Hotel Julien
- Style
- Fresh Flemish townhouse
- Setting
- Old city-centre streets
This charming and centrally located boutique hotel in Antwerp brings modern styling to a handsome pair of renovated 16th-century merchants' houses. Crisp starched linen contrasts with rich oak panelling and jugs of flowers; the light is dazzling, the atmosphere magical and the city is right on your doorstep.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 11.
- Rates
- €165–270, including breakfast.
- Check-out
- Midday, with some flexibility on Sundays, subject to availability.
- Facilities
- Library of books, DVDs and CDs, patio, laundry service; rooms have flatscreen TVs, DVD/CD players, WiFi, Egyptian cotton sheets, soft bathrobes, minibar.
- Children
- Couples with small children are welcome. There's a selection of children's DVDs on offer; they can sometimes set a family table for dinner downstairs. An extra bed or cot can be provided in your room for free for under 12s; over 12s pay €50 a night.
- Hotel closed
- Last week of July and first week of August.
- Also
- All rooms are non-smoking; smoking is permitted in the bar downstairs. No pets allowed.
In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- The 'Executive Rooms' and 'Rooms with a View' are in the quiet back house, and incorporate original 16th-century features such as the wooden floors and ceilings. Rooms with a View have splendid views of the cathedral; one has a private terrace, and one is in the eaves, very private, with pretty beams. Executive Rooms are larger, and have a separate toilet and twin washbasins – number 3 has a marble fireplace; number 4 has a 16th-century ceiling. All bathrooms feature terracotta tiled floors – some also have a cathedral view.
- Packing tips
- You can borrow an umbrella from the hotel if you leave yours behind. Bring comfy shoes for exploring the city on foot and a good book to curl up by the fire with afterwards.
- Also
- Book an in-room massage to deal with those shopping sprains. The tramline is right on your doorstep. The porcelain bathroom accessories were specially designed for Hotel Julien and are available to buy.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- There's no restaurant, but the hotel will order you take-out food (anything from pizza or Chinese to oysters and sushi). Breakfast is served at a long antique dining table: Monday to Friday, 07h–10h; weekends, 08h–11h.
- Last orders
- Hot food till 23h; after that it's sandwiches until breakfast time.
- Room service
- 24 hours.
- Hotel bar
- Julien's Bar on the ground floor of the back house is a lovely spot to enjoy a drink, with laid-back tunes in the background; cosy up to the fire in winter, or sit on the patio by the fountain in summer. It's open 10h till midnight and sells cigars.
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