Hotel - Thermen Londerzeel
A spa hotel built around its own pools
About this hotel
Hotel - Thermen Londerzeel takes wellness further than most of Mechelen's hotels, with both indoor and outdoor pools as the centrepiece of the stay rather than an add-on, four minutes' walk from Londerzeel Koeisteert. Warm rooms sit alongside an informal restaurant, and free breakfast and free parking are both bundled into the rate, useful given the distance from central Mechelen itself. A kitchen facility adds flexibility for a longer stay. Because Plopsaqua is a longer drive from here than from the old-town hotels, this property suits a family treating the spa as the main event and the water park as one day trip within a broader stay, rather than the reverse.
- Indoor and outdoor pools
- Free breakfast
- Free parking
- Kitchen
Our take
This suits a family who wants the spa stay to be the centrepiece, with indoor and outdoor pools of its own, treating Plopsaqua as a single day trip rather than the whole reason for the visit. It's a poor fit for anyone who wants to minimise the drive out to Nekkerspoel, since the distance from Mechelen is real.
- ✓Plan Plopsaqua as one day within a longer stay here rather than the main event, given the drive involved.
- ✓Use both the indoor and outdoor pools across your stay, since the property is built around offering both.
- ✓Book well ahead for weekends, since this is a popular wellness destination in its own right.
Why we love it
- Indoor and outdoor pools on site
- Free breakfast and free parking
- Informal restaurant
- Kitchen facilities available
Why guests love itWe treated this as the main event of the trip rather than a base for Plopsaqua, and that's really how it's built: proper indoor and outdoor pools, free breakfast, and enough space in the kitchen facilities to settle in for a few days. The drive out to Nekkerspoel for the water park itself took longer than we'd have liked, but as a standalone wellness stay it more than delivered.