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)
Margriet Salon	70	30	90	40	100	20	30	180
Salon A	95	63	60	48	100	36	36	92
Focus 1	70	49	50	66	80	37	33	91
Park Suite 2	50	24	40	24	—	14	20	68
Beaufort I	30	—	—	16	—	16	12	45
Council Chamber I	200	72	110	88	175	48	36	177
Meeting room 1st floor	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	15
Millingerzaal	60	—	—	50	—	40	26	136
Ruby Luuk meeting rooms (various)	70	—	—	—	—	—	—	null
Dom	150	72	80	90	180	54	42	165
Great Room 1+2+3	225	120	152	—	350	—	—	—
Pearl 2	189	125	130	88	240	28	—	225
Amsterdam 1 t/m 4	587	122	376	300	450	—	—	718
Zaal 3+4+5	220	104	120	112	300	70	60	296
Rotterdam 1+2	120	—	100	—	160	—	—	220
Machine Room 3+4	100	48	—	48	—	44	30	128
Senator	70	30	48	30	150	30	30	110
Chocolate	50	18	40	30	50	—	20	57
Cocagne II	240	—	—	150	—	—	36	234
Cannes	40	18	20	31	—	18	19	62
Groote Wiel + Merwede	226	88	112	132	210	70	56	234
Ballroom A	350	120	170	144	380	—	54	281
Matterhorn II	150	96	63	63	—	—	36	139
New York 1+2	500	240	450	256	500	—	110	590
Sydney 1	—	—	—	—	—	—	18	—
Amsterdam 2	40	25	30	30	50	20	18	47
Beta	50	—	40	32	50	20	24	70
Balzaal (Ballroom)	80	—	60	—	100	34	26	79
Coriander	30	18	—	24	60	12	16	73
Mesdag Ballroom I	150	80	90	—	200	48	34	132
Meeting Room 2	45	16	—	24	40	20	16	48
Amsterdam	125	50	200	120	—	30	30	350
Rotterdam	300	150	180	160	350	80	72	288
Mercurius Hall	—	—	500	—	800	—	—	—
Rietveld 3-4	130	60	64	—	140	—	36	141.7
Zaal 2+3+4+5	370	130	—	230	325	102	96	400
The Cornelis Room	30	—	—	—	30	26	20	50
Morettipaviljoen II	175	85	125	90	—	44	40	165
Cornell	20	8	—	—	—	12	—	24.5
SKYY Bar Amsterdam	—	—	—	—	125	—	—
Oranje	60	30	50	32	75	32	—	82.5
Groot Auditorium incl. Tuinzaal	—	—	160	—	—	—	—	null
VD7 Vrouw Aaltje	270	80	145	110	190	—	70	322
Skylounge II	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	26
The Conference Room 2	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	31.6
Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	18
Emerson II	80	36	56	40	70	29	28	82
Noorderpark	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	null
Vermeer 1 + 2	220	96	180	96	220	80	—	300
Regio 1 + 2	420	130	310	186	550	85	72	423
Salon 4 + 5 + 6	150	36	120	120	150	—	45	180
Keizersgracht	27	12	—	—	30	12	12	34
Opal 2	220	110	120	96	150	30	42	181
Dining Room + Pantry	68	—	48	—	—	—	—	121
Houtzaagmolen 2	35	15	20	22	—	20	16	50
Koningzaal II	35	20	24	25	45	20	18	55
Living Room	45	—	—	—	50	30	—	42.5
LOFT 2	120	60	150	90	250	42	38	285
Zaal 2-3-4 / Waalsprong 2-3-4	280	154	224	176	300	76	51	368
Zaal 24 t/m 28	500	200	250	250	500	—	—	500
The Record Club	35	—	—	—	40	—	30	150
Tuschinski I	60	32	56	—	80	22	—	95
Koepelzaal	375	200	270	200	400	—	54	450
Rotterdam Room I & II	120	60	96	—	120	—	48	134
Komodo	36	24	—	24	—	12	20	49
Theatre	120	—	—	—	—	—	—	185
Harmony Room	30	—	22	—	35	20	—	36
Amstel 1+2	300	100	170	160	—	—	—	320
Meeting Room 3	30	12	—	16	25	12	12	38
Dudok 1-2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	116.7
La Fontaine Room	350	176	300	144	350	60	54	410
Meeting Room B	32	12	—	—	40	8	12	34
Tuinzaal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	null
Park Suites 1+2	100	48	80	48	—	28	36	135
Ferdinand Bol 3	40	24	30	18	50	24	18	43
Skylounge I	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	20
Council Chamber (Beraadzaal)	—	—	—	—	—	22	—	88
Combination Rembrandt 1, 2, 3 & corridor	280	127	—	—	360	—	—	335
Juliana I & II	120	60	80	64	100	40	48	144
Brasserie Mme Coco	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Salon 1 + 2	120	42	90	80	120	52	45	150
Bibliotheek	60	32	56	—	80	24	—	84
LOFT 3	100	60	100	70	150	46	36	258
The Gallery	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	20
Sky Bar	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
De Molenhoek 2-3	240	104	180	150	200	—	—	278
Zaal 5+6+7	360	96	180	168	375	120	102	340
Metternich I	26	13	20	16	—	12	11	30
Dalempoort	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	45
Parool Theatre	120	—	—	—	250	—	—	144
Cappuccino	50	18	40	30	50	—	20	57
The Conference Room 1	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	31.6
Meeting room 5+6+7	430	180	270	230	—	—	—	421
Regio 3 + 4 + 5	120	—	—	—	—	50	60	—
Hideout	—	—	12	—	—	—	—	15
Council Chamber II	120	45	90	64	125	32	23	122
Europa 1 + 2	350	—	—	—	—	—	50	300
Opal 1 & 2	440	200	200	120	250	50	75	312
Governor	60	35	40	36	150	30	30	110
Koningzaal III	140	50	80	90	175	40	46	140