from $134 per night

5 Star Hotel

Royal Windsor Hotel Grand'place

If you yearn to be ensconced in mahogany, oak, regal fabrics, and plush carpets, this fastidious old-school hotel should fit the bill.

from $210 per night

5 Star Hotel

Le Châtelain

OK, so not all the 107 rooms in this five-star establishment technically qualify as suites, with separate living and sleeping areas, but they're still decadently spacious with ample room to swing a litter of cats.

from $185 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hôtel Siru

Built in 1917 and operating as the Hotel Siru since 1932, this distinctive turreted building is actually part of the Comfort Hotel chain. Don't be deceived: none of the 101 rooms here are alike - or like anything you'll find anywhere else.

from $235 per night

4 Star Hotel

New Hotel Charlemagne

This basic place has clean, modern rooms and makes a well-located base in the EU quarter if you need to be close for business. It's in a quiet spot if you want to be out of the city, and is ideal if you're driving, with free garage parking.

from $189 per night

4 Star Hotel

Izan Avenue Louise

Built in 1970, the brown-tinted modular glass facade of this hotel incongruously conceals an upmarket boutique establishment with an exclusive air, whose 80 sumptuously carpeted rooms are stuffed with plush heritage-style sofas, armchairs and art.

from $167 per night

5 Star Hotel

Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Brussels

True, it's part of a corporate chain, and true, the building's state-of-the-art circa 1989, but this hotel has a near endless list of one-off features, including one of Belgium's most celebrated destination restaurants, Sea Grill, and a walk-in h.

from $123 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hôtel Des Colonies

Tucked away in a small street just off Place Rogier in the shadows of the monolithic Sheraton and the Comfort Art Hotel Siru (both unmissable skyline landmarks), this stately 1906-built establishment stakes its claim as the oldest continuously op.

from $77 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hotel Georges V

Tucked away on a quiet, inconspicuous street on the edge of the St Géry quarter, all 17 rooms at this 1859-built hotel are bathed in sunshine streaming through big picture windows.

from $3180 per night

5 Star Hotel

Rocco Forte Hotel Amigo

Built in the 1950s for the Brussels expo on the site of a 16th-century prison, this über-exclusive hotel was taken over by Rocco Forte and refurbished earlier this decade.

from $205 per night

4 Star Hotel

Nh Hotel Du Grand Sablon

Right on the Place du Grand Sablon, the site of the chic weekend antique markets, the NH Hôtel du Grand Sablon is part of the stylish Spanish hotel collection, NH Hoteles. The atmosphere and staff are as charming as the quarter it presides over.

from $203 per night

5 Star Hotel

Stanhope Hotel

Occupying three stately town houses and lavish newer premises on the edge of the EU quarter, close to Trône metro station, this grand English-style hotel might appear to be a jodhpurs-and-foxhounds type of place, but for all its manor-house grand.

from $244 per night

4 Star Hotel

Hotel Manos Premier

A few blocks south of its four-star sibling establishment, Manos Stephanie, the slightly more upper-crust five-star Manos Premier has just 28 boutique rooms and 15 suites, plus a rambling, storybook garden.

from $435 per night

4 Star Hotel

Hotel Manos Stephanie

Though its brochures claim it's right in the centre of Brussels, this place is a fair hike from the city's epicentre.

from $106 per night

3 Star Hotel

Aris Grand Place Hotel Brussels

From the outside, this super-central 19th-century former library would seem to announce itself as another antique-filled, heritage place, but the interior's been gutted and completely refitted with sleek, contemporary furnishings in minimalist st.

from $234 per night

2 Star Hotel

Hotel La Légende

Set back from the street in a Parisian-style ivy-covered courtyard housing an on-site undercover garage, the lime-green facade of La Légende comprises two interconnected buildings with 27 rooms.

from $149 per night

4 Star Hotel

Hotel Le Dome

This is actually two hotels: Hotel Le Dôme I, in a grand 1902 landmark corner building with 77 rooms; and Hotel Le Dôme II, in a 1993 building a couple of doors down Blvd du Jardin Botanique.

from $217 per night

4 Star Hotel

Hotel Le Plaza Brussels

Owned by Belgian royalty, this 1930s grande dame's 21st-century cachet attracts the like of musicians Moby and Joe Cocker, as well as Johnny Depp and his wife, singer Vanessa Paradis, who, with their entourage, once lived in half of the entire 7t.

from $143 per night

3 Star Hotel

Floris Hotel Arlequin Grand Place

Smack-bang in the middle of Brussels, near the Grand Place, the 92-room Hotel Arlequin is a handy stumble from jazz and Latin clubs (there's one in the basement - Bar Anthanor - that's also operated by the hotel, with free entry for guests), as w.

from $158 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hotel Mozart

Within three splendidly restored 17th-century buildings, this romantic and superbly located little gem seduces, care of salmon-toned rooms with beamed ceilings, period paintings and a subtle blend of antique and contemporary furnishings.

from $117 per night

2 Star Hotel

Monty Small Design Hotel

Bills itself as a 'small design hotel' but feels more like a bordello. Must be something to do with the blood-red décor. If you're into designers and atypical décor, and want to be out of the centre (EU vicinity), it'll do.

from $90 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hotel Agenda Midi

The traffic-choked Gare du Midi area isn't exactly a tourist attraction, but if you need to be close to the station for travel reasons, this clean, reputable hotel just 250m (273 yd) from the station is definitely the pick of a not always salubri.

from $162 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hotel Du Congres

This 70-room hotel is a statement in simplified elegance. Renovated top to bottom with clean lines and spotless amenities, Hôtel du Congrès has a quiet(ish) location close to a clutch of Brussels' most splendiferous sights.

from $91 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

The Phileas Fogg Bed & Breakfast

Anyone expecting prim, proper, impersonal service won't find it at this exotic and slightly chaotic B&B run by avid traveller, Karin Dhadamus.

from $287 per night

2 Star Hotel

Brussels Welcome Hotel

This incredibly friendly boutique hotel in the Ste Catherine quarter has been around for years. It has 17 rooms themed in minute detail according to some of the world's most romantic travel destinations.

from $29 per night

Hostel

Youth Hostel Van Gogh (Chab)

Run by a young, fun crew, Brussels' hippest hostel has heaps of amenities including an ivy-walled garden courtyard, a very cool black-tiled bar area that's as flash as any nightclub's (with much cheaper beer) and an adjoining glassed-in conservat.

from $35 per night

Hostel

Gîte D'etape Youth Hostel Jacques Brel

Set around a central courtyard and fountain, this spiffy-looking cream-rendered hostel houses 173 beds. Overlooking the courtyard there's a bar with a piano, but it's more a place to chill than to kick up your heels.

from $62 per night

1 Star Hotel

La Vieille Lanterne

Above a lace and trinket shop, which doubles as the hotel's reception, all six cute-as-a-button rooms at the tiny Hôtel La Vieille Lanterne have views of Brussels' most photographed but - let's be honest - underwhelming fountain, Manneken Pis.

from $41 per night

1 Star Hotel

Residence Les Ecrins

In the appealing Ste Catherine quarter, 10 minutes' walk northwest of the Grand Place, the Résidence Les Écrins is an enchanting, small, traditional hotel in a 19th-century townhouse, with 11 unpretentious, bright, modern rooms.