Description:
Accomodation: at present 3 guestrooms with nice atmosphere-each with its own bathroom. Extensive breakfast in georgious neo-gothique diningroom. Usage of salon downstairs is possible. Smoking and domestic pets are not allowed. Extension to 8 guestrooms and separate appartment in 2005.
EXTRA: unique location at walkingdistance of the historique Bruges. The castle is fully intact. For those who have a liking for antique, art and natural beauty is this a dreamplace. Reception party's are possible on demand.

A little history
The name "Huis ten Berghe" means House at the hill.

The castle was built in the first half of the 13th century on a motte surrounded by a moat. Next to the castle lay a church and a farm which both originate from the 11th or beginning of the 12th century.

About the origin of the motte, the castle and the church a legend was told. Once there was a female giant called Hillegond. She went to the beach and filled her skirt with sand because she wanted to reinforce the soil at the spot were she wanted to build her castle. While walking her skirt ripped open and the sand fell to the ground. And so the castle and church got built there.

The possible founder is Count Willem II. After the keep was built on a sandy layer, a hill was manually thrown up around the keep up to the height of the original entrance on the first floor.
The castle was mentioned in a document of Count Floris V in 1269. Later it came into the possession of the family Van Mathenesse. In 1426 the castle was burned and destroyed by the troops of Jacoba van Beieren.

Rate:

140€ / night breakfast included. Reduction: -10% (min. 3 nights)