Northwest Belgium
Hotel Geeraard's recently renovated, chic, cream-coloured rooms have a splash of colour, plush bedding and comfy armchairs. Some rooms have deep soaking…
Must-see hotels in Belgium
Bruges
Old and new art fills this lovingly restored classical mansion, which remains an appealing real home run by charming musician hosts. Superbly central yet…
Ypres
Jumbling eccentricity with historical twists and luxurious comfort, this is a one-off that oozes character. The smallest room is designed like a mad…
Northwest Belgium
This special little B&B is in an ideally located art nouveau townhouse atop an eponymous cafe. The design sensibilities of the owner-operators are as warm…
Ghent
Treck earns bonus points for creativity and originality: indoor camping! Choose from nine seriously cool vintage vans, a large or small dorm, or pitch…
Bruges
Room 1 has a claw-foot bath and antique glass panel, but it's the other two rooms’ remarkable Pisa-like belfry views that make this welcoming B&B so…
Brussels
Let faultlessly polite besuited staff usher you into central Brussels’ top address. Behind a classical Flemish facade lies a stone-flagged reception area…
Brussels
Jam takes the city’s penchant for distressed concrete and runs with it, throwing in primary colours, a funky rooftop bar, a street-edge plunge pool and…
Brussels
Combining classic elegance with understated modern chic, this excellent top-end palace occupies the site of a former abbey right behind La Monnaie. It’s…
The Ardennes
With 10 spacious rooms and two suites, this rural former grain mill now Relais & Châteaux hotel oozes genteel refinement. Set behind duck ponds in…
Antwerp
The immediate selling point of this excellent-value 39-room hotel is its unbeatable location, with oblique views across the square to the cathedral…
Wallonia
If you're driving, be tempted by this elegant yet homelike family castle offering two luxurious rooms in a building that's partly 12th century, albeit…
Wallonia
This refined 18th-century brick-and-stone house has had a trendy two-tone makeover. Behind the main building, via a handkerchief of garden, a newer,…
Wallonia
Overlooking peaceful countryside some 8km northwest of Rochefort, Le Briquemont delivers a winning combination of congenial service, handsomely designed…
Wallonia
In a great location in the old-town centre, this friendly five-room guesthouse boasts imaginatively designed rooms that don't lack for comfort. Among the…
Wallonia
Set in a restored farmhouse some 4km southwest of Nivelles' centre, this place has cheerfully decorated rooms with original details (exposed brick in some…
Wallonia
Set in a converted 18th-century mansion complete with a peaceful rear garden, the Saint Georges makes a great base for exploring Mons. The 15 rooms are…
Namur
In a peaceful neighbourhood a short walk from the centre, you'll find this adorable three-storey red-brick house built in the 1920s. The friendly hosts…
Wallonia
Facing the château, with shutters and window-boxes on its stone facade, this atmospheric old place has lashings of antique furniture and wooden panelling,…
Namur
Fashioned out of a renovated 17th-century tannery, this hotel unites modern comfort with historical charm. It’s a complex warren of rooms, with no two the…
Brussels
A lovely secret indeed in the lively St-Boniface neighbourhood. This is a tranquil garden hideaway in a modern building, tucked away from the street in a…
Brussels
Brussels’ most stylish B&B appeared after the owners gave artists carte blanche to rework the six bedrooms. Now this former pipe factory is a quirky…
Bruges
Very spacious and oozing good taste, this late-17th-century house has a gorgeous period salon decked out with antiques and sepia photos of the charming…
Brussels
Anyone hankering for the days of interrailing should check in to the family-friendly Train Hostel, where you sleep in real old sleeper carriages, albeit…
Belgian Coast
Formerly known as De Coqisserie, this almost beachfront property features four sleekly appointed guestrooms and five luxurious self-contained apartments…
Hotel NH Collection Brussels Grand Sablon
Brussels
With a wonderful location right on the Sablon, this modern hotel has a neutral business feel, but it's impeccably quiet and comfortable. It has a…
Brussels
An eye-popping array of Pantone colours greets you here, from the turquoise pushbike at reception to moulded-plastic chairs to lime-green bedrooms – all…
Brussels
Styling itself an urban B&B, this place is set in a large stone town house built in 1913, and has five spacious and quietly stylish rooms plus a handy…
Brussels
The wooden-panelled reception area does nothing to prepare guests for the full-colour decor in each uniquely designed room transporting you to, say,…
The Ardennes
The best accommodation choice near Coo is 4km north in the little ridgetop settlement of La Gleize. Here, a repurposed stable, once used by bored Belgian…
Liège
This obliging, 18-room hotel sits behind a brick-and-stone facade that suggests a sedate town house. Yet you enter to a stylish bar backed by an expansive…
Leuven
Central but peaceful, the Klooster is partly comprises a 16th-century building that was once home to Emperor Charles Quint’s secretary and much later…
The Ardennes
Occupying a large proportion of Rochehaut’s village centre, this well-run complex includes hotel-quality rooms (some with jacuzzis), rental cottages,…
Liège
Two of Liège's finest ridge-top historic town-house mansions combine to front this five-star business hotel. With a castle-like round tower and muralled…
The Ardennes
This B&B is in an utterly charming time-warp cottage backing onto the Quartier Bretagne art alley (a short-cut up to the castle). English-speaking Guy is…
The Ardennes
Adding a gourmet restaurant, tapas bar and 'wellness' spa (€30 extra) overlooking the river were just the first steps in a massive transformation for…
Liège
It's easy to think that this six-storey business hotel is unremarkable when seen from the riverfront. However, the service is professional service, rooms…
Northeast Belgium
A giant, enigmatic O sits high on the road as you approach this quiet, central 69-room hotel. Superb value for staying on most Friday and Sunday nights,…
Leuven City Hostel/Hotel Ladeuze
Leuven
This small, 'grown-ups' hostel is appealingly low key with a comfy games lounge, a quality kitchen and a little smokers' courtyard area. Check in via the…
Northeast Belgium
Ideal for those with limited mobility, this reworked century-old mini-chateau is an accessible rural getaway with wide bedroom doors, lift, shower-bars…
