Brussels: New Hôtel Charlemagne (4 Star Hotel)

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Address: Boulevard charlemagne 25-27 , Brussels 1000, Belgium
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Lonely Planet review

This basic place has clean, modern rooms and makes a well-located base in the EU quarter if you need to be close for business. It's in a quiet spot if you want to be out of the city, and is ideal if you're driving, with free garage parking.

The 68 rooms, some with bay windows, are minimally furnished. All the Business/Superior-class rooms are recently renovated and each now has a classy slate-grey feature wall and art nouveau artwork. The Comfort-class rooms are ordinary but adequate. A passageway at each room's entrance leads to a neat, spacious bathroom (if you're looking for the bathroom light switch, it's in the passageway) and then opens out to the sleeping areas, which works well to enhance the feeling of space. Nonsmoking floors are available. Muzak pipes through the orange and blue colour-schemed breakfast room (the hot and cold buffet breakfast is extra), and there's an impressively well-stocked bar for a nightcap or two. Despite its business address, the Charlemagne's very family-friendly.