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)
Meeting Room 9	20	8	10	10	—	14	12	35
Amsterdam + Haarlem floors combined	1300	292	900	700	1100	—	—	2000
Industrie 1	—	—	—	—	—	20	—	55
Souterrain 1	200	72	140	115	—	48	30	206
Melbourne 2+3+4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	525
Leeuwen Room I & II	100	50	60	60	—	40	28	126
nhow 1	38	18	18	29	38	24	18	46.8
Play Room	—	—	—	—	50	—	—	—
Marseille	45	—	—	30	—	—	16	54
Zaal 9	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	42
University of Amsterdam 1 + 2 + 3 + 4	350	150	—	216	—	—	—	320
Pické 2 + 3	500	300	420	300	700	80	100	682
Oudegracht 4	90	32	—	40	—	—	30	100
First Floor Foyer	—	—	—	—	150	—	—	224
Industrie 3	—	—	14	—	—	14	—	40
Zaal 11	—	—	10	—	20	6	—	20
Meeting Room 7	121	23	60	40	100	30	26	102
Melbourne 1+2+3	330	—	—	168	—	—	—	405
Haarlem 13 t/m 16	320	64	160	200	200	—	—	400
Captain's Lounge	—	—	—	—	—	25	—	—
Conference Hall 4	84	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hasselbachkamer	25	—	22	—	—	10	8	27
De Pijp	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	20
Princeville	60	30	30	27	—	30	22	59
Grand Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	18	—	56
Meeting Room 14	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	27
Zaal 12	50	17	—	30	—	24	17	66
IJ 2	20	10	20	12	—	—	10	35
Coral & Cyan	118	62	80	66	140	—	38	157.6
Verbeelding	36	17	32	25	—	19	17	61
Deductie van Johan de Witt	—	—	—	—	—	15	—	50
Anemone	—	—	—	—	—	9	—	20
Effectief	50	24	40	35	50	26	20	80
Souterrain 2	200	72	140	115	—	48	30	208
Dublin	40	22	50	32	60	—	20	72
Office 2	25	—	14	—	—	14	—	35
Eindhoven 1	30	18	20	24	30	20	16	35
Washington	40	—	—	30	—	26	20	60
De Dam	50	24	30	—	50	18	24	52
Komodo – Timor (combined)	80	90	—	120	—	42	35	151
Elsenburg	80	30	66	50	60	36	30	87
Office 3	9	—	6	—	—	6	—	17
Von Clermontkamer	18	—	20	—	—	10	8	22
Tokyo	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	40
Dudok	120	—	90	90	—	—	36	153
Marquis	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	28
Jordaan 1	26	15	10	10	15	12	—	26
Melbourne 3+4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	395
Synode van Dordrecht	—	—	—	—	—	15	—	50
Passie	36	17	32	25	—	19	17	61
Eindhoven 2	30	18	20	24	30	20	16	36
Bellis	—	—	—	—	—	9	—	20
Industrie 4	—	—	14	—	—	14	—	40
Pické 1 + 2 + 3	900	500	710	560	1050	160	200	1056
Lavender	33	23	30	24	35	20	20	50.9
Kopenhagen	50	24	40	32	50	—	18	—
Herengracht	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	35
Work Room 1	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	20
Zaal 2	40	18	—	20	—	18	13	56
Zaal 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37
Conference hall 1	72	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Meeting Room 15	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	25
Meeting Room 6	121	23	60	40	100	30	26	102
Oudegracht 5	90	32	—	40	—	—	30	100
Ballroom Foyer	—	—	—	—	150	—	—	111
Overholland	40	20	30	30	40	28	24	55
New York Room I & II	90	30	—	60	—	36	22	93
Private Dining	100	36	60	60	—	32	28	92
Lombok – Timor (combined)	80	54	—	72	—	26	28	102
De Bijhorst	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	50
Haarlem 13 t/m 15	240	48	120	150	150	—	—	300
Vernieuwing	75	26	60	45	70	32	26	120
Atrium Foyer	—	—	—	—	70	—	—	97
Magenta (Cinema)	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	91.8
Boardroom	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	28
Keizersgracht	—	—	—	—	—	15	—	35
Conference Hall 2 or 3	60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Flores – Komodo (combined)	200	—	—	—	—	—	—	219
Meeting Room 5	121	23	60	40	100	30	26	102
Eindhoven 3	30	18	20	24	30	20	16	36
Hoofdverdieping	—	—	78	—	150	—	—	null
Vechtvliet	40	20	30	30	40	28	24	55
Office 4	40	15	15	14	—	14	12	48
Domtoren 1	60	25	—	30	—	—	22	83
Zaal 3	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	54
Work Room 2	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	20
Dennenhof	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	35
Proeflokaal	40	16	40	30	40	20	18	75
Rome	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	35
Foyer 1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	224
Athene	60	40	40	32	50	—	22	82
Melbourne 2+3	225	—	—	128	—	—	—	300
Meeting Room 6	16	6	10	10	—	10	—	24
Jordaan 2	28	15	10	10	15	12	—	22
Industrie 5	—	—	14	—	—	14	—	40
Geluk	36	17	32	25	—	19	17	61
J.F Staal Room	64	25	—	50	—	30	25	90
Haarlem 14 t/m 16	240	48	120	150	150	—	—	300
Calendula	—	—	—	—	—	9	—	20
Earl	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	28