This is a funny one, we actually booked this hotel under another name (with the address next door) and were briefly confused on arrival when there was no door under that name (?)
Still, we were pleasantly surprised by this one! Once again it's a great, small family-run hotel smack in the middle of the tourist area of Antwerp, but conveniently removed from all of the busiest areas. The main square is two blocks away, the restaurant hub one block away, and the main drag for hoity-toity shopping is maybe a five-minute walk. The front door also looks straight at the Cathedral
Speaking of the Cathedral, our room had two sets of full-wall windows, one on each side, and one of those looked straight up the Cathedral's clock tower, which was a super cool view :)
Big, roomy bathroom, very comfy beds. Oh! And the breakfast area is spectacular!
Come to think of it, so is the breakfast, can't go wrong there. Also, since we were catching an early train back to Brussels to get our flight home, the front desk lady agreed to put out breakfast a full half-hour early (she offered a full hour, but we talked her down) just for us!
Sidebar- free wi-fi, decent speeds and connection even from the top floor, they did also ask for a local hotel tax upon arrival, which was a bit of a surprise.
I think my favorite part about this one though was the night shift manager. He's retired and I'm not sure how often he works in the evenings, but he was wonderful - gave us excellent directions and local recommendations, told us some stories, and made us promise that once we returned to the US we would be sure to start asking restaurants to call their pomme frites "Belgian Fries," instead of giving that one other country all the credit.
Oh! Final note, the stairs. A lot of stairs in Belgium are an aggressive sobriety test - you get cheap beer and wine all day long, and then have to get up and down steep, tiny stairs. These were particularly intense, watch your step :) read more