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)
Brood & Bruna Boardroom	40	22	—	—	—	—	28	54.4
Amsterdam 1 + 2	344	100	224	180	270	—	—	393
Jacob Maris zaal	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	93
Oudegracht 3-4-5	280	96	—	120	—	—	—	300
Hofstede	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	34.6
The Amsterdam Room	40	—	—	—	50	32	25	50
Meeting Room 2	80	30	50	50	—	34	25	91
Zaan 1+2	100	50	70	60	—	—	—	145
Millsroom	20	15	16	20	—	16	12	25
Salon 1	70	24	50	50	70	30	25	88
Glasenapp 2	50	32	—	32	—	26	24	67
12. Sophora	—	—	—	—	—	20	—	67
Chimes	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33
Franse salon	20	—	24	—	25	16	14	39
Hub 5	40	12	20	17	60	15	14	45
Zaal 4	80	—	34	60	90	28	22	105
Calla 3	170	96	110	92	200	—	38	176
Beatrixpark + Rembrandtpark	110	60	70	24	100	46	42	126
The Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	27
The Oval Office	40	20	20	24	—	18	12	52
Ferdinand Bol 1 - 4	180	105	120	90	150	—	—	196
Sonneveld (boardroom)	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	null
Van Gogh 1 + 2 + 3	160	70	120	56	180	—	—	210
Sandwijck	40	30	48	36	40	20	20	68
Red	50	19	32	—	50	32	24	80
Regge	25	15	—	25	—	20	17	44
Vision	—	—	—	—	16	—	—	35
Zaal 2 + 3 (or Zaal 3 + 4)	60	32	40	44	60	32	22	77
Boterkelder	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20
Engine	32	14	—	—	—	16	14	63
Sumatra	70	54	—	45	—	28	32	99
Paleiszaal	100	50	50	60	110	40	34	104
Potter	—	—	10	—	—	10	—	27
Daadkracht	150	60	100	60	200	39	31	144
Amsterdam 1 + 2 + 3 + 4	300	120	200	150	350	108	54	302
Inspanning+Ontspanning	150	70	100	90	130	40	35	200
Spiegelzaal	32	18	—	32	—	24	18	null
Zaal 6	120	32	60	56	125	40	34	125
Copper Attic	20	—	24	—	20	16	—	null
Stellenbosch	40	24	—	30	—	14	20	52.5
Linge	80	32	40	48	54	34	28	106
Meeting Space 4	24	18	30	24	30	24	20	67
De Fabriek	—	—	40	—	75	—	—	100
nhow 2+3	200	60	36	100	200	45	39	—
Posbank 3+4	100	—	—	70	—	54	45	170
Zaal 1	40	18	32	36	50	20	18	58
Boardroom Soesterduinen	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	24
Nieuwenhuis I	—	—	6	—	—	6	—	19.8
Meeting Space 5	24	18	24	24	26	24	20	54
Mees Room I & II	252	120	180	170	350	82	52	288
Zaal 3	40	24	32	24	50	24	18	90
Salons A+B+C (combined)	280	189	240	120	300	—	66	278
Europa 2	100	50	96	95	—	40	34	136
Foyer	70	40	64	—	100	—	—	108
Hudson	40	16	40	24	—	22	18	52
De Phenix	75	28	56	46	—	—	26	90
Concerto Suite	—	—	8	—	15	8	—	95
Amsterdam 2 + 4	300	60	184	145	230	—	—	355
Amsterdam 2 + 3	100	60	85	80	175	52	40	153
Panorama 2	48	24	30	—	48	—	20	65
Bibliotheque	75	30	30	52	—	28	25	81
Zaal 25	100	40	50	50	100	30	27	100
Wintergarden	—	—	320	—	600	—	—	462
Salon 3	70	24	50	50	70	30	25	82
Speelman salon	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	29
Beatrixpark + Rembrandtpark + Vondelpark	160	80	120	33	180	60	56	184
Red I	32	16	24	—	30	18	14	55
Meeting Room 7+8+9	60	24	30	—	—	24	—	105
Princess	80	30	—	30	100	26	28	104
Oosterpark	50	24	—	32	—	28	24	64
Borneo	70	54	—	45	—	28	32	88
nhow 5+6+7	300	108	72	150	300	72	48	—
NY Basement	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Van Gogh 1 + 2	110	48	80	40	120	—	—	140
Plaza Suite 3	30	10	10	10	—	12	12	29
Singel 3	32	18	—	—	25	12	15	30
Singel 1 & 2	70	50	90	65	140	—	—	128
De Molenhoek 3	130	52	80	73	130	48	38	137
Copper Lounge	—	—	—	—	20	—	—	null
Meeting Room 11+12+14	165	44	—	75	—	44	26	177
Salon Rodenburg	—	—	8	—	—	8	—	22
Glasgow 1	60	32	40	35	58	28	32	67.5
Brussel 1+2	120	—	100	90	—	40	40	150
Magnolia	60	40	100	45	120	—	25	185
13. Ligustrum	—	—	—	—	—	—	20	67
Meeting Rooms 12 + 14, 15 + 16	50	39	50	40	70	24	27	72
Maxima I	60	24	40	32	50	20	22	72
Meeting room 5	120	54	70	75	—	36	24	128
Jan Coelenbier kamer	—	8	—	16	—	16	15	null
Hub 8	40	12	20	17	60	15	14	45
Salve	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	32
Jansen & Spyker Boardroom	40	22	—	—	—	—	28	54.4
Van Gogh	75	40	50	40	50	32	30	86.6
Gallery	60	30	50	32	100	30	—	110
Glass Enclosed Promenade	200	—	—	—	250	—	—	297
Rhijnwijk	35	20	—	30	—	20	18	65
Kunsthal (boardroom)	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	null
Witte Leeuw	80	36	70	60	100	30	27	—
Brussel 1+2	360	160	280	192	300	—	—	467
P2 + P3 (Vondelpark + Westerpark)	90	40	72	52	115	—	—	128