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)
Calla 1+2	350	192	220	184	400	—	54	352
New York 2+3	500	232	450	256	500	—	100	590
Serre (13 meter)	60	—	40	—	60	—	—	—
Morettipaviljoen (combined)	350	170	250	180	500	88	80	330
Zaal 1-2-3 / Waalsprong 1-2-3	300	168	216	181	300	84	57	360
Irene Salon	10	—	10	10	10	10	10	32
Drum 'n' Bass	108	36	48	—	—	—	40	128
De Schans (combi)	120	90	120	90	—	—	—	197
Amstel 2+3	300	100	—	160	—	—	—	320
Pearl 3	189	125	130	88	240	28	—	225
The Pantry	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	81
Liemers 1	265	—	—	150	—	46	40	319
Corneliazaal	30	12	30	18	50	18	14	30
Specht Watersnip	110	40	80	70	100	—	—	136
Zaal 4+5	140	80	80	80	100	48	40	205
De Kneuter	—	—	—	—	20	—	—	null
Park	60	30	50	32	75	32	—	82.5
Balcony	60	—	90	—	100	—	—	140
San Remo	40	18	20	31	—	18	19	62
Hub 5 t/m 8	200	48	120	100	350	—	32	290
Lombok	36	20	—	24	—	12	20	51
Stanford	20	8	—	—	—	12	—	24.8
Ontspanning	60	30	50	50	60	30	22	100
Machine Room 2+3+4	100	42	—	56	—	40	26	152
Amsterdam 1 t/m 3	488	102	312	250	370	—	—	596
Captains Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	15	—	null
Oudegracht 1-2-3-4	380	128	—	160	—	—	—	400
3. Robur	50	40	—	—	—	—	25	76
Zaal 1+2	130	70	80	100	165	54	42	165
Sydney 2+3+4+5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	514
Games Room	20	—	12	—	20	14	—	25.2
Combination Rembrandt 1, 2, 3 & corridor	280	127	—	—	360	—	—	335
Salon van Brienen	40	—	30	—	50	24	20	55
Prinsengracht 1	30	18	—	—	30	18	15	34
Mesdag Ballroom II	150	80	90	—	200	48	34	132
Rotterdam 1	60	36	50	48	80	40	30	110
Nahuys	50	20	30	40	—	28	25	65
Brouwerskamer	—	—	14	—	—	—	—	40
Focus 2	70	45	50	61	80	34	31	91
Houtzaagmolen 1+2	80	36	50	50	—	28	30	100
Studio 2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	74
M1 + M2 + M3 (Albert Cuypmarkt + Dappermarkt + Nieuwmarkt)	140	48	112	80	175	—	—	195
Amsterdam 3	70	40	40	55	85	32	28	89
Vredenburg	50	24	40	35	60	30	24	86
VD6 Jonge Jan (2)	160	50	120	65	150	—	35	212
The Kromhout Room	30	—	—	—	30	26	18	45
Salon B	100	72	60	48	100	42	42	96
Saxenburg Galleries I & II	30	—	—	—	60	18	—	null
Sarah's Lounge	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60
Panorama 1-2-3	160	80	110	—	160	34	30	196
Zaal 2 + 3 + 4 + 5	128	80	112	80	200	84	—	167
Zappeion Megaron	250	64	120	110	275	44	35	152
Lavender	20	—	—	—	30	12	—	47
Vermeer 2 + 3	220	96	180	96	220	80	—	300
Foyer Okura	—	—	210	—	250	—	—	—
Creatief	220	80	150	84	350	53	41	192
Binnenhof	60	24	45	48	70	30	26	74
Emerson III	80	36	56	40	70	29	28	77
Rijndam	24	12	24	—	24	—	15	53
Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	15
The Forum	—	—	—	—	25	—	—	40
Zaal 1	60	40	40	40	75	28	24	90
Meeting Room 2+3	200	80	120	120	—	60	55	221
Biesbosch 1	250	—	160	150	—	44	35	330
Matterhorn III	100	60	42	42	—	—	26	114
Jacob Pronk zaal	550	—	350	240	550	120	80	640
Mon Rêve de Jardin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wapen A	60	30	30	40	30	24	21	75
Shipping Hall	—	—	500	—	800	—	—	—
Conrad Suite	80	54	48	40	100	30	24	96
Amazone	162	62	140	88	175	52	40	200
Berns Zaal	35	20	22	22	50	22	18	55
Mondriaan	—	—	14	—	—	14	—	30.1
Cocagne I en II	400	—	—	250	—	—	48	351
Alpha + Beta	100	—	80	64	100	40	48	140
Blue Room	—	—	26	—	—	26	—	50
Great Room 3	100	60	72	—	160	40	25	140.2
Rembrandtpark	50	24	30	12	50	26	22	64
Londen 1	150	—	150	110	—	40	40	200
Beaufort II	30	—	—	16	—	16	12	45
Training rooms for up to 56 people	56	20	—	30	—	16	18	65
Oorebeek	26	12	16	24	—	18	16	45
Ballroom B	200	60	120	80	260	—	36	192
Het Hof	60	—	—	50	—	—	31	98.5
W.A. Scholtenzaal	45	16	20	24	60	22	18	55
Vechtestein 2 + 3	260	112	150	140	260	—	—	283
Paardenwater + Groote Wiel	190	64	80	108	130	56	46	198
Spreukenzaal	—	—	32	—	40	—	—	40
Zaal 19 t/m 23	350	114	180	212	370	96	64	377
Zaal 3+4+5	292	79	—	198	—	56	74	366
Houdringe	150	—	160	120	200	—	—	180
Amsterdam 2 & 3	160	60	—	80	—	40	30	176
Manchester 2	25	12	20	16	30	12	14	32.5
Meeting Room 19+20+21+22+23 + Foyer	400	—	357	238	600	—	—	545
Manchester 1	25	12	20	16	30	12	14	32.5
Waterview Space	120	—	—	—	—	—	—	108
Royer	50	20	30	40	—	28	25	60
VD5 Jonge Jan (1)	160	50	120	65	140	—	35	201
Heidelberg	20	16	—	—	—	12	14	31.5
Vermeer 3	120	48	—	48	110	40	30	149