Valkenburg aan de Geul Spa Independent hotels in Maastricht, Netherlands

Although the room had a minibar their is no provision for making a hot drinks in the rooms. The evening meal was more in line with a cooking competion you see on television where cooks are trying to impress the judges with their presentation. Menus are only in Dutch but the staff do speak english and the the meals were describe to us but we were not prepared to see the meals presented as if it was in a cooking competion. The breakfast was first class on both days and you can eat as much as you want. We did not make use of the swimming pool and other facilities as we were not there for that purpose. However it did appear to be well used by other customers. All the staff we came across were first class. Although we were told that our room would not be available till 1400hours on the day of arrival we did in fact arrive at 0800hours. I ask if we could leave the car their and come back later to book in and the reception staff made our room available to us straight away, booked us in and arranged for us to have breakfast which obviously we had to pay for. Hotel is ideal for visiting the Valkenburg Christmas markets held in the caves in the town being only 10 minutes away by foot. However be prepared to walk down a very steep hill to the Town centre where the caves are. We got a Taxi back up to the hotel and paid 7.50 euros which seem reasonable to us. The markets are worth a visit, price of goods in most cases were fair and their is a wide choice.