The Best Places to Stay and Do in Theaterbuurt & around

A luxury hotel built inside a monastery complex that sits within Antwerp's botanical gardens, so the grounds do most of the talking before you've even checked in. Rooms and suites vary enough that no two feel alike, the spa leans heavily toward the sublime, and the four on-site restaurants include outposts of Hertog Jan and Fine Fleur. The Michelin Guide awarded it two Keys.

1. Michelin Guide 2 Keys
2. The 50 The 50 Discovery

1. Le Fooding Le Fooding Guide

The black-lacquered headboards and gleaming subway tiles signal the theme early: this is a boutique hotel that leans hard into a noir aesthetic, right in Antwerp's fashion district. Rooms are compact and open-plan, with unexpected Asian details that nod quietly to the city's trading-port past. A rooftop terrace and a brasserie-style restaurant feel like bonuses in a hotel this size. Outside, cobblestones and diamond merchants have been here far longer than the avant-garde storefronts.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Hotels