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)
Diana zaal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40
Inspanning	60	30	50	40	60	28	25	100
Noordam	24	12	25	—	25	—	16	53
Boardrooms for up to 10 people	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	35
San Pietro	175	50	120	100	275	50	35	160
Vaalsbroekerhof	110	60	100	56	200	48	28	130
De kasteeltuinen	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jan Toorop zaal	200	—	150	120	200	50	46	250
Blauwe Zaal	25	20	32	—	40	20	—	55
Ambassador Club	52	—	60	—	75	—	—	—
Great Room 2	100	60	72	—	140	60	25	137.3
Meeting Room 1+2	160	70	100	100	—	56	40	182
Calla 2+3	350	192	220	184	400	—	54	352
The Lobbybar	—	—	—	—	120	—	—	110
Combination Rembrandt 1, 2 & 3	220	100	150	—	300	—	—	276
Serre	60	—	40	—	60	—	—	—
Watermolen	30	17	—	30	—	20	18	60
CP Lounge	45	16	20	24	60	52	16	50
Watersnip	40	24	49	35	59	30	24	90
Saxenburg Galleries I	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	null
Meeting Space 2	72	36	48	40	80	40	34	110
The Cornelis-Kromhout Room	90	—	—	—	120	60	50	135
Zaal 3+4	100	60	72	64	100	44	38	181
Haven Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	null
Odyssee Room	350	100	300	120	350	76	48	400
Kandinsky	—	—	14	—	—	14	—	27.3
Posbank 1+2+3+4	250	—	—	150	—	—	—	356
Focus 4	45	19	—	31	50	24	19	60
Prinsengracht 2	24	12	—	—	—	12	15	27
Zaal 1+2+3+4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	365
Amsterdam 1	100	48	—	50	—	32	30	145
Koningzaal I+II	95	70	72	65	120	52	42	135
The Conference Arena	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22.6
Drawing Room	45	—	26	—	—	24	—	50
PC Hooftstraat	50	18	—	30	—	22	18	60
Salon C	95	63	60	48	100	36	36	90
Ginger + Coriander	130	54	—	84	155	—	—	200
Studio 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	55
Hub 1 t/m 4	110	34	70	70	160	38	36	115
Hollandia A & B	150	84	90	72	140	42	38	130
Zaal 4+5+6	—	—	70	—	140	—	—	140
Zaal 3-4 / Waalsprong 3-4	180	98	144	146	180	56	41	248
Machine Room 1+2+3	100	42	—	56	100	40	26	101
Vollenhoven	80	40	60	50	60	44	40	100
Sydney 1+2+3	400	—	—	216	—	—	—	435
Verwondering	150	60	100	60	200	39	31	144
Emerald – Single	81	27	50	32	60	18	24	71
Red Room	—	—	10	—	—	10	—	20
Victoria Lounge	—	—	—	—	50	—	—	119
Oranjerie	140	60	—	72	—	36	30	null
Nexus	—	—	80	—	120	—	—	60
Admiralty	110	—	100	56	150	—	—	144
Zaal 1 + 2 + 3 (or Zaal 3 + 4 + 5)	96	64	72	64	140	48	32	135
Rietveld 1-2	80	38	—	—	80	—	32	78.1
Zaal 5+6	240	64	120	112	250	80	68	225
Amstel 1	200	60	100	100	—	—	40	195
Meeting Room 1+2	90	32	—	44	80	40	28	95
Timor	36	24	—	24	—	12	20	51
Panorama 4-5	66	24	80	—	66	24	22	132
Maximum	90	—	80	80	200	—	—	156
Meeting room 8+9 + Foyer	342	108	230	140	—	—	—	439
Meeting Suites	—	—	—	—	8	—	—	null
Oudegracht 2-3-4-5	380	128	—	160	—	—	—	400
Rotterdam 2	60	36	50	48	80	40	28	110
6. Crispa	50	39	—	—	—	—	25	74
Brussel	125	50	150	80	—	32	32	250
New York 1	260	120	220	136	250	—	58	295
Residentie + Oranje	270	110	200	110	450	72	—	317
Library & Study	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	23.8
Amsterdam 2 t/m 5	540	108	336	265	400	—	—	637
Drum	54	—	24	—	—	—	20	62
Tuinzaal	20	—	16	—	30	12	—	35
P1 + P2 + P3 (Amstelpark + Vondelpark + Westerpark)	140	48	112	80	175	—	—	195
Salon 2 + 3	120	42	90	80	120	46	40	144
Rotterdam Hall I & II	1100	360	600	550	1000	148	100	—
Pearl 1&2 / Pearl 2&3	381	265	280	176	480	—	—	450
Christina Salon	30	14	40	30	60	15	18	80
Emerson I + II	160	80	112	96	150	36	38	159
Biesbosch 2	200	—	120	120	200	44	35	280
Foyer	—	—	—	—	100	—	—	109
The Prinsenkamer	—	—	20	—	60	—	—	85
Coolsingel Suite	110	63	70	49	120	61	36	155
Kolfschoten I & II	60	—	—	32	—	24	20	75
Achtervliet + Wetering + Steenenhoek	120	60	96	58	184	63	61	152
Arkelpoort	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	45
Binnentuin	450	88	200	135	450	—	—	286
De Grote Fabriek (combi)	—	—	88	—	150	—	—	147
Meeting Rooms 7 + 8	180	72	120	96	185	36	45	168
Combination Rembrandt 1, 2 & 3	220	100	150	—	300	—	—	276
Regio 2	250	112	198	114	350	60	48	238
Wintertuin	400	—	250	240	—	—	46	482
Matterhorn I & II	250	180	84	120	—	—	44	267
Stroom	30	—	—	28	—	28	18	63
Meeting Suite 11	15	8	—	12	—	—	—	29
Salon Paul Kruger	30	—	24	—	40	16	12	49
Ferdinand Bol 4	50	30	40	24	60	28	23	55
Amalia	68	40	40	30	60	20	18	113
Hojel	60	30	40	40	75	30	27	94
Van der Meij-hall	—	—	—	—	100	—	—	—
Foyer Amstel	—	—	80	—	180	—	—	—