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Hotels in Brussels currently start at about € 87 per night for two people, with a typical price of € 157 and € 178 for a comfortable 4-star room. Across the 229 properties we can book here, 60% of rooms can be cancelled free of charge; 41% include or offer breakfast; the average guest rating is 8.2/10.
Brussels is a business city first, and that is good news for leisure travellers: rates drop at weekends when the institutions empty out, sometimes by half. The centre is compact but hilly, with a lower town around the Grand-Place and an upper town of museums and embassies. The gap between them is a real climb.
Per night for two adults, taxes and fees included where the property reports them. Based on the 229 bookable properties we found for a two-night midweek stay a month ahead.
| Cheapest available | € 60 |
|---|---|
| Typical starting price | € 87 |
| Lower quarter of the market | € 131 |
| Typical (median) price | € 157 |
| Upper quarter | € 193 |
| Typical 3-star | € 143 |
| Typical 4-star | € 178 |
| Typical 5-star | € 210 |
The highest-rated properties with a meaningful number of guest reviews, available for our sample dates.
Rated 8/10 or better and priced at or below the city median — the sweet spot most travellers are actually looking for.
The places travellers here look up most, ranked by how widely they are written about. Most sit within reach of the hotels above.
sports stadium in Laeken, Brussels, Belgium
5.2 km from the centrefootball stadium in Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium
4.2 km from the centrecathedral in Brussels, Belgium
in the centregroup of art museums in Brussels, Belgium
1.1 km from the centrepark in Brussels
3.1 km from the centreopera house in Brussels, Belgium
in the centrechurch in Brussels, Belgium
2.1 km from the centrechurch in Laeken, Belgium
3.2 km from the centrechurch building in Brussels, Belgium
1.2 km from the centrepark in Brussels, Belgium
5.2 km from the centreBrussels sits in Belgium at 50.8503° N, 4.3517° E. Every hotel below is plotted on the live map, so you can see straight away which ones are walking distance from what you came for and which are a taxi ride out.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre.
Everything on foot, the most atmospheric, the busiest.
Antiques, museums, quieter streets, an uphill walk home.
Weekday business rates that fall sharply on Friday.
Art nouveau streets, good food, better value, a tram ride out.
Each of these has its own page with live prices for that part of town.
Rooms within walking distance of what you actually came for.
Bruges and Ghent are day-trip magnets — stay overnight and you get the centre almost to yourself after 18:00.
One of the larger swings we measure at 1.81 times, and it follows the working week and the summit calendar rather than the tourist season. A Friday-to-Sunday stay in the European Quarter is often the cheapest good hotel in the city.
Yes, and more than the stars on the hotel. Across three separate midweek stays we measured, the typical price in Brussels differed by a factor of 1.81. Move your dates a week and check again before you settle for less hotel. How we measure this.
The price you see includes our margin and the taxes the property reports. Nothing is added at checkout.
Every rate states its own deadline, and you cancel yourself without calling anyone.
See what each property costs before you click, and search any neighbourhood by dragging the map.
You get a reference the property can look up directly, and a page to view or cancel your booking.
Usually, and noticeably. The city's hotel stock is built for weekday business and institutional travel, so Friday and Saturday nights in the European Quarter can cost far less than the same room on a Tuesday.
It is central and walkable, and it is the busiest and priciest part of town. Saint-Gilles or Ixelles give you better food and better value for a short tram ride.
Right now the cheapest bookable rooms start around € 87 per night for two people, the typical price is € 157, and the upper quarter of the market begins at € 193. Prices move with the season and the day of the week, so check your own dates.
Yes — about 60% of the rooms available in Brussels can be cancelled free of charge up to a deadline set by the property, usually 24 to 72 hours before check-in. Use the free cancellation filter to see only those rates.
One of the larger swings we measure at 1.81 times, and it follows the working week and the summit calendar rather than the tourist season. A Friday-to-Sunday stay in the European Quarter is often the cheapest good hotel in the city.
The EUR (€). Cards are standard; some places are debit-only.
Service is included; round up if you liked it.
The best-known places are King Baudouin Stadium, Lotto Park, Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Cinquantenaire Park. There is more detail in the things-to-do section above.
Yes, and more than the stars on the hotel. Across three separate midweek stays we measured, the typical price in Brussels differed by a factor of 1.81. Move your dates a week and check again before you settle for less hotel.