hotel offers three daylit meeting rooms, all quiet, filled with natural light and equipped with up-to-date technology, alongside a waterside tea house and a private dining room.

The largest room, Herolt, measures eighty square metres and seats up to fifty guests, while Merian offers seventy square metres for up to fifty, and the more intimate Withoos covers thirty-nine square metres for groups of up to fourteen. The tea house on the water adds a characterful forty-four square metre space for up to forty guests, and the private dining room seats up to thirty, with Restaurant Bloei able to host seated dinners for as many as eighty. Rooms can be arranged in theatre, classroom, U-shape and carre layouts to suit the occasion.

Programmes can be built around overnight stays in the hotel's forty-five rooms and suites, seasonal dining in Restaurant Bloei and a wealth of on-site activities, from boat trips on the Vecht with or without a skipper to paddle boarding, cycling and walking in the surrounding countryside. The estate's blend of seclusion, history and refined service has made it a chosen venue for leading organisations, and its position within roughly twenty-five kilometres of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport keeps it convenient for international groups.

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Hotel Flora Batava - Herolt meeting room

Room / Space	Theatre	Classroom	Banquet (rounds)	Cabaret	Reception (standing)	Boardroom	U-shape	Area (m²)
Zaal 7	120	32	60	56	125	40	34	125
Focus+Daadkracht	—	—	160	—	400	—	—	288
Zaal 1+2	162	48	—	90	—	46	28	208
The Lounge	—	—	—	—	20	—	—	50
Doornburg 2 + 3	100	56	80	70	100	44	42	142
Marijnen I	12	—	—	—	—	10	—	25
VD3 Jonge Jacob	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	82
Nieuwegracht 2	250	70	—	125	—	—	45	248
Regio 3 + 4	80	28	64	24	90	38	28	95
Combination Rembrandt 4 & 5	124	62	90	—	180	48	40	172
Jachtkelder	30	—	32	—	—	16	14	33
Boardroom 5	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	23
Groote Wiel	99	32	48	48	96	32	26	102
Zaal 1	60	40	28	36	80	28	22	80
Foyer 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	51.4
Jaarbeurs	40	20	24	32	40	24	20	54
Maxwell	50	—	—	30	—	—	16	66
Zaal 2 / Waalsprong 2	100	57	64	71	100	44	37	120
Zurich II	150	105	108	108	—	—	36	174
The Atelier	60	18	40	30	80	20	22	155
Combination Rembrandt 4 & 5	124	62	90	—	180	48	40	172
Glasenapp 1+2	130	68	—	88	—	50	48	145
Wasabi	30	18	—	24	60	12	16	72
Londen	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	25
Kracht zalen	220	130	180	150	180	70	60	300
The Pantry	—	—	—	—	30	—	—	13.5
Zaal 9	30	16	18	—	38	18	19	45
Eiland van Dordrecht 1-2	120	—	80	80	—	—	—	190
Upper Lobby	—	—	—	—	350	—	—	490
Glass Room	—	—	—	—	—	18	—	30
Juliana Lounge	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60
Albert Cuyp	48	24	30	24	60	24	20	54
Spiegelzaal	65	—	50	35	60	30	28	93
Sorbonne	40	24	—	30	—	14	20	52.5
Mauritius A & B	60	30	40	35	50	30	29	99
In The Sky	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Avery	40	24	35	28	50	19	23	50
Zaan 2+3	100	50	70	60	—	—	—	140
Regge/Dinkel	50	30	—	40	—	32	29	72
Machine Room 3	40	16	—	20	—	20	16	49
Sydney 2+3	240	—	—	120	—	—	—	265
Celebes	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	20
Doornburg 1 + 2	100	30	60	50	100	40	30	128
Boardroom 6	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	23
Zaal 4	50	32	40	40	50	28	20	90
Zaal 2	60	—	28	36	80	28	22	80
Wintergarden + Emerald	—	—	490	—	750	—	—	677
Sydney 3+4	172	—	—	124	—	—	—	240
Herman Brood Boardroom	20	10	—	—	—	—	14	27
Harlowe & Avery	105	40	56	40	90	44	40	96
Machine Room 1	26	12	—	8	—	12	10	28
Diamond Room I & II	—	120	180	165	350	100	80	273
Regio 3	35	14	24	16	—	16	18	50
Meeting Space 3	20	12	18	16	25	16	12	38
Zaal 7+8	242	59	—	100	—	—	56	199
Glass House	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Deluxe Suite	—	—	—	—	5	4	—	71
Pearl Foyer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	300
De Zwaardemaker	60	16	24	30	—	—	18	60
Copper Attic & Lounge	—	—	34	—	50	—	—	null
Salon	40	30	50	24	70	28	—	108
Posbank 3	60	—	—	40	—	—	—	96
Margriet + Irene + Christina	130	60	130	100	250	60	56	280
Luxemburg	60	32	56	40	—	24	24	100
Rosa 4+5+6	160	68	140	87	200	—	34	198
Maxima II	50	24	40	32	50	20	22	88
Monet	25	16	20	18	15	12	12	43.3
Eiland van Dordrecht 2-3	120	—	80	80	—	—	—	190
Grand Bibliotheque	120	62	50	76	150	48	40	133
Ampère	50	—	—	30	—	—	16	66
Bongerdzaal	60	40	—	40	—	30	25	70
Ocean	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	30
Salons D+E (combined)	—	—	80	64	100	—	—	155
Hub 1	25	12	16	16	45	16	—	30
Maas	—	—	40	—	—	—	—	52
Van der Neerkamer	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	null
Boardroom Leusderheide	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	24
Amsterdam 3 + 5	240	48	152	120	180	—	—	282
Paardenwater	80	32	32	48	54	28	20	96
Meeting Room 19+20+21	186	—	100	66	—	—	24	163
The Loft	—	—	—	—	32	—	—	70
Bristol 1	30	18	20	21	30	14	14	43
Jans	25	12	16	16	25	16	14	32
Parijs	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	25
J.P. Coen II	—	—	6	—	—	6	—	19.8
Panorama 3	50	18	40	—	50	24	18	63
Jan van Goyen	40	30	30	—	50	24	21	60
Whiteboardroom	72	46	—	44	—	27	23	87
Meerman I/II	66	36	40	24	—	40	—	—
Erasmus 1	80	36	—	48	—	20	28	80.5
Cumin	20	—	—	—	30	12	—	53
Meeting Room 4+5	46	20	40	30	—	20	—	84
Valkenbosch	40	35	—	32	—	28	26	65
Zaal 5	40	18	32	36	50	20	18	57
Singel 2 & 3	90	40	90	75	140	—	—	148
Marijnen II	12	—	—	—	—	10	—	25
Rembrandt 5	76	32	54	—	130	28	27	104
De Molenhoek 1	120	52	80	80	130	48	38	134
Zaal 8	120	32	60	56	125	40	34	125
Zaal 26	100	40	50	50	100	30	27	100