Pros

  • Central location on a quiet street, a five-minute walk from Market Place
  • Surrounded by numerous restaurants, shops, and sights
  • Family owners receive praise for excellent service
  • Elegant rooms with attractive furniture, minibars, and flat-screen TVs
  • Buffet breakfast with locally sourced and home-baked items
  • Pretty greenery-filled garden with tables and chairs
  • Garage parking (at a fee)
  • Free Wi-Fi throughout
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Cons

  • Fee for breakfast and it's the only meal served
  • Charge for kettles in Standard Rooms
  • No wellness facilities
  • Reception isn't staffed 24/7 (but entry codes provided)
  • Fees for cribs and infants, regardless of age
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Bottom Line

Between canals and the main square, the mid-range Hotel Patritius is a charming bed-and-breakfast in a beautifully restored historic mansion. Period-style common areas get more modern in the 16 stylish rooms, which have minibars and air-conditioning. However, there's a fee for kettles in entry-level rooms. There's no full restaurant here, but a continental breakfast buffet and afternoon tea are both available for a fee, and they can be taken in the peaceful garden. A lounge area and free Wi-Fi are the only other real on-site amenities, but a plethora of attractions, shopping, and dining are nearby. Couples looking for a more romantic and luxurious stay may prefer the Pand Hotel Small Luxury Hotel, though rates are higher.

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Amenities

  • Cribs
  • Internet

Oyster Hotel Review

Hotel Patritius

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Elegant bed-and-breakfast with charming garden

This 1830-built mansion is run by family owners Elvi and Garrett, who receive praise for their friendly and hands-on attitude. Tweeting birds in a three-tiered cage by the winding lobby staircase make for a homey welcome, and they sit near an antique desk, chandelier, and knickknacks. Off reception, which isn't staffed 24/7, is a beautiful breakfast room with intricate white molding, a chandelier, gold-patterned wallpaper, and wooden tables with white cloths. Next to it is a small lounge with a couple of brown-leather Chesterfield sofas and chairs atop rustic hardwood floors and horse-themed artwork. Guests can have afternoon tea here, although taking it in the hotel's green garden is a popular summer alternative. Expect period touches throughout, although rooms mix in some contemporary touches. Guests are mostly couples on vacation and the atmosphere is peaceful. 

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Location

Calm but central Bruges location, near sights, museums, and shopping

The hotel is on a small, quiet street in the city's heart, an ideal spot for travelers looking to explore Bruges on foot. The main Market Place is just a five-minute walk, and an abundance of restaurants, bars, and shops surround the property. Lumina Domestica Lamp Museum and the Choco-Story Museum are a three-minute walk, while the Basilica of the Holy Blood is just one minute farther. The shopping and dining district, Wollestraat, is a six-minute walk, while canals are within a five-minute walk "Lake of Love" Minnewater Park is 25 minutes on foot or by bus. A bus stop around the corner makes for a 25-minute journey to Bruges Railway Station, which offers connections to Ghent's historic town. Ostend-Bruges Airport is a 40-minute drive or twice that by public transport while it's 90 minutes by car from Antwerp Airport (or two hours by public transit).

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Rooms

Bright, stylish rooms with flat-screen TVs, minibars, and air-conditioning 

All refurbished in 2007 or 2010, the 16 cozy rooms have a mix of period-inspired furniture and contemporary accents for an elegant finish. Design can vary a bit, but expect hardwood floors and lovely wood-beam ceilings, wide-striped wallpapers in multi-tonal blues, grays or reds, damask-patterned bed throws and curtains, and framed equestrian artwork. Standard Rooms come in at at a compact 17 square meters (183 square feet), while Superior and Family Rooms are slightly larger. All rooms have flat-screen TVs, minibars, desks, safes, free Wi-Fi, and air-conditioning, but only upgraded units have kettles. Note that there's a fee for cribs. Garden-facing rooms are quieter, however, even those overlooking the street aren't that noisy. Glossy white-tiled bathrooms have shower/tub combos, quality toiletries, and old hose-style hairdryers.

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Features

Breakfast and afternoon tea in a lovely garden

Hotel Patritius is light on amenities, lacking a full restaurant and wellness facilities of any kind, though most guests don't seem to mind as they spend their days outside the property. The only meal offered is a continental buffet breakfast (fee) with boiled and scrambled eggs, fresh-baked breads and pastries with jams, cold hams and cheeses, cereals, and fresh-squeezed orange juice, plus tea and coffee. Breakfast and afternoon tea and coffee can both be taken in a charming garden with tables and chairs. A computer in the lounge is free for guests to use. Private parking is available for a fee, and advanced reservations are recommended. Wi-Fi is free throughout the hotel.

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Oyster Hotel Review

Hotel Patritius

Scene

Elegant bed-and-breakfast with charming garden

This 1830-built mansion is run by family owners Elvi and Garrett, who receive praise for their friendly and hands-on attitude. Tweeting birds in a three-tiered cage by the winding lobby staircase make for a homey welcome, and they sit near an antique desk, chandelier, and knickknacks. Off reception, which isn't staffed 24/7, is a beautiful breakfast room with intricate white molding, a chandelier, gold-patterned wallpaper, and wooden tables with white cloths. Next to it is a small lounge with a couple of brown-leather Chesterfield sofas and chairs atop rustic hardwood floors and horse-themed artwork. Guests can have afternoon tea here, although taking it in the hotel's green garden is a popular summer alternative. Expect period touches throughout, although rooms mix in some contemporary touches. Guests are mostly couples on vacation and the atmosphere is peaceful. 

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Location

Calm but central Bruges location, near sights, museums, and shopping

The hotel is on a small, quiet street in the city's heart, an ideal spot for travelers looking to explore Bruges on foot. The main Market Place is just a five-minute walk, and an abundance of restaurants, bars, and shops surround the property. Lumina Domestica Lamp Museum and the Choco-Story Museum are a three-minute walk, while the Basilica of the Holy Blood is just one minute farther. The shopping and dining district, Wollestraat, is a six-minute walk, while canals are within a five-minute walk "Lake of Love" Minnewater Park is 25 minutes on foot or by bus. A bus stop around the corner makes for a 25-minute journey to Bruges Railway Station, which offers connections to Ghent's historic town. Ostend-Bruges Airport is a 40-minute drive or twice that by public transport while it's 90 minutes by car from Antwerp Airport (or two hours by public transit).

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Rooms

Bright, stylish rooms with flat-screen TVs, minibars, and air-conditioning 

All refurbished in 2007 or 2010, the 16 cozy rooms have a mix of period-inspired furniture and contemporary accents for an elegant finish. Design can vary a bit, but expect hardwood floors and lovely wood-beam ceilings, wide-striped wallpapers in multi-tonal blues, grays or reds, damask-patterned bed throws and curtains, and framed equestrian artwork. Standard Rooms come in at at a compact 17 square meters (183 square feet), while Superior and Family Rooms are slightly larger. All rooms have flat-screen TVs, minibars, desks, safes, free Wi-Fi, and air-conditioning, but only upgraded units have kettles. Note that there's a fee for cribs. Garden-facing rooms are quieter, however, even those overlooking the street aren't that noisy. Glossy white-tiled bathrooms have shower/tub combos, quality toiletries, and old hose-style hairdryers.

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Features

Breakfast and afternoon tea in a lovely garden

Hotel Patritius is light on amenities, lacking a full restaurant and wellness facilities of any kind, though most guests don't seem to mind as they spend their days outside the property. The only meal offered is a continental buffet breakfast (fee) with boiled and scrambled eggs, fresh-baked breads and pastries with jams, cold hams and cheeses, cereals, and fresh-squeezed orange juice, plus tea and coffee. Breakfast and afternoon tea and coffee can both be taken in a charming garden with tables and chairs. A computer in the lounge is free for guests to use. Private parking is available for a fee, and advanced reservations are recommended. Wi-Fi is free throughout the hotel.

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Amenities

  • Air Conditioner

  • Balcony / Terrace / Patio

  • Cabanas

  • Cable

  • Cribs

  • Internet

  • Kids Allowed

  • Laundry

  • Swim-Up Bar

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