Bilderberg Kasteel Vaalsbroek

“A fabulous place ”

A huge room with a terrace. Beds are fabulous. Nice decor. Coffee machine .The place consists of various buildings with the breakfast (good selection) room located in the castle. Good in dry weather (as it is now). It is only 2 minutes walk. There is a good gym which needs some heavier weights. The… more

A huge room with a terrace. Beds are fabulous. Nice decor. Coffee machine .The place consists of various buildings with the breakfast (good selection) room located in the castle. Good in dry weather (as it is now). It is only 2 minutes walk. There is a good gym which needs some heavier weights. There is a fancy restaurant as well. Very dainty but yummy foiod. A little disappointed with housekeeping as they did not remove dessert plates and a beer glass from our room.

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“A bit outdated, nice pool, and a beautiful scenery”

We had a nice stay at the hotel. The rooms were a bit outdated and had no airconditioning (it was 30 Degrees Celsius). The pool was large enough for a good swim. Dinner was quite ok and we also enjoyed breakfast and loved the coffee.

“The Kasteel is an incidental part of the experience”

Though we weren't expecting our rooms to be in the Kasteel itself, the accommodation in the modern blocks was corporate and dingy and though described as "deluxe with a balcony" had no views of the ancient pile or anything of particular interest. To be honest, I have stayed in more interesting Tra… more

Though we weren't expecting our rooms to be in the Kasteel itself, the accommodation in the modern blocks was corporate and dingy and though described as "deluxe with a balcony" had no views of the ancient pile or anything of particular interest. To be honest, I have stayed in more interesting Travel Lodges in the UK and paid half the price. The whole place oozed mediocrity, from the check-in clerk who volunteered no recommendations on how to experience the Kasteel which was, in effect, sealed off to tourists, to our bathroom which had no natural light or air and a shower situated in the bath. All very disappointing. Dinner in the Old Water Mill was marred by a delay of 25 minutes before we saw a menu and extremely long gaps between courses which we put down to a shortage of kitchen staff or maybe a lack of english menus; both seemed plausible. The food itself was high quality/mid-range though definitely not gourmet or fine-dining. Oddly, Limburg wines were not included on the wine list but a very limited number of bottles from the best promoted vineyard in the region were available by the glass on request. The entremet was literally inedible though I appreciated the free glass of dessert wine I was given in compensation. Service had its faults such as asking us what we wanted to drink before we had been given any kind of drinks/wine list but was generally characterised by a sincere effort to provide attentive service. We opted not to have the breakfast buffet at 23 euros a throw and though the check-out clerk verbally acknowledged we hadn't partaken, somehow he included a line item on the bill "breakfast excluded" which added 46 euros to the bill (yes, added) which we only discovered as we prepared to drive off. Utter stupidity and a symbolically apt end to our misadventure at Kasteel Vaalsbroek.

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