Hotel Abbey
A garden terrace stay near Grimbergen Abbey
About this hotel
Hotel Abbey sits in Grimbergen, four minutes' walk from the historic Grimbergen Abdij, with unfussy rooms and a genuine garden and terrace setting that few of Mechelen's central hotels can match. Free breakfast and free parking are both bundled in, and the French restaurant and bar cover the evening without needing to head elsewhere. This puts it closer to Brussels' northern edge than to Plopsaqua's Nekkerspoel site, a drive of around twenty minutes, so it suits a family who's pairing a Plopsaqua day with a visit to Grimbergen Abbey or exploring the wider area north of Brussels, rather than basing themselves purely for the water park and its slides across the whole stay.
- Free breakfast
- Free parking
- Garden and terrace
- Near Grimbergen Abbey
Our take
Hotel Abbey suits a family who wants a garden-and-terrace four-star stay near Grimbergen Abbey, with breakfast and parking bundled in, and who's building a wider itinerary that includes Plopsaqua as one stop rather than the whole trip. The French restaurant is a genuine draw for the adults in the group.
- ✓Visit Grimbergen Abdij while staying here, since it's a short walk and a genuine historic landmark in its own right.
- ✓Book a terrace or garden-facing room if outdoor space matters to your stay.
- ✓Plan for roughly twenty minutes by taxi to reach Plopsaqua's Nekkerspoel site from here.
Why we love it
- Garden and terrace setting
- Near Grimbergen Abdij
- Free breakfast and parking
- French restaurant on site
Why guests love itThe garden and terrace set this apart from the more urban hotels on this list, and being four minutes from Grimbergen Abdij gave the trip a proper stop of its own beyond just a base for Plopsaqua. Breakfast and parking were both free, which helped offset the twenty-minute drive out to Nekkerspoel, and the French restaurant made for a genuinely nice evening after a day chasing the kids around the water park.