Family stayed a few nights, the rooms are clean, pleasant and bright. The breakfast is very good…read moreand staff plentiful.

From the owner: Een ideale plek voor iedereen die persoonlijke aandacht en comfort op prijs stelt en culinair…read moreverwend wil worden. Geniet van de luxe midden in het natuurschoon van ons uitgestrekt landgoed... Ons luxueuze en comfortabele 4-sterren hotel beschikt over 40 sfeervolle kamers. Restaurant La Belle Source is geroemd in binnen en buitenland.

When most people picture traveling to the Netherlands, the first thought to come to mind is…read moreprobably Amsterdam with it's old world meets modern city look and feel. I never would have imagined traveling an hour outside of the city by train to a rather secluded hotel in the countryside, nor would it be my first choice but our primary purpose for this particular trip was a conference in Arnhem/Oosterbeek and this just so happened to be our second destination on our Benelux (minus the "lux") trip. Our room at the Bilderberg was spacious as far as European hotel rooms go and the bathroom was twice the size of the one in Amsterdam. The bathtub was a true soaking tub which was much appreciated on the two very rainy Autumn days which I stayed there. Very clean and well taken care of hotel. Every modern convenience and beautiful, peaceful hotel grounds. Trails, tennis courts, etc. The lounge was comfortable and served up great sandwiches. We hung out in the bar a couple of nights for cocktails with hubby's business associates. In this part of the world, cranberry and vodka doesn't translate very well but we had a good time and managed to meet a few friendly locals. The service was good. Almost everyone spoke English to some degree so communication wasn't an issue. Walls were a little thin but our hotel room was down a fairly private corridor. My only main issue with this hotel was it's "middle of nowhere" location. We didn't have a car and had to rely mostly on taxis to get to the other conference locations. No shops anywhere within walking distance which was a PIA (pain in the ass) considering I was not a conference attendee and had two days all to my self. Hmmm... in hindsight I guess there are worse things than staying at somewhat decent hotels with nothing to do but read and cat nap all day... At least I got over my jet lag pretty fast.

This is considered a very nice hotel in The Netherlands. Personally, I thought it was fine, and…read morewould stay there again, but I was a little surprised after all the hype I had heard about it. It is on lovely grounds though. Stunning. Middle of a park, and you can walk in the park on nice paths etc. The rooms are on the smaller side, or the rooms I was in anyway, 2 different ones two different stays. I do think they have different "levels" of rooms, and I got the lesser level. I imagine because I booked through hotels.com or some other discount website. The breakfast, included in the room price, was nice, and the restaurant seating area is gorgeous. I overlooked the gardens and it was a great way to start the day, especially since my rooms both faced out over the back of the hotel, which was not very pretty, and at times loud with trucks coming in and out with deliveries etc. The bar area is also lovely, and there were many guests sitting there whenever I went by it. NO pressure to have another drink, or one at all, you can sit there and read the newspaper with ease and comfort. Th parking lot is a little off to the side of the Hotel, which is fine with no rain, but I imagine would be annoying if it was raining. The hotel does rent bikes out (I think it was a nominal fee, more to ensure getting the bike back I think), and that is always a nice touch. I'd stay here again if the price was right, and if I had a car. This would be a difficult place to stay without a car.

This hotel is not in the center of Arnhem, which may be important if you are arriving by train and…read morenot by car. The Van Der Valk hotels are well known in The Netherlands. They get compared to Hiltons in the US. So a mid-level hotel. Location wise this is near Oosterbeek, and not too far from the Kroller-Moller Museum, a short drive to the center of Arnhem, passing the Arnhem Museum of Modern Art along the way. In 2012 I stayed here twice for a few nights each time. First, I would give 5 stars for the breakfast spread they put out. It does cost extra, but its a fixed price and if you like breakfast well worth it. The coffee alone is very nice. The restaurant here is a destination restaurant and its filled with locals for lunch and dinner both. I have learned that the hotel chain actually started as a restaurant, which may be why it remains so good. I did have dinner there once or twice, and it was also very good. They also have a conference space so have large meetings in the hotel, which then gets catered food. The rooms here are fairly large and pleasant. The bathrooms are very nice, they have been kept updated, roomy baths and showers. The beds are ok, not the best mattresses ever, but manageable. If you are on the ground floor your room will have a small patio, which is very pleasant. Chairs, a table etc. If you are on a higher floor you will have a small balcony. Since I believe the facility is nonsmoking, this is where people go to smoke, so it can be hit or miss on having the door to your room open etc. The parking lot is great and easy. The location of the hotel is just off one of the main highways, and I found it to be perfect, but I was spending time in Oosterbeek, at the museums as in a part of Arnhem near the hotel. 3 stars because: The wifi is not free, and was really expensive. I found this to be annoying, but also ludicrous. Even then, it was not very good wifi in the rooms, so you are paying for something that was sporadic and frankly not very useful. They need to upgrade that system pronto. When you discuss this with the front desk they say - "its not our system, its managed by xxx company, you need to call them etc." Really? Its a service you offer, but you don't support it? Get a better system, make it free and call it a day. They have an elevator, so you get onto that with your luggage and assume all will be well. Well, it may not be. The floors are not level and have stairs all over. 2 here, 5 there, 15 somewhere else. You get the idea. So walking with bags is really difficult. I did not find the front desk people to be equally helpful. There was one who was terrific. But some of the others were rude, they would keep you waiting while they reviewed something on their computer, they were not very helpful, in general I just did not find them to be terrific.

Very friendly staff and helpful. Quite night stay and walking distance from stores and…read morerestaurants.