Name: B&B Instituut Tim Torfs Wellness
Address: Heidestraat 69, Beringen, Beringen, Beringen, 3581, Belgium
Rating: 10

24-hour reception

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Non-smoking rooms

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Swimming pool

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Massage

Sauna

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Maastricht Aachen Airport

Eindhoven Airport

Liege Airport

Antwerp International Airport

Brussels Airport

Jubilee Park

CHIO Stadium

Atomium

RWTH Aachen University

Mini-Europe

Aachen Town Hall

Brussels Park

Aachen Cathedral

Couven Museum

St. Nikolaus Church

City 2 Shopping Mall

Eurogress Aachen

Cathedral of St. Michael

Elisenbrunnen

Royal Palace of Brussels

Theater Aachen

Carolus Thermal Bad Aachen

Galeries St. Hubert

La Grand Place

Ludwig Forum

Suermondt Ludwig Museum

Bois de la Cambre

B&B Instituut Tim Torfs Wellness

Beringen

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

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king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

Don't get scared when you see the word "instituut" (institute).  
Tim used to be a specialist in permanent hair depilation, fortunately he had a keen interest in wellness and massage so since June 2008 he added a beautiful wellness area.

I booked a 2 day/ 1 night package (3 hours private use of  wellness area, 1 hour massage, overnight with breakfast)

Upon arrival I was quite surprised to find a normal house in a nice and quiet area and wondered where they hid the jacuzzi and sauna.
We were heartily greeted by Tim himself, who showed our room, gave us time to settle in our room, change into our bathrobe and slippers and then guided us to the wellness area.

The wellness area has a modern design but it's charming and has a warm feel to it; with open (rain)shower, separate wc, dry sauna, infrared wall, dining area and nice big lounge (with TV for the die-hards).  
Outside in a nice, private, garden there's the jacuzzi, a cosy and fragrant Kelo-Sauna and swimming pool with deck chairs. 

The Kelo-Sauna was quite a surprising and pleasant experience and much nicer than a traditional sauna.  
Otto explained us the importance of cooling off and not staying in too long, we were given ice cold apple and orange parts to eat and water to drink.  
We were also treated with a fragrance session; so utterly relaxing that is !! 
We lingered on in the jacuzzi with a glass of cava and enjoyed the cool evening before retiring to our room at 23.30h.

There is only 1 guest room so book well in advance.  
Oh...the luxury of not having to drive home... 

The room itself is quite sober:  a double bed with very comfortable mattress, wardrobe and 2 nighttables with lamps.  The bathroom is simple too and down the hallway (shower & separate bath). 
But who cares as all of the time is spent in the wellness area. 

Breakfast was served, as we requested at 9h, in the wellness area.  What a breakfast it was: fresh orange juice, glass of champagne, yoghurt, cheese, egg & bacon, jam, even chocolate spread, hot coffee... Fresh croissant, rolls, chocolate croissant, ...
I thought I would sink through the jacuzzi after eating all this.

The relaxing massage and hot stone therapy were fabulous: they actually massage you with the hot stones and not just leave them on your back to fall off.

We had a sense of privacy and luxury because it felt like we had the whole house to ourselves (when in the room we could hear  people coming in but we never saw them, in the wellness area you don't hear anything at all). 

Tim & Otto are still young but are highly professional in what they do. 
Highly recommended !

Tim & Otto: we wish you all the best for 2009 !!

A hidden gem - my favourite wellness retreat

We took a package "with bubbles" so I expected a bottle of cava, but when arriving we noticed it was just a glass per person. The weird thing to me was that it was already poured out, so you had no option than to drink it when entering as the bubbles were disappearing the longer you'd wait. I think this should be done differently as this is in my eyes not leaving the client the option of when to drink it. Maybe it's better to just provide a bottle for a bit of a higher price. The place has a very nice jacuzzi, but we were told not to touch any button but the ON/OFF button. So after a while we found the temperature a bit too high but couldn't adjust, which also could be helped easily by allowing clients to adapt the temperature to their liking. The (outdoor) swimming pool was good, but as it was raining there was no convenient dry place to put our towels/bath robes. This could also be a good addition. Maybe also adding a speaker next to the pool as now the music was only inside and at the jacuzzi. There was an infrared sauna which was a nice new experience, even though i have to say sitting in front of it was not so comfortable as they were placed a bit inconveniently. It's hard to explain, but it has to do with the benches you sit on. Furthermore, there was a nice rain shower. But again, there was just one, I think it'd be nicer to have two. To finish I have to add it struck me that the time we had to leave was the same hour the new clients had to enter, so there was no margin to clean up. I've been to some private wellnesses before and I've never seen this before as this leaves no room to properly clean the place for the next customers. I guess the host was lucky we didn't make a mess, but I can image if you accidentally drop something of food/drinks reaching the end of your stay he can never clean it in time for the next customers which would lead to delays, unhappy customers,... In general, I would recommend the place, but as you can see I could think of numerous points for it to improve (of course this is personal). So personally, I would go again only if some of these things were improved.

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