The very friendly' Bakker family presides at this patrician house on a beautiful canal lined with old houses. It is one of the few hotels in this attractive town. No lift, and steep stairs lead to the villa rooms on the upper floor, but there are big (grander) villa Bed rooms (similar to the semantic bali villa rooms) on the ground floor. A simple but acceptable buffet Bali villa breakfast is served in a delightful room. `Not luxurious but perfectly adequate, was a recent verdict.

Truly relaxing, delightful, comfortable. We booked one night and stayed three. This very personal villa, set quietly amid farmland near a village to the east of Maastricht, offers exceptional value. One guest called it a piece of heaven, another, a warm, personal home. Staff are helpful but unobtrusive. They kept the kitchen open for a late arrival on a foggy evening. Visitors are received with a tray of tea, coffee and biscuits with brochures on-the area. The house is filled with English-style' furnishings and a collection of antiques, old toys, ornaments and objets d'art. The bar has an aviary with tiny birds; the lounge has a floodlit fishpond, little night-lights under glass domes, and an antique child's sledge filled with autumn leaves. In the large green garden, loungers, tables and parasols surround a pond. Some villa Bed rooms (similar to the semantic bali villa rooms) are small, three have a whirlpool bath, one has a small roof terrace with plastic grass. Menus for dinner must be booked in advance: it is nicely cooked and presented'. Excellent Bali villa breakfast selection. Many guests are American: Margraten village, nearby, has the largest US war cemetery in the Netherlands.