"The most luxurious hotel in town: a 45-room pale pink mansion facing the main canal. With courteous staff and antique-stuffed rooms, this is a hotel that is hard to resist."

"The interior styling by designer Pieter Porters has created interest using lots of curiosity knick-knacks from old skis to antique shoe-expanders." Full review

"The sister hotel of the Orangerie, near the Groeningemuseum, has a sense of refined 18thcentury urban elegance – and a swimming pool."

"This 16th-century remnant, once a noble Flemish residence, is on the short list of exceptional period hostelries in Bruges." Full review

"Overlooking the canal, this hotel with an elegant facade is a long-standing favorite with a loyal guest list—and for good reason." Full review

"The 45-room Hotel De Tuilerieen mixes the historical and the contemporary in an upscale way, creating a comfortable, welcoming atmosphere throughout." Full review

"David Hockney, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell, Brian May, the King and Queen of Belgium have all stayed here, as the photos in the entrance hall attest." Full review

"Intimate hotel in a restored 15th-century residence along the picturesque Den Dyver canal in the historic center of Bruges, within walking distance of most major sights." Full review

"This 15th-century mansion is the epitome of Brugian elegance, and each salon is more extravagant than the next: the firelit bar with its cozy tartan wing chairs, the neo-Baroque breakfast salon topped by a coffered ceiling, and the parlor with tufted Victorian chairs and a blazing fireplace." Full review

"Overlooking the canal, this hotel with an elegant facade is a long-standing favorite with a loyal guest list—and for good reason" Full review

"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."

"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

"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."

"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

"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 Swan' offers plush, pampered opulence overlooking — indeed spanning — a beautiful stretch of canal in central Bruges." Full review

"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