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)
Panorama Foyer	—	—	70	—	100	—	—	83
Sydney 2+3+4	365	—	—	150	—	—	—	425
Gallery	80	—	—	—	100	—	—	87
Balans	60	24	50	40	60	28	22	100
Zaal 2+3+4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	301
Meeting Spaces 3 + 4	40	24	38	32	50	32	28	105
Focus 5	45	19	20	31	50	24	19	60
Hub 6	50	16	20	25	75	20	18	50
Prince	150	72	80	75	150	54	46	155
Meeting Room 3	140	50	70	75	—	44	—	130
Meeting Room 26	100	60	100	80	70	36	37	160
Park Suite 4	50	24	40	24	—	20	20	81
The Fountain Room	—	—	—	—	—	8-10	—	25
Rotterdam Hall II	500	180	300	250	500	96	74	437
Foyer I/II	—	—	100	—	150	—	—	—
Club	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	41
Oudegracht 1-2-3	280	96	—	120	—	—	—	300
Theatre	432	132	208	180	300	60	40	336
Toekan	50	24	34	41	50	27	24	81
Amstel 3	200	60	100	100	—	—	40	195
Salon D	50	42	40	32	50	30	30	76
Harvard	25	16	—	24	—	12	16	37.1
Koningzaal II+III	175	70	104	115	220	60	64	195
Concept Store In-Huys	—	—	14	—	60	—	—	80
Het Binnenhof	65	30	—	40	—	28	24	75
Combination Rembrandt 4, 5 & corridor	178	90	125	—	250	—	—	229
Picasso	—	—	20	—	—	20	—	43
San Francisco 1+2	150	—	100	100	—	40	40	160
Vechtestein 2	130	56	100	70	130	44	42	144
Emma	75	40	50	40	70	24	20	105
Matterhorn II & III	250	126	140	133	—	—	36	253
nhow 3+4	300	114	72	140	300	84	71	—
Amsterdam 3	80	30	—	40	—	28	28	88
New York 3	260	112	220	136	250	—	54	295
Foyer 1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	205
Zaal 2-3 / Waalsprong 2-3	200	112	144	151	200	64	47	240
Hollandia A	60	30	40	24	50	24	23	60
Meeting Rooms 9, 10	80	48	50	48	95	24	27	96
Spark	—	—	—	—	16	—	—	35
Wiede	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	31
Combination Rembrandt 2 & 3	156	64	100	—	200	44	34	184
1e Kamer	20	16	20	16	30	12	10	36
Bibliotheek	40	—	32	—	40	18	18	—
Focus	150	60	100	60	200	39	31	144
Marbella	70	15	25	25	50	25	22	102
Zaal 5	120	32	60	56	125	40	34	125
4. Prunus	50	40	40	—	—	—	25	71
Zaal 8+9	100	64	—	80	—	44	36	141
Margriet + Irene Salon	80	40	90	60	110	40	40	190
Oude keuken	25	—	27	—	—	16	—	32
VD4 Jonge Catharina	75	30	65	40	70	—	25	92
Kolfschoten I	12	—	—	—	—	10	—	25
Meeting Room 1+2+3	150	48	—	68	110	56	50	133
Oxford	40	24	—	30	—	14	20	52.5
Combination Rembrandt 2 & 3	156	64	100	—	200	44	34	184
The Creators Box (2 rooms)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	17.6
Prince I	100	45	50	45	90	36	32	91
Dudok 1	45	24	32	—	50	—	18	57.5
Neude	50	30	32	36	50	28	24	60
Zaal 1 + 2 (or Zaal 4 + 5)	64	30	48	40	60	32	26	89
Balans+Inspanning	150	70	100	90	130	40	35	200
Ginger + Coriander + Lavender	145	54	—	84	185	—	—	247
Orange Room	—	—	8	—	—	8	—	16
The Lacock Abbey	40	18	—	24	—	18	12	48
Meeting Room 1	80	30	50	50	—	34	25	91
Oudegracht 2-3-4	280	96	—	120	—	—	—	300
Focus 3	31	15	10	22	30	18	15	41
Meeting room 6+7	282	116	180	145	—	—	—	294
Meeting Room 19+20+21+22	270	—	—	193	—	38	32	—
Glasenapp 1	50	32	—	32	—	26	24	67
Pelmolen	20	13	16	22	—	16	14	25
The Marquee Room	45	—	—	—	55	30	25	90
Zaal 4+5	80	50	50	60	100	34	30	100
Posbank 2+3+4	160	—	—	110	—	—	—	264
Great Room 1	50	28	40	—	50	20	20	55.2
Jules Deelder (boardroom)	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	null
Queen's Lounge + Theatre	650	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Beatrix	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	45
Londen	60	32	—	45	—	24	24	162
De Gouden Leeuw 2-3	220	88	120	125	200	58	—	197
Directievertrek Reuchlin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60
Emerson Room (I+II+III)	230	120	170	144	230	—	45	238
Machine Room 4	50	24	—	24	—	24	22	65
Flow Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	null
Salon E	50	42	40	32	50	30	30	79
Studio 2	30	—	16	—	—	16	14	47
Zaan 1+2+3	150	75	120	90	—	—	—	215
Vermeer	30	20	20	—	—	16	14	49
Oever	30	—	—	28	—	28	18	60
Salon Jacques Garcia	—	—	18	—	—	16	—	41
Oostbroek	60	38	48	40	48	38	36	95
Kruiskade	—	—	—	—	—	20	—	36
Salon 5 + 6	100	24	80	80	100	46	40	120
Executive boardroom Parijs	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	72
Cymbals	54	28	24	—	—	—	20	62
Breeze	42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ridderzaal	32	18	—	32	—	24	18	null
Singel 1	40	24	—	—	30	18	15	33
Calla 2	170	96	110	92	200	—	38	176
Chicago 1+2	150	—	100	100	—	40	40	160