Hotel de OrangerievsDie Swaene
Both Hotel de Orangerie and Die Swaene are praised by professional reviewers. Overall, Hotel de Orangerie scores slightly higher than Die Swaene. Hotel de Orangerie comes in at #5 in Bruges with approval from 8 reviews like Jetsetter, Fodor's and Star Service.
Hotel de Orangerie
Kartuizerinnenstraat 10, Bruges B-8000, Belgium
From $177/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Insight Guides
"A firm favourite with visiting celebrities, De Orangerie occupies a charming 15th-century convent with water lapping the walls."
Lonely Planet
"This refined 20-room hotel started out as a 15th-century Carthusian convent but is no longer anything like a place of renunciation." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"This delightful hotel in a 15th-century building has a gorgeous panelled breakfast room and lounge with a terrace overlooking the Den Dijver canal. The hotel exudes character and charm."
Star Service
"A baroque-inspired boutique-hotel that competes at the top of the ranks, alongside The Pand, Relais Bourgondisch Cruyce and Hotel de Tuilerieen, its former siblings." Full review
Oyster
Upscale
"The Hotel de Orangerie is an upscale boutique hotel housed in a former convent just two blocks south of Bruges's main central square." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"Romantic, sumptuous, historic...somewhere to stay and linger in pampered luxury." Full review
Fodor's
"Rooms pitch hardwood floors against soft, flowery drapes, antique furniture, tapestries, and neutral tones." Full review
Jetsetter
"15th-century convent turned romantic boutique hotel overlooking the postcard-perfect Den Dyver canal in central Bruges." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"A picture-perfect canalside location near Brewery Bourgogne des Flandres and character-filled interior spaces for guests to unwind...bedrooms decorated with floral wallpaper, sumptuous fabrics "
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Die Swaene
Steenhouwersdijk, Bruges 8000, Belgium
From $121/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
Insight Guides
"Most people fall in love with this lovely brick hotel by a quiet, tree-lined canal close to the centre. It is an irresistible building, with old wooden staircases and heavy oak furniture."
Lonely Planet
"Die Swaene occupies two lavishly (over)decorated separate buildings. They face each other across one of the most sought-after sections of Bruges's canal." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"A small hotel in a row of 15th-century houses overlooking the canal, Die Swaene is right in the centre of Bruges, close to the Burg."
Star Service
"Dating back to the 15th century, this small, luxurious hotel overlooks a canal in the most picturesque and historical part of the city." Full review
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Depending on your taste you can choose rooms with canopied, half-tester beds, fireplaces, delicate chandeliers or even private patios.
Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"The charming Die Swaene is an upper-middle-range boutique hotel situated in a historic canal-side building in the heart of Bruges." Full review
The Telegraph
7.0
"'The Swan' offers plush, pampered opulence overlooking — indeed spanning — a beautiful stretch of canal in central Bruges." Full review
Frommer's
"This small hotel on the beautiful Groenerei canal in the center city has rightly been called one of the most romantic in Europe, thanks in great part to the care lavished on it by the Hessels family." Full review