Juliana Hotel Brussels

Character and identity

A 43-key boutique (37 rooms and six suites) tucked across three floors near a historic Brussels square, the Juliana is a design-literate small hotel where every room looks out either onto the square or the property's own vegetable garden. Expect a layered, collector's interior: a Philippe Starck mirror, an Hermès-inspired corridor, a 1930s iron railing, neoclassical references throughout. Fisco at Juliana runs nightly under chef Rosa Caldarola, with a rotating Italian menu. The spa centres on a turquoise-tiled indoor pool with Le Corbusier-inspired murals, alongside sauna, steam, gym and treatment rooms.

Who's it for

Bottom line

The draw here is the interior itself: this is a hotel to inhabit, not just sleep in, with Caldarola's Italian cooking and the tiled spa pool as the anchors. Book it if you value design and seclusion over big-hotel facilities. A garden-facing room is the quieter choice; square-view suits guests who want the historic streetscape at the window.