While planning a trip to The Netherlands we recieved warm recommendations about Geithoorn and Hotel De Harmonie and we are very glad we did not miss this hidden gem! It was one of the most beautiful locations in all of the Netherlands!

Upon arriving to the hotel we were shown to our rooms by the friendly receptionist who placed us in the rooms on the 2nd floor with a view of the canal, this meant we had to carry our bags up a flight of narrow stairs but it also gave us a fantastic view. Waking up and looking out the window was wonderful!

The hotel has a restaurunt which serves breakfast, we also had dinner there and it was high class and tasty. They did the best they could to accomodate our special requests as vegeterians and we really recommend the mushroom soup!

Hotel De Harmonie also rents bicycles and boats, don't miss this! the boat ride between all the houses is very fun.

The rooms themselves were not huge but definately not small, the double beds were very good and comfortable.
The bathroom was not big and had no bath but the shower was advanced with very good control of water temperature, the toiletries were plentyful and everything was scented and not cheap.
There was a small safe and hairdryer in every room.

They even had a bathrobe!

All-in-all, the service was great [reception/breakfast/boat], the rooms were nice and the price was good -- don't miss this hotel!

The Harmonie is in north Giethoorn right on the edge of the town.
It is a lovely hotel, very spacious and the staff are all friendly.

It has a very good restaurant which is just as well as it would be quite a walk down to South Giethoorn where the restaurants are.

Our room was spotless, comfortable and quite large. It overlooked one of the canals and I was concerend about mosquitoes, but the windows are safe behind insect nets so there was no problem.

It is a very quiet area of the town and it was lovely to wake up in the morning to only the birdsong