Grand Hotel Karel V and nearby sports venues in Utrecht, Netherlands

This hotel is located in Utrecht city centre, approximately 10 minutes walk from the central station and less than 3 minutes to the shops and restaurants and other attractions that this delightful city has to offer. It has its own grounds which are a haven of calm even tho the hotel has a city centre location

All the rooms differ in decor but all are large and have wooden floors throughout and dark wood furniture. The bathrooms are medium to large and some have a seperate shower and both bedrooms and bathrooms are kept in very good condition.

The hotel has a Michelin restaurant - the Grand Karel Restaurant, as well as a less formal brasserie. The restaurant is fairly traditional in decor and as can be expected, the food and service exceptional, making this hotel increasingly popular with locals and all residents of the Netherlands. The brasserie is less formal although still traditional looking with a redbrick floor and darkwook furniture. One of the brasserie rooms has an open plan kitchen.

The lobby is medium in size with blue leather chairs and sofa's and darkwood furnishings. It is sparsley decorated with white walls, tiled and wooden floors but is very impressive and offers the immediate atmosphere of a deluxe hotel while maintaining personal attention from the excellent staff. There are even display cabinets with artifacts from some of the soldiers that lived here when it was an army barracks.

A very historical and tradtional whitewash building which used to be army barracks.

A fantastic product that combines the tradition and the modern to good effect. Ideal for exploring Utrecht or other areas in Holland given it's proximatey to the train station and main roads, this hotel offers excellent accommodation and is renowned for its high level of cuisine. It also has beautiful gardens to read in or to have a drink in and comes highly recommended. 05/06/jg