Alexander Review of Thermen Bussloo
Nice hotel and wellness center and the vast majori...
Nice hotel and wellness center and the vast majority of the staff are very friendly and aim to make the stay a pleasant experience. It is indicated that the maximum amount of visitors to the wellness center is being monitored, but it is ridiculously busy on weekends. We stayed from Friday to Saturday and Friday was way too busy. There were rows in front of the saunas and most of them were your butt-to-butt. We had to skip many saunas, because there were no more free places. If you do find a free space, it is a pleasant experience. The saunas are of good quality and there are many different types of saunas with large differences in temperature. There is a swimming pool outside and there are several hot tubs. The restaurant is also great to do. We had chosen the 4-course surprise menu and the food was of good quality. However, we were unlucky that the vast majority of the courses were not really within our taste, but that will be different for everyone. What was a pity was the little explanation of what you actually got on your plate. One staff member is certainly not like the other and that was very visible in the restaurant. Where one gave an explanation about the food, the other did not know at all what was on the plate or which wine could best be served with it. The hotel room was very nicely decorated and the view of the lake was amazing. The bed was of very good quality and was perfect. The bathroom is very spacious. The only downsides of the room were the amount of dust (waking up with pain in your throat and nose) and the high temperature. The latter in particular was very unpleasant. The thermostat could not be lower than 20 degrees and if you opened the window, the thermostat automatically switched on and the heating was high. You could not turn this off.
If you come by car there are enough parking places. Finally, there is the 'hidden costs' item. You should pay attention to this if you do not want to pay a high bill after your stay. Payment is made with a band during the stay. This means you incur costs quickly. When eating, for example, you are very kindly asked if you want water when eating, but this simply costs you money. 2 bottles of tap water later you lose 6 euros. A coffee after dinner is also nice, but without asking you get 3 small bonbons and huppa .... the coffee costs 6.50. For example, the costs are high for all drinking (small glass of merlot - 7.75). If you have chosen the surprise menu, you will also not receive a card and you will not have a view of the costs. As a result, the real surprise after dinner comes at checkout.
Yet this does not alter the fact that it was a beautiful hotel, wellness and experience and maybe we will just come back on a quieter day.

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