Time To Escape
A simple breakfast stay out in Meise
About this hotel
Time To Escape sits in Meise, four minutes' walk from Humbeekstraat, with free breakfast and parking covering the basics of a straightforward stay outside Mechelen's hotel cluster. Its position near the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken area puts it closer to Brussels' northern edge than to Plopsaqua's Nekkerspoel site, meaning a longer drive, around twenty minutes by taxi, for the water park itself. This suits a family who's pairing a Plopsaqua visit with time spent closer to Brussels, whether for the Royal Greenhouses or simply a different base for a wider Belgian trip, rather than one focused purely on minimising the commute to Mechelen and its compact, cathedral-anchored old town centre.
- Free breakfast
- Free parking
- Near Meise
- Wi-Fi included
Our take
Time To Escape suits a family building a wider itinerary around Brussels' northern edge, with free breakfast and parking covering the essentials, and who's comfortable with a genuine drive out to Plopsaqua rather than a short old-town hop. It's a simple, unremarkable stay best judged on its position within a broader trip.
- ✓Pair a stay here with a visit to the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken if the season allows, since both sit in the same area.
- ✓Budget around twenty minutes by taxi for the drive out to Plopsaqua's Nekkerspoel site.
- ✓Use the free parking if you're driving between Brussels and Mechelen across a multi-stop trip.
Why we love it
- Free breakfast and parking
- Near the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken
- Quiet, simple setting
- Good base for a Brussels-Mechelen trip
Why guests love itThis worked for us as a stop between Brussels and Mechelen rather than a Plopsaqua-focused base, with free breakfast and parking covering what we needed and the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken a short trip away for a change of pace. The drive out to Plopsaqua took a real twenty minutes, so it's not the stay to book if minimising that commute is the priority.