North Brabant · Netherlands
Where to stay in Breda
Breda is a city in North Brabant, Netherlands, home to about 188,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Breda, with about 244 rooms between them. 1 of them carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Best months
- May to July and September
- Nearest airport
- EIN44 km · Eindhoven Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Language
- Dutch
About
About Breda
Breda is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from brede Aa ('wide Aa' or 'broad Aa') and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa.
The VVV has 2 offices in town. The primary one is across the train station, but there's a smaller office with more limited opening hours on the Grote Markt.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Breda
See
- Grote Kerk
- Old city hall
- Castle of Breda
- Begijnhof
- Sint-Antoniuskathedraal
- Koepelgevangenis
- Mastbos
- Bouvigne Castle
- Maczek Memorial
- Museum Paulus van Daesdonck
- Princenhaags Museum
- Stedelijk Museum Breda
Do
Getting a guided tour through the old moats of Breda is a good way to discover the city. There's plenty of stories behind the historic façades. Book ahead via the tourist office, more information on their website. Alternatively, they sell a Dutch language booklet called "Historische Kilometer", which (if you can understand it) allows you to walk around yourself and still read up on the historic backgrounds. If you have a smartphone, you can enjoy walking around the city with free audio tours.
- Beleef Breda
- Eropuitje Breda
- Park Valkenberg
- NAC Breda
- Carnaval
- Breda Jazz Festival
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Breda
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Hotel Breda City Center hotel | 88 | 88/100 3,518 reviews |
1 more place to stay, without a published guest score
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Hotel Breda hotel | 156 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Breda
2 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bastion Hotel Breda | 3.9 km | |
| Van der Valk hotel Princeville | 1978 | 3.5 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Breda
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Breda are May to July and September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; December is the wettest, with about 85 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Breda: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Eindhoven Airport (EIN), about 44 km from the city centre in a straight line; Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM, 47 km) and Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (ANR, 49 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Breda does not have a commercial airport, but thanks to the excellent public transportation system of the Netherlands, it can be reached easily from numerous airports in the Netherlands and even in Belgium.
Getting around
The city centre and most of the sights are easy to discover on foot. Biking is a good option, and bikes can be rented at the train station bike parking. The city bus is another option, circling through town. You can use 9292 to plan your trip. You can pay for the bus fare by using contactless payment on your debit card. A typical bus trip inside the city costs around €2.
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EIN · Eindhoven Airport
RTM · Rotterdam The Hague Airport
ANR · Antwerp International Airport (Deurne)
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Breda
Eat
There's a wide choice of restaurants available throughout the centre. The best places to search are around the historic market squares: the Grote Markt, the Havermarkt and the Veemarktstraat all have a number of nice establishments.
Drink
Drink real Belgian and Brabants beer on Grote Markt or Havermarkt square. Explore the nightlife on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays around Havermarkt square.
Stay safe
Breda is generally a very safe city and the risk of being pickpocketed or attacked is minimal. There is no problem walking around town alone at night. However, due to its proximity to the cities of Antwerp and Rotterdam, drug trafficking does occur in the city. If you are approached by an unknown person asking if you want to carry packages to France or Belgium, it is recommended to ignore them. Coffeeshops in Breda will not sell cannabis to people who do not reside in the Netherlands. You will be asked to prove your residency before purchasing.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Breda
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Questions
Breda: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Breda?
By published guest score: Leonardo Hotel Breda City Center (88 / 100 · 3,518 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Breda?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Breda are May to July and September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; December is the wettest, with about 85 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Breda?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Eindhoven Airport (EIN), about 44 km from the city centre in a straight line; Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM, 47 km) and Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (ANR, 49 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Breda?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Breda
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.