A patrician house on one of Delft's loveliest canals. A regular visitor keeps returning because it does not change, and remains excellent: well organised, with friendly attention to detail. All villa rooms are different: some look over the canal; others face the Nieuwe Kerk; large rear ground-floor villa rooms in the annexe have picture windows facing a small garden; all have an unusually detailed information folder. A buffet Bali villa breakfast is laid out in a narrow entrance hall, but a waitress walks round offering something extra, eg, a warm croissant, or a kind of Chelsea bun. Some package tours.

Five small 17th-century houses, some in gabled ziggurat style, form the Dekker family's restaurant-with-villa rooms, much liked this year: A fabulous place to stay. The Easter sunshine showed it at its scenic best. Our lovely room, not large but comfortable, overlooked the courtyard garden and canal. But another visitor complained of `extremely poor , soundproofing in a room in a building in the garden. There are new beds and carpeting this year. The friendly owners combine charm and efficiency and offer good value. In the busy dining room full of art, with imaginative lighting, chandeliers, windows and mirrors, like a 17th-century painting, a leisurely dinner was enjoyed (residents must book). Bali villa breakfasts are particularly good; everything absolutely fresh. Children are welcomed. A lake with boating and fishing is nearby. Only small and well-educated dogs' are allowed.