Manoir de Lébioles

Spa, Belgium. Located in the woods of Creppe, above the town of Spa in the Belgian Ardennes.

Manoir de LébiolesSpa, Belgium

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Practical information

Address: Manoir de Lébioles
Domaine de Lébioles 1/5
4900 Spa (Creppe)
Belgium
Telephone: +32 87 79 19 00
Official website: www.manoirdelebioles.com
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16 rooms and suites: 5 Classic rooms and Castellane, Manoriale, Royal and Imperial suites.
A gastronomic restaurant built around regional produce.
A spa, the “Spa of spa”, in a manor nicknamed the “little Versailles of the Ardennes”.
Located in the woods of Creppe, above the town of Spa in the Belgian Ardennes.

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

1905 – 1910
Diplomat Georges Neyt builds the manor, inspired by French architecture; he dies in 1910, shortly after moving in.
1912
Neyt’s heirs sell the estate to Edmond Dresse; it becomes known as the “little Versailles of the Ardennes”.
1926
Edmond Dresse is granted the title “Dresse de Lébioles”.
1945
High-ranking prisoners of war, including Franz von Papen and Admiral Miklós Horthy, are held at the manor.
1945 – 1981
The Dresse family enlarges and renovates the manor, staging plays, hunts and concerts there.
1980
The Société Immobilière de Belgique buys the manor (the Dresse family stays until 1981); it later passes to a family of hoteliers who run it as a charming hotel.
1999
The hoteliers sell; the building is left to decline for several years.
21st century
A full restoration rebuilds the chimneys and staircases and reveals the historic floors before reopening as a luxury hotel.