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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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)
Meeting room 7	120	54	70	75	—	36	24	128
Rembrandt 5	76	32	54	—	130	28	27	104
Meeting Rooms 24 + 25	50	36	40	32	65	22	21	65
Paul van Vliet lounge	—	—	8	—	—	6	—	25
Zaal 11	24	16	16	—	40	16	15	50
Private dining – Restaurant JAQ	—	—	52	—	75	22	—	84
De Pijp	50	24	—	32	—	28	24	64
2. Aurea	45	30	—	—	—	—	19	52
nhow 5+6	240	84	72	150	240	72	48	—
Rembrandtpark + Vondelpark	110	50	70	21	100	44	40	121
Brussel 1	250	112	144	144	200	—	44	306
IJssel/Vecht	35	25	—	35	—	25	22	56
Red II	14	6	8	—	—	12	10	25
Zurich I & II	300	210	168	168	—	—	56	318
VD9 Jonge Pieter (2)	—	—	18	—	—	17	—	55
Kracht	40	18	30	30	50	22	18	65
Salon 2	50	18	40	40	50	24	18	62
Plaza Suite 4	60	40	50	32	—	32	32	65
Nieuwegracht 1	250	70	—	125	—	—	45	240
Albert Cuypmarkt (M1)	50	24	40	28	60	22	24	67
Van Gogh 2 + 3	110	48	80	40	120	—	—	140
Alde Heerlickheijt	—	—	100	—	—	—	—	140
King	80	30	—	30	100	26	32	94
Londen 3 (+4)	75	—	80	60	—	30	30	140
Amsterdam 2 + 3 + 4	220	90	150	120	300	88	50	174
Mauritius B	35	26	20	24	—	18	17	60
Zaal 3 / Waalsprong 3	100	57	64	71	100	44	37	120
Smoking Room	65	16	100	—	150	28	18	288
Singel 1 & 2	72	54	40	28	60	24	24	66
Amstel 2	125	40	70	60	—	—	30	125
Van Gogh 3	50	24	40	24	60	28	20	71
Copper Chamber	24	—	24	—	20	14	—	null
Zaal 3	30	16	18	24	—	20	16	46
Singel 1 & 2 & 3	—	—	160	—	240	—	—	218
Leidse	48	22	45	—	90	26	26	92
Leidse	48	22	45	—	90	26	26	92
Van Oldenbarnevelt Room	200	60	120	75	—	60	40	—
Machine Room 2	16	12	—	—	—	12	10	24
Van Herwaarde Lounge	40	30	50	48	100	20	25	136
Queen	80	30	—	30	100	26	32	85
Dappermarkt (M2)	50	24	40	28	60	22	24	67
The Studio & The Exchange	—	—	—	—	90	—	—	130
Hub 2	25	12	16	16	45	16	—	30
Lumière	50	—	—	30	—	—	16	66
Govaert Flinckkamer	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	null
Panorama 5	35	18	20	—	35	24	20	54
Barbounia	—	—	80	—	74	—	—	114
Zaal 3+4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	195
Doornburg 2	70	24	40	32	70	26	22	78
Amsterdam 3 + 4	170	80	90	100	200	68	42	192
Steenwijck	24	20	—	20	—	17	16	65
't Twiske 1+2	70	30	50	45	—	—	—	120
Posbank 2	60	—	—	40	—	24	23	94
Sydney 5+6	198	—	—	96	—	—	—	235
Sky Lounge	100	40	—	60	—	—	32	203
Brussel 2	126	52	90	56	90	—	40	161.5
Zaal 12	24	12	12	—	35	14	13	42
Frans Hals	20	18	20	—	25	18	15	40
Madrid + Milaan	80	—	—	—	—	25	25	100
Louis Davids Lounge	—	—	8	—	—	6	—	25
Breskens	60	36	—	32	—	34	27	—
Meeting Rooms 18 + 20, 19 + 21	50	30	40	32	70	24	26	61
Amstelpark + Beatrixpark + Rembrandtpark + Vondelpark	200	100	150	42	200	86	80	236
Boardroom 1 (13th floor)	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	38
De Gouden Leeuw 1	118	44	50	50	100	36	30	114
Boardroom 7	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	23
Zaal 4	35	24	25	30	50	24	16	50
Bristol 2	50	25	40	32	50	24	27	63
VD1 Jonge Pieter (1)	—	—	14	—	—	13	—	36
Steenenhoek	52	23	40	25	24	24	21	72
Studio 2	20	12	10	—	20	15	15	29
Meeting room 8+9	164	64	110	80	—	36	24	206
Meeting Room 7+8 / 8+9	40	16	20	20	—	22	20	70
Schuttebergzaal	50	36	—	36	—	24	20	63
Ambassador Lounge	30	—	50	—	150	—	—	250
Monchy	12	—	—	—	—	10	—	25
Amsterdam 4 + 5	200	40	96	100	160	—	—	244
Energie	40	18	30	30	50	22	18	65
Living	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	30
Zaal 7	70	32	—	48	—	28	20	89
Meeting Gallery (foyer)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	785
Plaza Suite 5	40	32	30	26	—	20	20	42
Platinum	—	—	—	—	—	18	—	67
nhow 6+7	170	66	36	100	170	45	39	—
Chili + Wasabi	130	54	—	84	155	—	—	199
Rosa 4+5	110	54	90	57	120	—	26	132
Westerpark 1 & 2	100	48	—	64	—	40	30	126
Erasmus 2	80	36	—	48	—	20	24	80.5
Basel	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	39
Eiland van Dordrecht 3-4	100	—	70	70	—	—	—	—
Zaal 9	120	32	60	56	125	40	34	125
Penthouse	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	24
Regio 4	35	14	24	16	—	16	18	46
Singel 2 & 3	60	48	30	21	60	24	24	63
De Adelaar	30	12	24	20	—	—	16	47
Meeting Room 22+23	130	33	94	105	—	62	20	155
Zwarte Water	25	15	—	25	—	20	16	45
Orangerie	—	—	50	—	—	—	—	null
Mauritius A	25	24	12	18	—	18	17	39
Gauguin	100	50	40	50	75	32	30	131.1