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There is no other place quite like this in Brussels: an utterly charming and fascinating small hotel in the late-17th-century residence of the Spanish ambassador. It has a number of suites – named after Belgian artists – ingeniously devised beneath the roof beams, and furnished with a mixture of antique charm and modern flair.

This spectacularly styled hotel feels like a large and elegant private home. Many of the rooms are characterful suites, some with private roof terraces. Located south of the city centre, outside the Pentagon.

You feel a bit like a guest of Louis XVI in the palatial foyer and public rooms of this recently renovated hotel, with its stucco, gilt, and lavish ceiling paintings. The rooms maintain the same high standard of spacious comfort.

Located at the southern end of Avenue Louise, the Hyatt Regency has been redecorated by French designer Jacques Garcia in an opulent Edwardian style. The rooms exude a sense of luxurious, silky comfort.

This elegant hotel, close to the Royal Palace, is decorated in a modern interpretation of British country-house style. Attractive weekend rates.

Each of the 101 rooms has been decorated by a different modern Belgian artist, to varying and unusual effect. Just south of the Gare du Nord, within easy walking distance of the city centre.

Facing the Comfort Art Hotel Siru, on the other side of Place Rogier, the Hilton Brussels City is a modern interpretation of Art Deco – all chrome and sensual wooden surfaces, and satisfying geometric surprises.

This small family-run hotel in the Grand Place has room prices that reflect its location rather than its level of comfort.

This self-styled “small grand hotel” is just off Avenue Louise, near the Place Louise shopping area. Comfortable and stylish, it is part of the Spanish Melía group.

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.