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)
Zaal 6	27	20	16	—	40	16	—	40
Bali – Flores (combined)	250	—	—	—	—	—	—	283
nhow 6	110	42	36	70	110	45	39	126
Charcoal	61	33	40	30	70	28	28	78.8
Zaal 1	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	28
Rijnkade	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	50
Baron	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	43
Winterthur	30	30	21	21	—	16	14	36
Meeting Rooms (10 rooms)	20	15	—	—	—	15	11	25
De Dam 1	70	45	50	50	65	26	27	72
IJ 3	50	20	40	30	—	—	20	70
Terras ROAM	100	—	—	—	200	—	—	—
Celia Amsterdam (restaurant)	—	—	120	—	200	—	—	223
Diamond	333	150	170	152	225	40	78	240
Berlijn + Dublin	120	60	110	64	140	—	32	—
Zaal 1	61	25	—	46	—	28	19	102
Zeelandia	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	26
Presidential Suite LF	—	—	—	—	40	12	—	69
Zaal 5 / De Lentse Lus	25	13	—	—	—	16	—	32
Zaal 21	70	24	40	41	80	23	24	80
Inzicht+Aandacht	120	60	80	90	100	48	40	165
Gauguin – Dali	150	90	90	75	175	50	46	220
Meeting room 2	166	36	110	60	—	36	28	188
Van Ruysdael	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	37
Meeting Room 12+14	115	30	—	50	—	28	18	115
Bali – Timor (combined)	200	—	—	—	—	—	—	219
Berlijn	45	—	—	30	—	—	16	54
Diamond Room II	—	60	90	90	175	50	36	136
nhow 7	60	24	18	39	60	24	18	67
De Witte Bergen	60	30	30	27	—	30	22	59
Amsterdam 5	60	16	32	30	32	—	18	80
Dahlia 7+8	110	—	—	64	—	—	28	116
Fantasie	60	31	40	32	50	27	23	89
Rembrandt 4	60	18	36	—	50	24	17	67
Studio 7	80	36	40	40	80	21	21	110
Amsterdam Room	20	10	10	14	25	10	10	34.7
Meeting Room 17	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	24
De Mundt van Hollandt	—	—	—	—	—	11	—	45
Duveltjesgracht	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	30
Familie 1	—	—	14	—	—	14	—	48
Groenevecht 2 + 3	70	36	60	50	100	38	30	111
Domtoren 1-2	120	52	—	68	—	—	40	166
Post-it Room	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	15
Boardroom 4	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	28
Foyer A	90	42	60	42	100	35	35	108.8
Ruigenhoek	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	30
New York	30	18	—	25	—	18	16	46
Zaal 10	26	20	20	20	40	18	12	40
Meeting Room 5	28	10	20	20	—	20	15	42
Amstel 3	270	144	160	112	275	—	54	316
Pické 1	250	130	220	170	350	60	52	374
Rotterdam 1 + 2	250	120	170	150	280	120	70	330
The Cinema	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	60
Theekoepel	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	null
Rembrandt 4	60	18	36	—	50	24	17	67
Erasmus 1 + 2	150	64	—	78	—	—	—	161
Sydney 5	99	—	—	48	—	40	36	115
Manhattan	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	80
Groenekamer	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	27
Oosterbeek	35	16	—	20	—	16	12	45
Zaal 7	—	—	7	—	10	7	—	15
Noordermarkt (M4)	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	40
Parijs	75	26	—	40	—	28	24	69
Zaal 22	70	24	40	41	80	23	24	80
Eerste Vrije Staten Vergadering	—	—	—	—	—	11	—	45
The Office + The Kitchen + The Cinema	65	—	—	14	—	—	40	229
Energie+Aandacht+Inzicht	160	80	120	120	160	60	56	230
Studios 3+4 (combined)	60	30	50	32	80	26	26	85
Jade	50	—	—	16	50	20	21	40
Tokyo Room	120	50	—	75	—	44	34	129
Celia Private Dining	—	—	30	—	—	—	—	null
Zaal 7	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	25
Carmine & Charcoal	118	62	80	66	140	—	38	156
Executive Boardrooms	—	—	—	—	—	17	—	—
Pické 2	250	160	220	180	350	60	52	330
Industrie 6	30	24	24	24	—	18	18	80
Zaal 2	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	28
Eyckenstein	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	28
Frytom	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	37
Amsterdam + Dublin	90	48	110	—	150	—	34	152
Boardroom 6	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	17
Meeting Room 7	20	8	10	10	—	14	12	35
Chili + Wasabi + Cumin	200	—	—	—	235	40	—	257
Bali – Lombok (combined)	150	90	—	120	—	42	35	163
Boekarest	45	—	—	30	—	—	16	70
Lord	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	42
Bloemenmarkt (M5)	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	40
Sydney 3	72	—	—	48	—	40	34	105
Zaal 8	90	27	—	44	—	32	27	100
Foyer I	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	127
Harleskamer	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	27
nhow 8	—	—	16	—	—	16	—	66
Zederik	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	30
Kinderdijk	60	30	29	27	—	30	22	59
Levendig+Eigenwijs	120	62	80	64	100	54	46	178
Amstel 1 & 2	500	306	320	210	500	—	96	576
Groenevecht 1	60	25	40	36	50	30	26	71
University of Amsterdam 1 + 2	136	66	—	78	—	44	40	152.4
Foyer ground floor	—	—	—	—	80	—	—	—
Terras Pub	50	—	—	—	75	—	—	—