29 January 2012

Netherlands, Maastricht, Hoogeweert Suites

Just returned from a wonderfull birthday celebration weekend in Maastricht. My parents offered to babysit our boys (the best birthday present ever!), so we took off down south. 

As we are frequent visitors of Maastricht, we wanted to stay somewhere else and not per definition in the centre of town. A few years ago (sort of in another lifetime ; ), when we were training to run a marathon we always took our gear where ever we went, also when staying in Maastricht. During one of our runs we discovered an area of real natural beauty, so close to the centre. If you start at the St Servaas bridge you just walk (or run : ) along the Maas (at the Wyck side of town) in the direction of the Kennedy bridge and you just go straight on and on and on. At a certain point in the natural parc you will find a marina and you will see a beautifull idyllic 14th century castle, just opposite the ENCI factory at the other side of the river. It's the recently renovated castle The Hoogeweert, with seven uniquely decorated suites in the red plastered coach house. I like castles! So we decided to celebrate my birthday in style and stayed in the Eve suite. The suites are similar in their modern design interior, but very different in space, set up and theme. The Eve suite is a 'love suite', particularly suitable for couples (or better to say only suitable for 'happy' couples). It was quite an experience, not per definition the most practical hotel room I have ever stayed in, but it was fun and definitely different.

The white and pink Eve suite has an integrated bath/living room, with a pretty egg shaped design bath tub in the centre of the attention. The bed is upstairs, its a matress on a mezzanine floor. It is absolutely cosey as it is 1,5m high up there, so you have to crawl to bed! This and the fact that there is no shower were minor comments. The plusses are: the friendly welcome with a free glass of prosecco, the beautifull parc and the great terrace of the restaurant SOFA (especially nice in summertime), small kitchenette with tea/coffee and the breakfast in your room service.

Check out the website for more details and see the different themes and designs of the suites. The bridal suite (Royal suite) in the castle itself is absolutely amazing.  

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