Hotel Des Brasseurs

“Great location, 6 min walk to the beach. Simple rooms, like a hostel. Hotel needs ground renovation, everything is old and rooms/ bathrooms were dirty”

“The hotel is in the middle of de haan, so you don‘t need any transports to get around.”

“Great location, nice breakfast and pretty decent staff. Hotel right next to the tram and 10 min from beach, easy access.”

“location excellent room very comfy breakfast plentiful”

“This hotel has character! I can imagine some travellers being shocked at the almost hidden entrance, the steep winding staircases and wind gusting into the rooms straight from the sea (if you leave them open, like we did) but we thought it was charming. Our dog was welcome and the guests chatted together at breakfast. Nobody used tablets or mobile phones - there weren`t signs up everywhere forbidding it - but the hotel doesn`t attract hich-tech workaholics or bored youngsters. The W-LAN worked perfectly but at breakfast we enjoyed our food. The restaurant was always packed with people eating fresh mussels and other local specialities. The town has beautiful houses in beautiful gardens and no two are the same. The beach is huge whatever the tide is doing. We watched kite surfers and walked for miles in both directions. We ran into the sea in September as did other swimmers because although the wind was strong, the water wasn`t cold at all. The beach was extremely clean. The waves brought in shells, not plastic. There are lovely paths to walk the dog, for example through the woods behind the dunes, and as long as you kept away from the beach directly in front of the promenade, nobody seemed to mind dogs playing on the sand or swimming in the sea like ours did. The picturesque tram stop is useful as well as pretty - we travelled all the way to de Panne on the one afternoon it rained. Dogs travel free. Dogs in fact are treated incredibly well in Belgium. Everyone assumes they are fun and is totally relaxed so naturally the dogs are relaxed too. In our experience everyone spoke English or German or both, or explained in Flemish so helpfully that we understood what they meant. Parking a car in de Haan couldn`t be easier and we never needed to pay. Our car broke down on the way to de Haan and we arrived very late but our host stayed up to let us in and greet us personally. She was always busy morning, day and night but like everyone in de Haan she was friendly and helpful.”