Must-see hotels in Northeast Belgium

  • Boutique Hotel Caelus VII

    Northeast Belgium

    Super-central, this delightful seven-room hotel fills a former hat shop with antique and antique-style furniture, while offering all mod-cons including…

  • Hotel Julien

    Antwerp

    In a grand old mansion with lots of designer detail, this discreet 21-room boutique hotel has a suave, understated elegance, impressive lounge and bar…

  • ABhostel

    Antwerp

    This adorable, family-run hostel in Borgerhout is a great place to get to know fellow travellers while fixing breakfast from provided ingredients in the…

  • Bed, Bad & Brood

    Antwerp

    In a 1910, belle époque–era town house near the vast Gerechtshof (former courthouse), this B&B impresses with authentic wooden floors, high ceilings and…

  • The Fourth

    Leuven

    Mirroring the ornate Gothic look of the nearby Stadhuis, the photo-perfect building housing the Fourth is indeed a fourth incarnation of what had been a…

  • Carpe Diem

    Northeast Belgium

    Carpe Diem B&B has been lovingly converted from an antique shop, with hand-painted floors, lots of church statuary, and bath foam that comes in wine…

  • Hotel O

    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…

  • Martin's Klooster Hotel

    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…

  • Elisabeth Hotel

    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…

  • Hotel L'O de Vie

    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…

  • Hotel ’t Sandt

    Antwerp

    This charming, 29-room boutique hotel was originally a 15th-century customs house then, from 1911, a banana warehouse. It's from that incarnation that big…

  • Hotel Franq

    Antwerp

    So subtle as to be semi-invisible from the passing tram, 39-room Franq brings low-key elegance to a century-old bank building whose vault full of safety…

  • Stayen

    Northeast Belgium

    Around 1.2km west of Sint-Truiden's centre, this impressive new 77-room hotel is part of the stadium complex for Sint-Truiden's premier league soccer team…

  • A Place Antwerp

    Antwerp

    Owner Karin has a good eye for vintage design and has filled this 1950s building with a collection of ’60s and ’70s pieces in a soothing autumnal palette…

  • The Soul

    Antwerp

    Above a pair of delightful cafes, these design-savvy units overlook Marnixplaats in ’t Zuid, a drinking-dining hot spot that's always lively – if never…

  • Pulcinella

    Antwerp

    This giant, tailor-made HI hostel is hard to beat for its location on a quiet if unshaded square in the Fashion District.

  • De Witte Lelie

    Antwerp

    Behind the facade of connected 16th-century mansions, this highly distinctive design hotel wraps itself around a courtyard garden, offering 10 guest rooms…

  • Maison Émile

    Antwerp

    Following a complete rework, this little hotel has been relaunched with 10 comfortable, boutique-quality rooms above a dining room/reception that feels…

  • Zimmerhof Hotel

    Northeast Belgium

    Very discreet in its pseudo-medieval 1902 almshouse location, Zimmerhof offers 25 comfortable rooms rebuilt in contemporary business style.

  • The Glorious

    Antwerp

    Up the stairs from an intimate Michelin-starred restaurant and wine bar, the Glorious' three wildly different rooms are decorated in romantic, maximalist…

  • Martin's Patershof

    Northeast Belgium

    Fancy sleeping in a church? This one was originally part of an 1867 Franciscan monastery and it retains its rose window and religious mosaics. Of five…

  • Turnhout City Hotel

    Northeast Belgium

    Beside the bus station, this professionally run 38-room hotel was converted from a historic railway depot. Tidy, well-appointed rooms come with a bevvy of…

  • Bed Muzet

    Northeast Belgium

    This swish modern youth hostel occupies a repurposed monastery complex with great views of St-Gummaruskerk from some upper rooms.

  • ’t Hemelhuys

    Northeast Belgium

    Occupying a classic if narrow brick house on one of the most charming corners of central Hasselt, this upliftingly, personable B&B gets all the details…

  • Matelote Hotel

    Antwerp

    In a partly 16th-century building on a pedestrianised old-city backstreet, the Matelote has 11 contemporary rooms in four categories, some rather small,…

  • Huis de Colvenier

    Antwerp

    Above a bistro in a house that you might swear was 18th century, four superb apartments have been installed by owner-chef Patrick Van Hereck. They have…

  • Hotel Brasserie Den Engel

    Northeast Belgium

    Above an ever-popular brasserie-café, Den Engel has 15 comfortable rooms (though some are compact), most with exposed beams and renovated bathrooms.

  • Jeugdherbergen De Blauwput

    Leuven

    Relatively spacious four- and six-bed dorm rooms have reading lights and en suite bathrooms. There’s a pleasant bar and maple-shaded yard seating but no…

  • Hotel Rubenshof

    Antwerp

    This large 1890s mansion has extraordinarily grand public spaces, with breakfast (free if you book directly) served in a fabulous art nouveau dining room…

  • Lodge

    Northeast Belgium

    Diest’s most charming hotel occupies a turreted mansion that was originally a medieval abbot’s retreat. Central yet very peaceful, it overlooks a canal…

  • Begijnhof Hotel

    Leuven

    Serene gardens and the peaceful non-central location are the highlights of this three-winged bare-brick 1990s hotel, which is planning a gradual revamp of…

  • Hotel Scheldezicht

    Antwerp

    Limited reception times, ragged stairways and irregular floors are well worth putting up with for the budget prices for rooms that have a certain old…

  • Boulevard Leopold

    Antwerp

    A fascinating evocation of Antwerp's 19th-century glory days in the heart of the Jewish district, this personable B&B mixes a collection of curiosities,…

  • Eburon Hotel

    Northeast Belgium

    The Eburon is within a repurposed historic convent, with a large, white lobby space that feels contrastingly contemporary – more like an art gallery than…

  • Hotel Terminus

    Northeast Belgium

    Above a busy cafe-restaurant on the main square’s southwestern corner, the Terminus' simple, cursorily redecorated rooms are some of the city's cheapest…

  • Yellow Submarine

    Antwerp

    Advertising agency Yellow Submarine takes its job so seriously that they give their clients' products a real workout by furnishing three B&B rooms with…

  • Rosier 10

    Antwerp

    Four contemporary B&B rooms each have their own personality intended to represent a time of day, and are effortlessly stylish as is fitting for the…

  • Hof van Aragon

    Northeast Belgium

    Quiet yet very central and overlooking the river, this obligingly run hotel combines several historic buildings, creating a minor maze between its 20…

  • Ter Driezen

    Northeast Belgium

    In the 220-year-old mansion of a former mayor, the highlights of this family-owned hotel are its ample communal spaces full of Chesterfield sofas and even…