Thermae Palace

“Beautiful but cold welcoming”

Beautiful building and place in front of the sea, nice confortable room. But breakfast a little disappointing with low quality products. And the worst in this hôtel is the réception desk, very Young and inexperienced people who don’t know how to be a minimum welcoming. You feel like you are just ... more

Beautiful building and place in front of the sea, nice confortable room. But breakfast a little disappointing with low quality products. And the worst in this hôtel is the réception desk, very Young and inexperienced people who don’t know how to be a minimum welcoming. You feel like you are just here to pay. Too bad for such a classy place !

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“Would stay again”

Wonderful hotel. Everyone we interacted with was friendly and very helpful. The room was clean and very easy to maneuver for my wheelchair.

“AMAZING , VIBRANT”

The Internal decor of the Thermae palace is exquisit and has a romantic charm to it. High ceilings giving rooms a spacious feel. The Bed was extremely comfortable, however sittuated rather bizare and could do with being beach facing to give that real beach view experience. We stayed in the terrac... more

The Internal decor of the Thermae palace is exquisit and has a romantic charm to it. High ceilings giving rooms a spacious feel. The Bed was extremely comfortable, however sittuated rather bizare and could do with being beach facing to give that real beach view experience. We stayed in the terraced suite superior double with a balcony deck. The deck was huge with iron posts securing the perimeter. The decking loungers and surrounds could all do with restoration however was still very good. 3* could easily achieve 5+* with a few tweeks. The external structure of the building was in places tired and could do with renovation even though this was carried out in the 1990s. The building oddly enough was built in early 1930s inspired by art decor and is a real stature within Ostende. Due to wind driven rain and high exposure being on the sea front explains why parts of the building appear dilapidated and in need of regular maintenance. This historic marvel which in my opinion is the most eye catching and iconic structure within the area could easily turn in to a 5+ star hotel bringing back the original features such as the spar which attracted people from all over the world to visit it due to its naturally sourced mineral waters. Being in the building, construction and improvement industry it was sad to see such a beautifully constructed and purpose built marvel to be left without its heart and if money was no object this really could be a no1 tourist attraction. Thermae Palace gave us a sense of wow, vibrance and a burning desire to see out its true potential. It would be a privilege to be an advisor on the complete restoration if that was ever in the plans. I would highly recommend a visit here, extremely friendly staff and the food was exquisite within the restaurant. Breakfast, while expensive had a lot of variety but could be improved, again all staff lovely and highly professional. There is a sauna within the 1st floor and a very small gym again while decent the things that could be achieved here are limitless... the sauna was very reasonably priced and private which you can hire for 2 hours at a time. This was rather awesome 👌. All in all an amazing, beautiful iconic historical and delightful place to stay with fantastic food culture and fascinating art. we will be coming back as we are regular visitors with hope that one day the true potential could once again be ingnited and back to the former historic glory it once would of upheld.

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“No good for the price”

Old . The bathroom is of poor quality, dirty, quite insane, silicone badly set, stained, covered . Badly finished. Breakfast regular. Far too expensive for the offer. No cabinet but hanging slots. I’m had a late check out and was aggressively addressed by the housekeeper. Came the receptionist... more

Old . The bathroom is of poor quality, dirty, quite insane, silicone badly set, stained, covered . Badly finished. Breakfast regular. Far too expensive for the offer. No cabinet but hanging slots. I’m had a late check out and was aggressively addressed by the housekeeper. Came the receptionist then after and had once again to deminstdate my late check out( 1h more…)

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