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Maastricht


Pale floors, white lamps on white walls and black chairs at white tables all give a bleached sense of otherworldliness in this smart design hotel that's so subtly hidden within a historic townhouse that you'd easily walk right by.

It also has 10 'suites' in three other houses, two near the river. The small but alluring basement swimming pool is partially for guest use.


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Nearby Maastricht attractions

1. Onze Lieve Vrouwebasiliek

0.07 MILES

Dominating an intimate cafe-filled square, this millennium-old basilica-church is a fabulous example of Mosan architecture, made 'extra authentic' through…

2. Helpoort

0.09 MILES

This rough-cut-stone tower-gateway dating from 1229 dominates the most impressive of several fragmentary sections of medieval city wall. You can look…

3. Museum Aan Het Vrijthof

0.27 MILES

Exhibitions in this small museum change every few months but even if the current subject doesn't interest you it's worth popping your head inside.

4. Vrijthof

0.3 MILES

Home to a range of city festivities and occasional funfairs, the Vrijthof is an expansive square on which a row of terrace cafes face off against two…

5. St Janskerk

0.31 MILES

This attractive 17th-century Gothic church has a soaring if relatively unadorned interior and a 43m limestone tower whose deep red hue was originally…

6. Centre Ceramique

0.32 MILES

Primarily a state-of-the-art library, this modern airy cube also has changing exhibitions in the spacious foyer area.

7. Markt

0.35 MILES

The Markt, Maastricht's commercial heart, still hosts markets several times a week in the shadow of the 1664 city hall, a distinctively spired, cubic…

8. St Servaasbasiliek

0.38 MILES

Built above and around the shrine of St Servaas (Servatius), the first bishop of Maastricht, the basilica presents an architectural pastiche whose…