NO IMPOSING ENTRANCE OR RED CARPET AWAITS YOU HERE. NO CLUE ON THE OUTSIDE THAT BEHIND THE CENTURIES OLD FRONTAGE ON OUDE HOUTLEI IS AN ANCIENT CLOISTER POORTACKERE. AN OASIS OF PEACE, HIDDEN AWAY FROM THE BUSTLE OF THE CITY. ONCE INSIDE YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A FORMER NUNNERY WHOSE HISTORY GOES BACK TO 1278. THE BUILDING THAT TURNED ITS BACK ON THE WORLD FOR SO MANY CENTURIES NOW REVEALS ITS SECRETS TO A FEW FAVOURED GUESTS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS SERENE AND RESTFUL, AS BEFITS AN AGE OLD NEOGOTHIC BUILDING. AND YET POORTACKERE RETAINS ITS UNIQUE CHARACTER, AS A MEDIEVAL CLOISTER WITH ITS OWN HISTORY. IT IS ITS DOMESTICITY THAT GIVES THE BUILDING ITS CHARM. A HEAVENLY NIGHTS REST IN OUR HOTEL. A HARMONIUS COMBINATION OF NEOGOTHIC STYLE AND COMFORT LUXURIOUS ROOMS WHOSE MODERN APPOINTMENTS MAINTAIN A RESPECT FOR TRADITION. YOU WILL SPEND THE NIGHT IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING BUILDINGS THAT THE HOTEL OFFERS MAAGDENVLEUGEL, BREEDHUIS OR HUIS VAN DE RECTOR AND WILL ENJOY A HEARTY BREAKFAST IN THE CHAPTER HOUSE OR IN THE SUN DAPPELED FRAGRANCE OF THE ENCLOSED GARDEN.