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Forest Hotel Den Helder

Centre of Den Helder

8.2

100%

100% of guests recommend Forest Hotel Den Helder.

Top hotel 236 Reviews

Julianaplein 43 , Den Helder Map

Hotel & Surroundings Hide Show

Hotel

Forest Hotel lies in the centre of Den Helder. Besides dunes, beaches, and sea, Den Helder also has an atmospheric city centre, a number of fun attractions, and good museums. The rooms in the hotel are all equipped with a shower and/or bath, a toilet, telephone, and a television. The hotel also has an atmospheric bar/bistro, where guests can relax in one of the comfortable chairs and enjoy the various meat and fish specialities.

Surroundings

Den Helder lies in the north of the province Noord-Holland, to the north of Alkmaar. From the harbour guests can take the ferry to the island Texel. Den Helder is known as the home base of the Dutch Royal Navy. The town has the oldest military defense line in The Netherlands; various fortresses along this 'Stelling' are now being renovated. The city hall, which was built in 1851 in art deco style, has also been restored to its former glory. One impressive point of recognition in Den Helder is the lighthouse 'Lange Jaap,' 63 metres tall, it is the highest cast iron tower in Europe. Den Helder has good transportation connections through the public roads and the railroads. The train line between Den Helder and Nijmegen has many stops in between, one of which is Alkmaar.

Food and Drink

The breakfast buffet is served on Monday through Friday from 08:00 to 10:00 h. and on weekends from 08:00 to 11:00 h. The homely restaurant offers various meat and fish specialities and at the lively bar guests can enjoy a nice drink or a quick snack.

Facilities and rules Hide Show
Number of rooms

25

Check-in

from 14:00

Check-out

from 01:00 until 11:00

Children & extra beds

Children/extra beds: One child up to 6 years old can stay for free in the parents' room. An additional bed for children older than 6 and adults can be placed on the room for €20 per night including breakfast

Important information


  • The hotel does not have a 24-hour reception. Guests can check in until 23:00 h.

Internet

Free Wi-Fi

Guests can make free use of wireless internet at the hotel.

Parking

The hotel does not have a private car park.

Public parking

Public car park: Guests can use the public parking spaces in the hotel's surroundings.

Pets

Not allowed

Service
  • Laundry

  • Lift

  • Luggage storage

  • Meeting/Function Room

  • Breakfast

    Breakfast

    Food and Drink
  • Bar

  • Restaurant

  • Smoking policy

    The entire hotel is non-smoking.

    Reviews Hide Show
    8.2

    Reviewed by 236 guests

    100% of guests recommend this hotel

    Price/Quality

    7.8

    Hygiene

    8.2

    Service

    8.4

    Comfort

    7.7

    Location

    7

    Here you'll find the latest reviews by guests who have visited this hotel.

    9.8

    Martin Hudec
    Travelling alone augustus 2020

    I had a beautiful stay in the hotel

    - awesome staff, lady at the reception did everything possible to meet my requirements, was able to get a room late at night, very kind and polite - cozy, modern, comfortable and always clean rooms - excellent location in the centre of Den Helder - good breakfast and coffee service in the rooms - fridge outside the rooms, in a hallway, where you can put your own food drinks - privacy, calm and relaxing stay - only 2 minutes walk from train station

    - no air-conditioning, although there was a small fan to keep guest cooler during hot summer days

    “My tip: - hotel is well situated for sigh-seeing the surroundings, close to café 39 s, shops, restaurants, sea and other interesting places in the town - I recommend visiting Amsterdam, takes only 1h 20min by trains, which drive every 30 minutes”

    7.8

    a.n. Sanborn
    Friends mei 2014

    den helder is a nice city

    Beaches and naval museum

    7.8

    Guests
    Friends juni 2012

    Great service, authentic atmosphere, but needs some renovation

    Service was great, bed comfortable, balcony was great.

    Hotel is old fashioned, they need to renovate some things without losing the authentic atmosphere. shower was not strong enough, furniture on balcony was rusty, looking old. There was an ashtray full of cigarettes left on the balcony. They forgot to remove the dirty towels from the previous guests. When mentioned they apologized and cleared it directly. Other than that it was a good stay. Ferry to Texel is further away than mentioned on the site.

    8.6

    Kevin R
    Groups juni 2011

    Result!

    Fabulous hotel in the slightly bizarre town of Den Helder. Great for cycling trips. Our second visit and we couldn't have asked for better service

    None

    9.0

    Marcel
    Travelling alone juni 2010

    Overall a good hotel

    Good size room, good beds, very good bathroom, very nice service.

    No internet (WLAN or cable) in the rooms. No movie channels on TV. No mini bar. Thin walls.

    8.2

    Jan van Westerlaak
    Travelling alone september 2009

    Very good but be so kind to watch the eggs.

    lots of plus points (see above) also the very nice people who work there.

    No real minus points except the being not so clear about the eggs in the morning!! So the sign 'eggs to fry' should be before the eggs and not partially hiding in the eggs so you can just read the sign as 'eggs to' and the fry can't be read. And a bigger sign also please!! But this is a minor detail, it is a great hotel.

    9.8

    Kevin R
    Friends juni 2009

    Friendly, helpful and top value

    Fantastic service - really friendly. Nothing was too much trouble. We had to leave early, before breakfast, so packs of food and drink were sent up to us the night before. Worth eating in the restaurant as well

    Doesn\'t look much from the outside, but so what ?

    8.6

    Damien
    Young couples juni 2008

    Price/quality ratio unbeatable in Den Helder

    I could hear the people in the next room, the walls were really thin

    7.8

    B_veld
    Young couples juni 2008

    Spacious room with a very nice bathroom with superspacious rain shower. Good beds.

    Not all staff very friendly and no elevator after midnight (4 floors). Needs airco.

    9.0

    Andrews
    Older couples mei 2008

    Your night receptionist on the 2nd May and on our last night certainly deserves a mention. She was fantastic. Everyone else also deserves a mention but she really stood out.

    The lack of access from the street for disabled persons.

    8.0

    Snowbird
    Friends augustus 2007

    I loved the central location of this hotel. Simple, easy-going hotel with lovely breakfast buffet.

    Although I requested a \"Smoking room\", our room was full of heavy-smoke odour as soon as we opened the door; Not very nice. Also, while we were at breakfast, cleaning staff left our room unlocked and the door was left ajar. Not very professional and quite troublesome.

    8.8

    Mark Patterson
    Travelling alone mei 2007

    Friendly and very helpfull staff

    None, Ideal for business travel

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    Julianaplein 43 , 1781HA Den Helder