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)
J.P. Coen I	35	20	18	20	30	20	—	43
White I	32	16	32	—	40	18	14	49
Zaal 1+2+3	225	120	—	146	—	90	70	286
Marie's Sundeck	—	—	16	—	35	—	—	50
Zambezi	60	26	60	38	75	28	24	73
Plaza Suite 1	30	18	20	20	—	16	14	36
Rotterdam Room I	40	20	32	—	50	—	18	58
Ferdinand Bol 3 & 4	90	50	70	42	100	44	38	98
Flow	56	20	—	—	—	20	24	79.8
Library	—	—	8	—	—	6	—	11.9
Vermeer 1	110	48	90	48	110	40	30	146
Birmingham 1	25	12	20	16	30	12	14	32.5
P1 + P2 (Amstelpark + Vondelpark)	100	48	80	56	120	—	—	134
Serre	80	—	70	50	100	40	30	140
Amsterdam 2 + 3	344	68	208	165	250	—	—	436
Singel 2	35	10	30	20	40	10	10	58
Koningzaal I+II+III	250	90	152	170	295	100	84	275
Amstelpark + Beatrixpark + Rembrandtpark	150	70	100	60	160	56	50	178
De Lelie (combi)	90	40	48	48	—	—	34	107
Sydney 3+4+5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	355
Oranje + Park	120	60	100	85	200	60	—	165
Copper Study	—	—	10	—	—	10	—	null
Zaal 29+30	160	64	80	80	160	52	37	161
Meeting Space 1	72	36	48	40	80	36	30	100
Matterhorn I & II & III	450	240	250	210	—	—	60	381
Foyer	—	—	56	—	150	—	—	195
Specht	40	24	35	35	40	27	20	72
Wetering + Steenenhoek	80	54	64	57	48	38	35	112
Regio 4 + 5	110	50	96	52	100	50	44	—
Hub 7	50	16	20	25	75	20	18	50
Otter/Esperance	155	114	110	72	170	84	67	—
Vechtestein 3	130	56	100	70	130	44	42	144
Brussel	25	12	24	18	20	16	16	50
Zaal 3	80	—	50	60	90	32	28	105
Java	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	47
Emerald – Triple	277	150	170	96	225	32	66	215
Rotterdam Hall I	500	180	300	250	500	96	74	437
Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	15
Cosmopolitan / Grazia / Bazaar	30	12	—	21	—	20	15	44
Amsterdam 1+2+3	175	80	100	120	250	72	46	174
Eiland van Dordrecht 2-3-4	160	—	100	110	—	—	—	—
Europa 1	110	50	96	100	—	40	34	157
Colorado	30	16	30	22	30	20	16	52
De Molenhoek 2	120	52	80	73	130	48	38	139
Zaal Staal	350	130	250	150	400	100	70	420
Grand Ballroom	700	346	320	320	600	50	90	510
Zaal 24	100	40	50	50	100	30	27	100
Regio 5	78	28	72	36	100	34	26	100
Meeting Rooms 7, 8	80	36	50	40	91	24	27	84
Plastic Whale	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	42
Atlantic Promenade	—	—	—	—	300	—	—	276
Wilhelmina	40	18	—	16	50	16	16	70
Zurich I	136	90	63	63	—	—	34	144
Singel 2	40	24	—	—	30	18	15	33
Valk	40	18	30	30	40	20	17	72
Eiland van Dordrecht 1-2-3	180	—	130	120	—	—	—	—
Machine Room 1+2	36	18	—	20	—	20	18	52
Sydney 1+2	300	—	—	144	—	—	—	330
Prince II	50	27	30	30	60	24	16	64
Staten	85	40	70	48	100	35	—	108
Harlowe	40	24	28	—	40	17	18	46
Plaza Suite 2	45	32	30	26	—	20	20	46
Griffioen	150	88	—	48	—	64	47	—
Posbank 1+2 (or 2+3)	120	—	—	80	—	—	—	190
SALT restaurant	—	—	—	—	120	—	—	null
Singel 3	60	30	60	40	100	20	20	90
Rotterdam Room II	60	30	48	—	70	—	24	72
Study	—	—	8	—	—	6	—	11.9
Wine Vault (Wine Cellar)	—	—	24	—	40	10	10	37.1
2e Kamer	28	20	20	16	30	16	14	32
Rome	25	12	24	18	20	16	16	50
Zaal 5+6	—	—	45	—	90	—	—	90
Doornburg 1 + 2 + 3	120	80	100	90	110	—	—	192
Boardroom 4	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	30
Penthouse Suite	—	—	12	—	25	12	—	170
Meeting room 6	134	52	90	90	—	50	28	166
Meeting Room 1+2	220	—	122	81	200	44	40	210
Directievertrek Plate	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	45
M2 + M3 (Dappermarkt + Nieuwmarkt)	90	40	72	52	115	—	—	128
Foyer 2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	190
Zaal 1 / Waalsprong 1	100	57	64	71	100	44	37	120
Salons A+B / B+C (combined)	190	126	160	90	220	—	36	188
Passage	—	—	110	—	120	—	—	115
Zaal 4+5	212	64	—	100	—	56	52	268
VD2 Drie Gebroeders	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	92
Hoog Catharijne	60	30	32	36	75	30	26	58
Anna Pavlova Champagne Lounge	—	—	10	—	35	14	8	39
Private Bar	—	—	—	—	80	—	—	80
Marijnen I & II	30	—	—	20	—	16	12	50
Brussel 1+2+3	380	166	300	—	—	—	—	—
Chili	100	36	—	60	95	16	20	127
Londen 2	75	—	80	60	—	30	26	150
Studio 3	—	—	8	—	—	12	10	30
Glasgow 2	25	12	20	16	30	12	14	32.5
Huygens	60	—	—	50	—	—	24	107
Irene + Christina Salon	50	30	50	52	70	30	28	117
Zaal 5	80	40	40	48	75	32	24	114
Combination Rembrandt 1 & 2	156	64	—	—	—	44	34	174
Jordaan	50	28	—	32	—	28	24	88
Combination Rembrandt 1 & 2	156	64	—	—	—	44	34	174