Botanic Sanctuary Antwerp

Antwerp, Belgium. Located in the heart of Antwerp, beside the city’s botanical garden, in the former Sint-Elisabeth hospital.

Botanic Sanctuary AntwerpAntwerp, Belgium

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Address: Botanic Sanctuary Antwerp
Lange Gasthuisstraat 45
2000 Antwerp
Belgium
Telephone: +32 3 269 00 00
Official website: www.botanicantwerp.be
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108 rooms and suites in five historic buildings, from 25 to 140 m².
Restaurants include the two-Michelin-star Hertog Jan and the starred Fine Fleur, plus Bar Bulot and Henry’s Bar.
Botanic Health Spa of 1,000 m² on three floors, with an 18-metre panoramic pool; Leading Hotels of the World member.
Located in the heart of Antwerp, beside the city’s botanical garden, in the former Sint-Elisabeth hospital.

8 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

1204
Earliest known record of Antwerp’s hospice, then called the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwgasthuis, beside the Church of Our Lady.
1238
The hospice moves to the Elzenveld site, its traditional founding date as the Sint-Elisabethgasthuis.
15th century
The monastery buildings and chapel that now form part of the hotel are built.
1553
The nursing service is reorganised and expanded to 24 sisters.
1581
Calvinists plunder the monastery; order is restored in 1585 by Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma.
1803
Under French rule the sisters are expelled; King William I readmits them in 1824.
2019
The former monastery, until then the Elzenveld congress centre, is leased to developer Iret Development for restoration.
2022
Botanic Sanctuary opens as Antwerp’s first five-star Superior hotel; Hertog Jan wins two Michelin stars seven months later.