The very friendly' Bakker family presides at this patrician house on a beautiful canal lined with old houses. It is one of the few hotels in this attractive town. No lift, and steep stairs lead to the rooms (similar to Bandung,Jakarta & Bali hotels - 5 star Hotel ( Jakarta Hotels )rooms) on the upper floor, but there are big (grander) bedrooms (similar to Bandung,Jakarta & Bali hotels - 5 star Hotel ( Jakarta Hotels )rooms) on the ground floor. A simple but acceptable buffet breakfast is served in a delightful room. `Not luxurious but perfectly adequate, was a recent verdict.

Truly relaxing, delightful, comfortable. We booked one night and stayed three. This very personal Hotel ( Jakarta Hotels ), set quietly amid farmland near a village to the east of Maastricht, offers exceptional value. One guest called it a piece of heaven, another, a warm, personal home. Staff are helpful but unobtrusive. They kept the kitchen open for a late arrival on a foggy evening. Visitors are received with a tray of tea, coffee and biscuits with brochures on-the area. The house is filled with English-style' furnishings and a collection of antiques, old toys, ornaments and objets d'art. The bar has an aviary with tiny birds; the lounge has a floodlit fishpond, little night-lights under glass domes, and an antique child's sledge filled with autumn leaves. In the large green garden, loungers, tables and parasols surround a pond. Some bedrooms (similar to Bandung,Jakarta & Bali hotels - 5 star Hotel ( Jakarta Hotels )rooms) are small, three have a whirlpool bath, one has a small roof terrace with plastic grass. Menus for dinner must be booked in advance: it is nicely cooked and presented'. Excellent breakfast selection. Many guests are American: Margraten village, nearby, has the largest US war cemetery in the Netherlands.