Hotel Graf Bentinck runs seminars and training days in four meeting rooms and hosts private celebrations for groups of up to 50 people, with bedrooms and a restaurant in the same house. The four-star hotel stands at Dauenser Strasse 7 in Dangast, the seaside district of Varel on the Jadebusen bay of the North Sea, in Lower Saxony.
Seminars and company events
The four seminar rooms range from about 28 to 100 m². The hotel describes them as bright and comfortable, with modern technical equipment, and Wi-Fi covers the whole building. Breaks can be taken inside the hotel or on the beach close by, which helps keep a long workshop day fresh. Participants who travel from outside the region can stay in the hotel's rooms, so a two-day seminar runs without transfers between hotel and meeting place. The hotel also lists a literature seminar among its packages, and its team takes special requests for a program on demand. Capacities by layout are not published, so the hotel confirms the right room for each group size.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel hosts family and private celebrations for up to 50 guests: christenings, confirmations, birthdays, wedding anniversaries, jubilees and reunions of friends. Tables are laid for the occasion, and the menu card is put together with the hosts. Weddings themselves are not listed among the events the hotel offers.
Accommodation
Rooms come in two categories. Premium rooms have a modern bathroom with a level-access shower, two of them with a bathtub, a walk-in wardrobe in most cases and a balcony facing south, east or west. Klassik rooms have a double bed, a seating area, a flat-screen TV, a large wardrobe and in some cases a terrace. Hotel guests use the sauna area, with a Finnish sauna and a relaxation room, at no extra charge.
Catering
Meals are prepared in-house by chef Dennis Driese and his team. The restaurant serves hearty North Sea cooking, both traditional and modern, with regional dishes and choices for steak lovers and vegetarians, in a room under a thatched roof. The house also has a bar and a new lobby lounge for an informal evening after the sessions.
History and setting
The hotel opened at Easter 1991 and is run by the Wichmann family, now in its second generation. Its buildings follow Frisian design with reed thatch. Dangast describes itself as the oldest seaside resort on the German North Sea coast, set between forest and sea, with a healing spring and the house of the painter Franz Radziwill, which shows his work. Cycle paths run along the dike, and the resort is a base for trips to East Frisia and the North Sea islands. The hotel presents itself as the only four-star hotel in Dangast.
Getting there
The hotel lies in a quiet spot directly by the sea in Dangast, which belongs to the town of Varel. The site provides a directions page for groups arriving by car.
