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)
Alpha	50	—	40	32	50	20	24	70
Kurzaal	600	—	360	280	750	120	80	950
Rotonde	—	—	—	—	100	—	—	102
Sydney	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	805
Saskiazaal	50	24	60	36	100	26	24	60
Grand Ballroom (Salons A–E combined)	350	250	300	192	400	—	—	433
Herengracht	18	12	—	—	25	12	—	28
The Apartment (total of rooms)	81	—	52	—	—	48	—	171
Amstelpark	35	18	20	9	35	20	16	52
Rietveld 1-4	230	98	—	—	225	—	50	221.2
2nd	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	190
Ballroom	216	80	128	120	224	32	44	191
De Zaanwand (combi)	—	—	200	—	350	—	—	344
Rembrandt (Total)	400	200	250	—	500	—	50	555
Summit	200	100	120	150	300	60	54	256
Bali	40	24	—	24	—	16	26	64
Meeting Room 1 t/m 8 incl. Corridor	1200	288	500	300	1200	70	70	1000
Club Conversation	—	—	—	—	150	—	—	400
Ginger	100	36	—	60	95	16	20	127
Scheveningen	140	75	80	100	250	60	42	182
The Apartment (all rooms)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	140
Lobby Event Space	—	—	—	—	350	—	—	370
Panorama Ballroom	250	—	210	—	260	—	56	375
Exchange Hall	—	—	700	—	1100	—	—	—
Paardenwater + Groote Wiel + Merwede	328	124	152	150	220	99	90	330
Entire floor	220	100	200	150	300	—	—	—
The Canal Room	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	23
The Horizon	300	100	200	180	400	—	44	380
Rotterdam 1+2+3	180	—	150	—	240	—	—	330
Grand Ballroom	1015	591	650	480	1600	195	154	—
Calla 1-3 + Rosa 4-6	—	375	500	352	1000	—	—	1000
De Orangerie	—	—	100	—	200	—	—	—
Oranje Nassau zaal	300	—	250	—	500	50	50	316
Skylounge III	—	—	—	—	—	20	—	44
Elisabeth v. Tegelen Salon	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	24
Council Chamber	320	140	200	152	300	—	—	295
Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	—
Regio 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5	590	206	416	246	720	—	—	612
Meeting Room 1+2+3+4 + Corridor	500	140	310	168	500	60	48	549
Biesbosch 1+2	530	—	280	270	400	—	—	610
Mon Rêve Souterrain	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hundt zaal	38	13	20	20	—	16	17	30
Calla 1+2+3	525	288	330	276	600	—	68	528
Meeting Room 1+2+3	280	132	170	—	—	78	66	312
De Hembrug (combi)	200	100	160	100	—	—	—	244
Nieuwegracht 1-2	500	150	—	250	—	—	—	488
Kanselpoort	60	30	—	40	60	30	20	90
Heian I/II	494	315	330	216	680	126	99	—
Montreal	350	—	350	300	—	80	60	450
De Ooievaar	—	—	—	—	30	—	—	null
The Exchange	—	—	—	—	50	—	—	65
Balans zalen	250	130	250	180	200	60	50	300
Juliana II	60	24	40	20	50	22	22	77
Rhythms Bar	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	190
Randolph zaal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	100
Panorama Ballroom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	null
Zappeion	64	22	—	32	100	24	20	57
Tituszaal	30	12	30	18	50	18	14	30
Amsterdam 1 & 2	180	80	—	100	—	56	40	233
Panorama 2-3-4-5	180	82	110	—	180	56	52	230
Van Gendt Zaal	35	20	22	22	50	22	18	55
De Gouden Leeuw 1-2-3	340	132	160	200	350	—	—	311
Zaal 5+6+7+8	480	128	230	224	500	160	136	455
Seminar rooms for up to 150 people	189	42	—	80	—	56	40	155
Combination Rembrandt 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & corridor	400	200	250	—	500	—	—	505
Wapen B	100	55	60	55	80	36	30	101
Meeting Room A	40	16	24	24	50	16	16	46
Leeds 1	40	20	30	24	40	18	21	53
The Forbidden Garden	—	—	—	—	75	—	—	115
Fongerszaal	75	35	36	50	70	36	26	80
Beatrixpark	50	24	30	12	50	26	22	64
Lange Voorhout	95	32	55	64	100	40	30	112
Club Pampus	—	—	—	—	90	—	—	155
Thorbecke	110	55	80	90	—	40	35	143
Buffetrestaurant	—	—	180	—	—	—	—	324
Zaal 2+3	177	110	100	130	205	65	60	205
Valk Toekan	140	41	120	90	120	44	39	153
Sydney 1+2+3+4	500	—	—	252	—	—	—	570
Zaal 1 + 2 + 3 + 4	128	80	112	80	200	84	—	167
Beerschoten	120	50	120	80	120	44	40	180
Heinekenkamer	60	40	55	20	70	28	24	85
Grote lounge	80	—	60	—	80	28	26	81
Liemers 2	265	—	—	120	—	46	40	325
Chabot	30	12	20	24	—	20	18	52
Desert Inn Pub	—	—	150	—	500	—	—	300
Saxenburg Room	70	35	50	30	80	20	26	null
Schiller Salon	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	33
Ray's Club	60	24	50	31	150	32	25	174
Ferdinand Bol 2	40	24	30	18	50	24	18	43
Meeting room 5+6+7 + Foyer	642	260	360	360	—	—	—	654
10. Salix	60	40	—	39	—	—	20	103
Restaurant FIVE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Speuldbar	—	—	—	—	75	—	—	112
Zaal 1+2	140	80	70	80	150	50	44	180
Galerij	—	—	120	—	350	—	—	228
The Garden Room	—	—	70	—	—	—	—	90
A1 Foyer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	222
Combination Rembrandt 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & corridor	400	200	250	—	500	—	—	505
Vechtestein 1 + 2	260	112	150	140	260	—	—	283
Grand Ballroom	160	60	166	90	420	40	32	428