Choosing an accessible hotel is not a matter of 'they have a wheelchair icon on Booking'. Many hotels flag one room as 'adapted' without really knowing what that means. For wheelchair users it makes the difference between a hotel you can move in and out of smoothly and a hotel where you have to fight for your independence every day.
Here are our nine favourite wheelchair-accessible hotels and B&Bs in Belgium, by region, with the practical details we would want to know ourselves before booking. For each: the type of adapted room, whether the communal areas are really step-free, and what you should explicitly ask at booking.
🟦 Brussels — Hotel Amigo
Hotel Amigo Brussels is a five-star address a stone's throw from the Grand Place. Fully adapted rooms on several floors with roll-in shower, raised toilet, grab bars and turning space for electric wheelchairs. Wide lifts, step-free lobby, bar and restaurant. Private garage with accessible-parking spaces and lift to all floors.
Book via: directly with Rocco Forte (not through comparison sites that do not specifically flag the adapted room).
🟩 Brussels B&B tip — Bonjour Brussels
For those skipping the luxury price tag of Amigo: B&B Bonjour Brussels has one fully adapted ground-floor room with roll-in shower, raised toilet and grab bars. Breakfast room on the same level. Personal touch from the hosts.
🟫 East Flanders — Belfort Hotel Ghent
Belfort Hotel Ghent sits directly opposite the Belfry. Adapted rooms with roll-in shower, grab bars and lowered light switches. Wide lifts and step-free lobby and breakfast area. Central for a Ghent city trip.
Book via: Marriott directly, explicitly request the adapted room.
🟧 West Flanders — B&B De Corenbloem Bruges
B&B De Corenbloem Bruges is a small-scale B&B with one adapted ground-floor room (roll-in shower, raised toilet, grab bars). Breakfast room on the same level. Within rolling distance of Minnewaterpark and the Beguinage.
Book via: directly with the hosts — Booking sometimes does not flag this room as accessible.
🟪 Antwerp — B&B Zavel Antwerp
B&B Zavel Antwerp is an atmospheric B&B in a renovated townhouse in the historic city centre. One adapted ground-floor room with roll-in shower and grab bars. Upper floors only via the historic staircase.
Approach: choose the route along the Scheldt quays for a comfortable approach (cobblestones all around).
🟦 Antwerp Kempen — B&B Doggenhout Geel
B&B Doggenhout Geel is a rural bed & breakfast that is accessible by design — not as a retrofit. Wide doors, roll-in shower with fold-down seat, generous turning space. An ideal base for anyone exploring the accessible cycling-node network of the Kempen — for instance with a new adapted bike from Bike Republic Diest.
🟨 Limburg — Hotel tip in Hasselt
Hasselt does not currently have a broad offer of genuinely adapted hotels. For anyone visiting Hasselt (one of our top city trips for wheelchair users) we are still searching for a good address to add here. Have an experience to share? Let us know.
🟥 Liège — Hotel des Comtes (Durbuy area)
For those visiting Wallonia and not looking for a luxury hotel: around Durbuy there are several smaller B&Bs and hotels with adapted rooms. They are not always well flagged online — call ahead and explicitly ask which room is adapted.
🟧 Hainaut — for a Mons city trip
Mons has several B&Bs and hotels with adapted rooms in and around the centre. For anyone visiting the city for the Doudou procession, the Grand Place and the Photo Museum Charleroi a short drive away: call ahead to find an adapted room at an affordable central address.
🟦 Namur — the Meuse Valley as a base region
Namur, Dinant and the wider Meuse Valley have several adapted accommodations that fit nicely with a RAVeL cycling week or a wheelchair walking holiday along the Meuse. Call ahead to check availability of adapted rooms.
Practical tips for booking an adapted hotel
Call or email instead of booking only via comparison sites. The adapted room is often one of many and the website classification is not always up to date. A direct conversation gives you certainty about what is actually adapted.
Ask explicitly: roll-in shower or step-in shower? Toilet height? Grab bars on both sides? Turning space for an electric wheelchair? Step-free access from car park to room? Availability of staff for assistance?
Never book without written confirmation that the specific room is wheelchair accessible. 'We have adapted rooms' is not the same as 'your room is adapted'.
Shoulder seasons give the best value for money. Autumn-winter outside the Christmas holidays gives an authentic experience with more peace and attention from the staff.
Combine the hotel with our city-trip guide for that city (Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, Brussels and more) for a complete itinerary.
To close
Belgium has quietly invested in adapted hotel accommodation in recent years, but the offer is still uneven: Brussels and Bruges have several genuinely adapted addresses, while other cities such as Hasselt or Spa have only limited options. For anyone wanting to stay in a specific region, calling ahead is still the best advice.
Have you visited a good adapted hotel or B&B that is not listed here? Let us know — first-hand information about hotel accommodation is especially valuable to keep building for other wheelchair users.