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)
Studio 5	55	21	40	32	40	18	18	63
Sonsbeek	45	—	—	26	—	20	15	67
Promenade Private Room	—	—	10	—	—	10	—	23
Meeting Room 11+12	120	20	—	50	—	28	18	120
Zaal 7	100	32	—	56	—	32	27	113
Tuinkamer	30	—	28	—	—	18	12	36
Amelisweerd	30	24	24	24	24	20	18	48
De Biltsche Hoek	70	28	50	33	—	28	20	68
Zuidas	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	—
Bronze	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	24
Oudegracht 3-4	180	64	—	80	—	—	—	200
Europa	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	null
Cinnamon	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	20
Sydney 4	90	—	—	52	—	40	28	135
Nieuwmarkt (M3)	40	16	32	24	55	20	16	61
Card Room	—	14	—	—	—	16	—	50
Milaan	40	24	40	30	—	18	18	50
Penn Room I & II	126	50	90	80	175	47	35	140
Patio	—	—	—	—	150	—	—	150
Morse	45	—	—	30	—	—	16	55
Van Rijn	50	—	40	20	60	—	18	69
Zaal 5	10	12	10	—	23	10	—	28
Taiko Bar	—	—	18	—	18	—	—	75
Plaza Suites 1+2+3	110	70	80	70	—	50	50	114
9. Eureka	—	—	—	—	—	20	—	31
Familie 2	45	16	32	24	40	20	16	56
Wenen	120	52	80	56	100	—	36	136
St. Gallen	30	30	21	21	—	16	14	34
Rembrandt 3	70	30	54	—	100	24	27	90
Amstel 1	270	144	160	112	275	—	54	316
Amsterdam 1	144	34	104	86	120	—	34	160
Zaan 3	50	20	30	30	—	—	20	70
Zaal 30	80	32	40	40	80	32	27	81
Boardroom 1, 2 or 3 (each)	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	13.5
Zaal 11 / De Kas	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	56
Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	—
Mezzanine	90	48	80	48	120	24	27	110
The Office	118	40	—	65	60	—	—	193
Meeting Room 10	45	24	30	32	—	26	20	—
Atrium Garden	—	—	—	—	40	—	—	34
Plaza Suites 4+5	110	70	80	70	—	34	40	114
Familie 3	35	12	24	—	40	20	16	48
De Dam	56	26	54	—	130	22	19	79
Vanilla	90	32	—	64	100	25	24	174
Amsterdam + Dublin + Berlijn	150	76	150	104	240	—	48	—
Eiland van Dordrecht 4	40	—	30	30	—	24	20	75
Westerpark (P3)	40	16	32	24	55	20	16	61
Boardroom 3	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	28
Oudegracht 4-5	180	64	—	80	—	—	—	200
Burgomaster Chamber	30	18	30	—	40	20	—	43
Library Room	40	12	30	—	—	18	16	50
Amstel 2	210	126	140	88	225	—	45	259
Groenevecht 1 + 2	100	40	60	60	100	40	30	126
Meeting Rooms 18, 19, 20, 21	15	12	10	8	35	12	9	30
London 4	30	16	30	21	45	10	15	64.8
Meeting Room 15+16	120	24	—	65	—	—	—	117
Mondriaan	50	24	40	24	60	28	18	68
Meeting Room 4	28	10	20	20	—	20	15	42
Niënhof	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	30
University of Amsterdam 4	80	40	—	54	—	20	30	84
Zaal 10	—	—	8	—	20	—	8	25
Achterhoek	45	—	—	26	—	20	15	63
7. Tilia	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	18
Bar Maritime Exclusive	—	—	—	—	60	—	—	null
Zaal 2	61	25	—	46	—	28	19	106
Eigenwijs	60	31	40	32	50	27	23	89
Rosa 6	54	24	30	30	40	16	20	66
Studio 6	30	18	30	21	30	15	15	48
Meeting room 2+3	314	112	240	160	—	68	42	378
Zaal 20	70	24	40	41	80	23	24	80
Carmine	57	29	40	30	70	28	28	77.2
Barcelona	45	—	—	30	—	—	16	54
Energie+Inzicht	80	48	60	65	80	40	32	130
De Dam	56	26	54	—	130	22	19	79
Avifauna	60	30	30	27	—	30	22	59
Wetering	28	16	24	32	24	14	12	40
Rotterdam 3	120	70	120	80	150	60	48	170
Parijs	40	24	40	30	—	18	18	50
Washington D.C.	80	40	—	48	—	28	26	81
Zaal 6 / De Warmoes	49	13	—	26	—	24	19	48
Sydney 6	99	—	—	48	—	40	36	120
Hotel MTG Room Foyer	—	—	—	—	60	—	—
Chicago 2	70	—	—	50	—	30	30	80
Zaal 10	40	18	—	24	—	16	14	48
Amsterdam 4	99	20	64	50	80	—	26	123
Sperwer	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	—
Ruby	252	90	120	120	175	40	75	210
Diamond Room I	—	60	90	90	175	50	36	136
Silver	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	24
Monet – Gauguin – Dali	200	125	150	150	250	50	46	330.7
Lausanne	30	30	21	21	—	16	14	39
Break Out	—	—	—	—	600	—	—	441
Network Room	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	15
Olof's & Mezzanine	334	183	280	192	520	60	54	463
Biljartkamer	25	—	20	—	—	12	8	27
The Kitchen	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	33
IJ 1+2	50	20	30	30	—	—	20	70
Hunter	54	24	30	25	40	14	18	59
BLOOM	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	16
Amerika	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	null