Hotel Dukes' ArchesvsDie Swaene
Both hotels are endorsed by professional travelers. Overall, Die Swaene is the choice of most writers compared to Hotel The Peellaert - Adults only. Die Swaene scores 87 with approval from 7 publications like Insight Guides, The Telegraph and Oyster.
Hotel Dukes' Arches
Hoogstraat 20, Bruges 8000, Belgium
From $118/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Lonely Planet
"Two of the most imposing town houses on Hoogstraat...Both have been meticulously restored to create this comfortable and opulent new 50-room palace-hotel." Full review
Oyster
Upscale
"Renovated in 2010, the 50-room Oud Huis de Peellaert is a classic, upscale hotel with grand features like marble steps and chandeliers." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"This is like staying in a grand, aristocratic, 19th-century mansion in the very heart of historic Bruges." Full review
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