The Bad Boekelo is great for a getaway for those people wanting to be in the country side, however it is a bit far for business trips. The rooms are spartan and more than once I felt that the room was not serviced properly! The staff are excellent and are really helpful. The Mood restaurant serves up really great cuisine during the week, but on the weekend you can only eat at the really overpriced buffet - a disappointment after such excellent cuisine during the week. The swimming pool is great but heavy chlorinated, so beware those of you who might have s skin reaction to this. If you are keen to getaway from it all, enjoy walks or cycle rides in the lush forests, then this is the place to go! Excellent for children.

What is missing at Bad Boekelo is a soul. The soul of a building, of interior decoration and design. The soul in food. Fortunately, the staff makes up for this as much as they can. They are helpful, kind and good humored.

The hotel is beautifully located. Great area to relax, take a stroll and enjoy the sound of silence. Unless you are planning to spend some time in your suite or try to take a nap. In that case, you will have to prepare to face the continuous sound of running water. And it is running loud and fast to who knows where.

So, great place to stay when planning a business trip. It's clean, recently renovated (without that soul) and you can get you head right into or out a cloud taking a hike in the forest. Just don't expect to be thrilled by it.

We stayed a weekend with 2 children of 5 and 6 early August, which included breakfast.
We had a 2 bedroom apartment, which was roomy and comfortable, but the TV was very old which let and otherwise reasonably good upgrade of an old complex down.
The service is amazing, particularly if you are used to the less than interested Dutch experience elsewhere. The hotel has a kids club for a few hours a day (free) and a kid's dinner (E7.50) so that parents can enjoy the lovely restaurant or have a drink on the very attractive and comfortable terrace.
Shame the wifi is not free.
There are lovely touches for (big) kids everywhere.
The pool is lovely and clean. You can even do your laundry ina launderette, at very asonable price, considering hotel prices.
The location is in the woods whihc is lovely, but it is a bit hard to find.
We would probably go back.

Fantastic 70s design is overshadowed by quite a basic finish on guest rooms and hotel public spaces. Obscure pieces of art feel lost in the architecture.

Stunning woodland setting makes you instantly calm and rooms with balconies are a treat to take in the pine fresh air.

Breakfast food is plentiful. Gorgeous rye breads and nice cold cheeses and meats. Abundance of croquettes (!) and shame the coffee is weak.

Very few staff but ones that are around are pleasant.

Lovely hopscotch style floor bells are a fun way to enter the hotel.