Villa Servais takes training days, team off-sites, company events, exhibitions, aperitif concerts and small theatre evenings, with a music room for up to 75 seated or 120 standing and three smaller rooms for breakouts and lunch. The restored 19th-century villa, built in a neo-Palladian style, stands at Servaislaan 8 in Halle, in Flemish Brabant, and also works as a boutique hotel with eight bedrooms.
Seminars and company events
The villa fits a group that wants to work in a house rather than on a hotel conference floor. The Muziekzaal carries the plenary, the Grand Salon serves as the lunch room, and the Thevenet lounge and the coffee corner give quieter spaces for smaller groups. Every room has wireless internet, professional speakers, a projector and a whiteboard, and restrooms and a cloakroom are close by. Participants who travel in can stay the night in the villa's own rooms, which makes a two-day off-site possible without a transfer.
Rooms and capacities
The Muziekzaal measures 80 m² and is noted for its acoustics. It seats 48 at tables or 75 in rows and holds 120 standing. The Grand Salon measures 60 m² and takes 30. Thevenet, a 40 m² lounge with small seating areas, takes 24, and the coffee corner of 20 m² takes 10. The house also has a salon named after Louis Thévenet and a library named after Ernest Van Dijck, both shared spaces.
Accommodation
There are eight bedrooms, all with king-size beds. On the first floor, François, Sophie, Cyprien and Misia are rooms for two, Franz is a deluxe room next to the library, and Marie-Henriette is a suite with a separate sitting area and a bathtub. On the second floor, Joseph and Franz Liszt are deluxe rooms with a bathtub and a separate toilet. Cyprien and Misia can be joined through a private hallway into a family suite. Rooms look onto the Sint-Martinus Basilica, the Art Deco Sint-Rochus church or the garden.
Catering
Breakfast is served as a buffet, and the villa runs a tea room with afternoon tea. For company days, the Grand Salon is used for business lunches and the coffee corner for breaks. The site does not describe event menus in detail, so the catering format is agreed for each event.
History and setting
The villa was the home of the cellist Adrien-François Servais, a native of Halle, and is a protected monument in Flanders. It was designed by the architect Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar and dates from around 1847. The garden keeps a 19th-century lime tree under which Servais and his granddaughter Misia liked to rest. The room names recall the family and its circle, including the composer Franz Liszt.
Getting there
Halle station is 200 meters away, with direct trains to Brussels, and the villa is close to the motorway. A bus stop is also 200 meters from the door. Brussels Airport is the nearest airport, reached by train through Brussels.
