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)
Oudegracht 2-3	180	64	—	80	—	—	—	200
Piet Boon Boardroom	16	8	—	—	—	—	10	23.6
Boardroom 9	—	12	—	16	30	12	—	43
Presidential Boardroom	—	—	14	—	—	14	—	50
Plaza Suites 2+3	60	40	50	30	—	32	32	75
Zaan 2	50	20	30	30	—	—	20	70
Mees Room I	126	60	90	75	175	47	35	144
Rembrandt 2	80	24	54	—	100	28	27	90
Haardkamer	30	—	24	—	—	12	10	32
Karnebeek	—	—	—	—	—	5	—	14
Amsterdam 3	144	28	88	70	100	—	40	194
Achtervliet	28	18	24	32	24	20	14	40
Meeting Room 12	45	24	30	32	—	26	20	65
Zaal 4	20	16	16	16	—	14	—	32
Rotterdam 1	120	70	120	80	150	60	48	170
nhow 5	110	42	36	70	110	45	39	148
Aandacht	75	38	50	50	70	32	26	100
Zaal 5	155	55	—	106	—	40	29	171
University of Amsterdam 2	80	40	—	54	—	20	30	84
Sydney 2	126	—	—	72	—	48	38	160
Aldermans Chamber	40	24	40	21	60	24	24	57
Meeting room 9	86	30	60	40	—	20	20	103
Hub 4	20	7	10	13	35	10	—	25
Finley	—	—	10	—	—	8	—	17.5
De Pette Boon	30	12	24	20	—	—	16	47
Murray	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	41
Staetenzaal	—	—	—	—	—	33	—	null
Doornburg 1	30	16	30	24	30	20	16	50
Boardroom 1	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	50
Foyer 5th floor	—	—	—	—	40	—	—	55
Sakura	16	—	—	—	—	10	—	—
Salon	—	—	40	—	50	—	—	45
Event Hall	200	—	120	100	350	—	—	400
Rosa 4	54	24	30	27	40	16	20	66
Rembrandt	75	40	50	30	50	36	30	75.5
Westerpark 2	50	24	—	32	—	28	24	63
Madrid	40	24	40	30	—	18	18	50
8. Plantijn	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	31
Boardroom 4 (13th floor)	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	25
Eiland van Dordrecht 2	60	—	50	40	—	32	24	95
Sun Room	60	28	50	—	—	30	27	77
Zaal 29	80	32	40	40	80	32	27	81
Doen	24	17	32	25	—	15	13	48
Zaal 6	—	—	12	—	30	12	—	35
Zaal 8	50	32	—	40	—	28	20	70
The Studio, Exchange & Forum	—	—	—	—	120	—	—	170
Luzern	30	30	21	21	—	16	14	34
Rembrandt 2	80	24	54	—	100	28	27	90
Posbank 4	40	—	—	30	—	34	27	74
Zaal 3	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	59
Taiko Cuisine	—	—	72	—	—	—	—	110
Van Gogh 1	45	24	40	24	60	22	18	69
Familie 4	45	20	32	26	50	20	16	63
San Francisco 2	70	—	—	50	—	30	25	80
Berlijn	75	26	—	40	—	28	24	72
HOTEL MEETING ROOMS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Praag	120	52	80	56	100	—	36	153
Ridderoord	30	24	24	24	24	20	18	48
Zaal 12 / Cloud 14	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	60
Aqua	40	25	32	24	65	20	22	68.3
London 2	40	25	30	21	40	16	20	48.8
Meeting Room 11	—	—	—	—	—	11	—	33
Salon 6	50	18	40	40	50	24	18	60
Vondelpark (P2)	50	24	40	28	60	22	24	67
Mint	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	27
Panorama 1	25	8	10	—	—	12	10	28.3
Leo's Corner	60	—	40	—	60	—	—	67
De Gouden Leeuw 3	118	44	50	50	100	36	30	97
Meeting Room 20+21	135	—	75	50	—	—	20	122
Rosa 5	54	24	30	30	40	16	20	66
Zaal 4	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	59
Atrium Foyer	—	—	—	—	50	—	—
University of Amsterdam 3	80	40	—	54	—	20	30	84
Marriage Chamber	45	—	20	—	40	20	—	51
Museum	400	125	250	175	500	60	60	558.9
Zaal 9	50	32	—	40	—	28	19	70
Rembrandt 3	70	30	54	—	100	24	27	90
Meeting Rooms 22, 23, 24, 25	24	12	20	16	30	12	15	31
Beechwood	56	22	30	20	40	20	22	53
Boardroom 3 (13th floor)	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	20
Eiland van Dordrecht 3	60	—	50	40	—	32	24	95
nhow 3	150	42	36	70	150	45	39	126
Meeting room 2+3 + Foyer	413	156	320	190	—	—	—	463
Boardroom 2	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	28
Siena	40	18	—	24	—	18	12	45
Pothuis	—	—	75	—	100	—	—	118
Van Berkel Lounge	100	65	80	60	120	26	36	120
Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	—
Azure	—	—	8	—	—	8	—	30.1
Giessen	28	16	16	32	24	16	12	40
Groenevecht 1 + 2 + 3	120	60	80	100	120	42	36	176
Levendig	60	31	40	32	50	27	23	89
Glasshouse	—	—	—	—	20	—	—	20
Chicago 1	70	—	—	50	—	30	30	80
Kracht+Energie	80	48	60	65	80	40	30	130
De Vrede	—	—	14	—	—	—	14	22
London 3	30	18	20	16	30	16	20	42.3
Boardroom 2	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	50
Rotterdam 2	120	60	100	70	130	48	45	160
Oranje	—	—	—	—	—	20	—	48