Fletcher Badhotel Callantsoog Perfect for New Year’s Eve

We stayed at Fletcher Badhotel Callantsoog for New Year’s Eve. Arriving on the 31^st of December and leaving again on the 2^nd of January. We booked it at a whim on the evening of the 30^th of December. Even though we couldn’t undertake a lot due to the current restrictions, we loved our stay. The hotel has a cozy atmosphere and the staff is warm and helpful.

Note that not everything mentioned below is currently offered, due to the restrictions. We’ve also got tips for traveling right now. This was not our first and only hotel stay since 2020 (when everything changed), see our review of NH Hotel Schiphol Airport and our Family Vacation on Texel. So we know what we’re talking about.

This is not a sponsored post, we stayed here at our own expense. So all opinions are, as always, our own.

Location of Fletcher Badhotel Callantsoog

The hotel is situated near the edge of the dunes. In the North of the province of Noord-Holland is the town of Callantsoog. One of the oldest beach towns of the Netherlands.

Just 60 minutes driving to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport or 34 minutes to the city of Alkmaar and 92 minutes to Rotterdam The Hague Airport.

Address of this 3 star hotel in the Fletcher group:

Abbestederweg 26

1759 NB Callantsoog

The rooms at Fletcher Badhotel Callantsoog

The Fletcher hotel has 62 rooms in total, divided over 5 different types of rooms. All rooms have free wifi (the whole hotel does), a sitting area, a desk, a flatscreen-tv and telephone.

There’s a Double Room with Shower. This room has two twin beds, a sleeping couch, closet and a bathroom with toilet and shower. Costs up from €30.88 per person per night.

Then there’s a Double Room with Balcony. This room has again two twin beds, a shower, toilet and a balcony with table and chairs. Costs up from €38.00 per person per night.

Third they have Double Rooms with Balcony and Dune View. This room offers two twin beds, closet, bathroom with toilet and shower and a balcony with a view on the dunes and two chairs and a table. Costs from up €42.75 per person per night.

For families there’s a Quadruple Room with Shower. The room has 4 twin beds, closet and a bathroom with toilet and shower. These rooms are all on the ground floor. Costs from up €49.88 per person per night.

At last the hotel has a Junior Suite. The room has 2 twin beds, a closet, a sleeping couch, a bathroom with a bath and toilet and a balcony with a view on the dunes. Costs up from €64.13 per person per night.

Our Room

We had the family room or Quadruple Room. The room is on the ground floor and has double doors. Convenient when bringing our stuff to the room and loading it in again. We could just park the car in front and unload. During New Year’s Eve we left our room through this door to watch the fireworks. There was also a dining table in our room and two extra chairs. My guess is that this was since you dine in your room with the current restrictions.

Good to Know

The atmosphere in and the location of the hotel is calm and quiet. The breakfast is included in the room rate, as well as parking. Pets (dogs) are welcome for a fee of €15.00 per day. There’s room service available till 11pm. Check-in is from 3pm till 10pm, check-out is till 11am (lazy day till 1pm). The hotel is 100% non-smoking.

The Restaurant

Fletcher Badhotel Callantsoog has a restaurant, a lounge, a bar and a terrace on site. Although we couldn’t have a drink at the bar, we however could look inside. The bar has a parrot, which is fun.

The restaurant is an à la carte restaurant, which means a menu you can choose from. They have a burger, schnitzel but also a sticky BBQ bun and sole on the menu. So plenty of choice. Right now the restaurant also serves game stew, which is a seasonal dish. The bar and lounge are perfect for a drink and a small bite to eat. You can also book a babyshower borrel or a Fletcher hotel Callantsoog high tea for a babyshower. Lunch is possible from 11am till 5pm and dinner from 5pm till 9pm.

Right now you can only have breakfast, lunch or dinner in your room. Which you have to pick up yourself at the restaurant. This is due to the current restrictions.

What We Ate

On both evenings we had a 2-course dinner in our room. You could choose between a main and a dessert or an entrée and main. On New Year’s Eve I had the game stew and French toast with chocolate mousse. Paul had a mackerel salad and Angus steak. Yuri had sole with risotto and a brownie. On the second evening both Yuri and I had split pea soup. Paul and Yuri had as a main the farmers schnitzel and I the BBQ sticky bun.

During the day I ordered us a Baileys hot chocolate, Baileys coffee and a hot chocolate at the reception. We enjoyed these in our room.

The Breakfast

The hotel offers a breakfast buffet, free of charge when you book a room. It’s served from 7am till 11am, on Saturday and Sunday from 8am till 11am. Right now you pick what you want from the buffet and bring it back to your room. You can go as many times as you want to. When finished you bring back the dishes to the restaurant yourself. There’s a separate area reserved for the breakfast buffet at the restaurant.

There’s a selection of different types of bread, buns and croissants. Hot items like scrambled eggs and pancakes. There’s a yogurt/cereal bar and a cold cuts section with different slices of cheese and meat. In small packages they had butter, hagelslag and peanut butter. At the coffee/tea bar they also had fresh ginger and mint. Which Paul loves in his tea. There was also orange juice, multi juice, milk and chocolate milk available.

Other Facilities

There’s someone present at the reception from 7am till 11pm and on Saturday and Sunday from 8am till 11pm.

There’s a sauna, indoor pool, a squash room, fitness area, multifunctional conference rooms, a pool table, table soccer and an outside soccer field. We sadly couldn’t use any of this during our stay. But my sister said the pool was great, when she stayed here with her family in the Summer.

The sauna costs €10.00 per person, for which you have private use of it, use of a towel and a bottle of water.

They have their own parking lot with an electrical hook-up for cars. The parking is free of charge.

Wake-up call and baggage storage is available. There’s a covered bike storage facility at the end of the parking lot.

They offer e-bike and e-chopper rental e-bikes are €25.00 per day per bike. E-choppers are €35.00 per 3 hours or €49.00 per day per chopper. The e-choppers have an action radius of 50 kilometers. We haven’t rented the e-choppers here, but did at another Fletcher hotel and loved riding with them.

New Year’s Eve

We celebrated New Year’s Eve here, which was fun. They had a small gathering in the lobby at 9pm with champagne and oliebollen. They normally have this at 12am in the bar, but that was not an option right now. Everyone kept social distance from each other, but we already toasted on 2022. There was lemonade for the kids. Oliebollen are a Dutch tradition to eat at New Year’s Eve. Paul and I found this a small, informal extra the hotel offered for New Year’s.

We don’t own a dog, but there were a lot of people visiting the hotel with their dog. The bangs from the fireworks can be scary for animals and it’s quieter in this area with fireworks, so ideal for people with dogs.

We stayed in our room the rest of the evening, reading for me, Yuri was gaming and Paul watched the Oudejaarsconference. During this show, a stand-up comedian wraps up the highlights and lows of the year, another Dutch tradition.  

At 12am we wished each other a happy new year and went outside to watch the fireworks. Despite the fireworks ban, there was still a lot of fireworks. We had a perfect view on the fireworks above Den Helder.

In the Area

There’s plenty to see and do in the area of the hotel, for as well an active or a quieter vacation. Callantsoog is one of the oldest beach towns in the Netherlands. The beach is just one kilometer away from the hotel, which is about 10 minutes walking. You can see the dunes from the hotel and the beach and sea are behind it. The beach at Callantsoog are considered one of the cleanest in the Netherlands.

We walked to the beach and made a short stroll on it on New Year’s Day. It was perfect weather, warm for that time of the year. People were still doing the Nieuwjaarsduik. That’s a ‘dive’in the sea at 12pm on New Year’s Day. We didn’t participate, sounds too cold for me. But this is another Dutch tradition. Lots of people were on the beach making a stroll.

A walk on the beach isn’t the only thing you can do. Beachvolleybal, horseback riding, wind surfing and kite surfing are also possible.

Other Things than the Beach

Other thing to do in Callantsoog is the Juttersmuseum (beach combing museum) Callantsoog. Just 2 kilometers away from the hotel.

Themepark De Goudvis is 8 kilometers away from the hotel, ideal for families. Nature reserve Zwanenwater is ideal for lovers of flora and fauna.

Being active is easy near the hotel. The area is beautiful for a bike or e-chopper ride, or a long hike. In Spring tulips and flowers bloom everywhere in the area. Not that far away is Golfclub Ooghduyne.

Den Helder (19 minutes driving) and Alkmaar (34 minutes driving) are perfect cities to visit. At Den Helder is the Marinemuseum and Alkmaar is famous for its cheesemarket. The Stedelijk Museum is also worth your time in Alkmaar.

Other fun things to do near the hotel is to visit a flower bulb grower, going behind the scenes at one is an option. Pay a visit to Sculpture Garden De Booghaard, visitor center Eendenkooi or the exposition farm Tante Jaantje. Sea Aquarium Bergen aan Zee is 41 minutes away by car.

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is an hour by car and Rotterdam The Hague Airport is an hour and a half by car.

In Short a Stay at Fletcher Badhotel Callantsoog is an Excellent Experience

It’s perfect if you want to celebrate a quieter New Year’s Eve, or are a fan of the beach. In Spring it’s ideal as a base for exploring the tulip and flower fields on road trips. Another hotel close to the beach is Fletcher Hotel Restaurant Zeeduin.

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