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A comfortable, modern hotel – as you would expect from the NH chain. It lies in a rather remote location 1.5 km (1 mile) from Sint-Baafskathedraal.

This well-managed small hotel has a loyal following. Decorated in a mixture of modern and antique styles, it has a picturesque charm, and is centrally located in the tranquil Béguinage district, close to Place Sainte-Catherine.

This efficient business hotel incorporates an “aquatic health centre” and the Tour Noire, a rare surviving watchtower of the 12th-century city walls.

This wonderfully eccentric hotel is like a private boarding house. It has a mixed bag of old furniture in the rooms, shared bathrooms and toilets, and none of the facilities usually taken for granted in hotels; yet the welcome, the price and the location make this a special place to stay.

One of the larger hotels on the Zand, the Parkhotel is well-run, with elegant, easy-on-the-eye decor and efficient service. It overlooks the Zand, the spacious market square to the west of the city, and is 10 minutes from the city centre.

Interesting budget hotel with just 14 rooms, styled with exotic and Bohemian flair. It also has an adjacent “youth hotel”, with cheaper prices. It is attached to the equally alluring Gran Kaffee de Passage (see Gran Kaffee de Passage).

Given its prices, the Patritius occupies a surprisingly grand 19th-century mansion located to the north-east of the Markt.

Part of the Relais du Silence group, this neat little hotel is tucked away down a side street in the west of the city, in an area once occupied by the splendid palace of the dukes of Burgundy. Something of the dukes’ grand style pervades the decor – on a smaller scale, of course.