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 19+20	130	—	60	40	—	—	18	103
Museum	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	30
Van Gogh – Monet	100	80	50	50	80	42	40	129.9
't Twiske 1	40	20	30	25	—	24	20	65
Rotterdam 2 + 3	250	120	170	150	280	120	70	330
Blanco Room	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	12
Montferland	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	50
Oudegracht 1	90	32	—	40	—	—	30	100
Zaal 7 / De Tuinderij	25	13	—	—	—	16	—	32
Brussel 1	40	—	—	30	—	26	20	60
Museum	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	30
Dahlia 7	50	20	24	—	—	20	22	58
Boardroom (4 on ground floor)	—	—	—	—	—	13	—	38
De Dam 2	70	45	50	50	65	26	27	78
Foyer B	32	20	20	16	40	10	10	49
Meeting room 3	166	36	110	60	—	36	28	189
De Gelderse Poort	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	50
De Dam 1 & 2	150	90	100	90	120	—	51	150
Dahlia 8	50	20	24	—	—	20	22	58
Zaal 8	12	—	—	—	20	6	—	20
Industrie 2	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	60
Mezzanine (Restaurant)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	75
Foyer C	—	—	—	—	100	—	—	59.7
Melbourne	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	640
Private-Dining	—	—	—	—	—	18	—	35
Rotterdam 1 + 2 + 3	330	175	300	220	300	120	90	500
Haarlem 10 t/m 16 + foyer	—	—	500	—	600	—	—	1160
University of Amsterdam 3 + 4	150	72	—	96	—	48	40	168
Goudriaan Room I & II	100	50	60	60	—	40	28	126
nhow 2	50	18	18	30	50	24	18	50.7
't Twiske 2	35	16	20	20	—	20	16	55
Von Gorschenkamer	40	—	36	—	—	18	15	36
Conference Hall 6	200	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Noble	50	—	—	20	40	18	21	45
Brussel	75	26	—	40	—	25	23	88
Studios 6+7 (combined)	90	57	90	64	100	33	39	159
Scroll Room	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	12
Waterloo	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	17
Zaal 19	50	18	26	26	70	20	19	70
Oudegracht 2	90	32	—	40	—	—	30	100
Beatrixpark (P4)	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	40
Groenevecht 2	40	20	30	30	40	28	24	55
De Witte	60	30	—	27	—	30	22	59
Grand Duke	30	12	20	14	30	16	12	39
Executive Boardroom	40	32	40	36	40	26	24	84
Zaal 9 / De Grift	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	28
Boardrooms 2, 3, 4, 5	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	16
Effectief zalen	120	80	90	80	130	40	35	160
Foyer II	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	89
Bali – Komodo (combined)	100	54	—	72	—	26	28	112
Meeting Room 4	105	30	50	30	100	30	26	102
Meeting Room 8	20	8	10	10	—	14	12	35
Coral	61	33	40	30	70	28	28	78.8
Zaal 3	57	25	—	46	—	28	23	98
Pické 3	250	130	220	170	350	60	52	374
Levendig+Eigenwijs+Fantasie	180	93	120	96	150	81	—	267
Berlijn	90	44	70	56	90	—	32	117
Istanbul	40	—	—	30	—	26	20	60
Souterrain 1+2	414	172	290	230	—	92	52	414
Cannes	45	—	—	30	—	—	16	55
Waterloo	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	17
Latijnse School	—	—	—	—	—	9	—	45
Amstel 2 & 3	500	306	320	210	500	—	96	576
Upper Promenade Deck	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Orchis	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	28
Sarphatipark (P5)	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	40
Subzaal 1-10 (each)	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	21
Zaal 9	12	10	10	—	20	6	—	20
Count	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	38
Madrid	45	—	—	30	—	—	16	54
Von der Moselkamer	25	—	24	—	—	12	10	30
Meeting Room 8	121	23	60	40	100	30	26	102
IJ 1	20	10	20	12	—	—	10	35
Office 1	12	—	8	—	—	8	—	23
Amsterdam	55	30	60	40	100	—	22	—
Singapore	40	—	—	30	—	26	20	60
Munt	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	15
Intensief	50	24	40	35	50	26	20	80
Zaal 4	57	25	—	46	—	28	23	98
Slate Room	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	12
Munt	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	15
Atrium Foyer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	155
Amstel Ballroom 1, 2 & 3	768	468	520	392	800	—	—	900
Groenevecht 3	40	20	30	30	40	28	24	55
Akte van Seclusie	—	—	—	—	—	15	—	50
Oudegracht 3	90	32	—	40	—	—	30	100
Boardroom 1	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	13
De IJsselkamer	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	36
Pické 1 + 2	500	300	420	300	700	80	100	682
Cyan	57	29	40	30	70	28	28	78.8
University of Amsterdam 2 + 3 + 4	250	120	—	168	—	—	—	252
Vrolijk	36	17	32	25	—	16	14	61
Studios 3–7 (combined)	—	—	160	—	220	—	—	307
Conference Hall 5	96	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Zaal 23	50	17	28	23	70	15	18	67
Komodo – Lombok (combined)	80	54	—	72	—	26	28	100
Het Haagsche Schouw	60	30	30	27	—	30	22	59
Mokum	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	17
Utrecht	65	36	30	36	80	36	30	66
Zaal 10 / De Oversteek	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	28