Where to Stay in The Hague — Best Hotels & Areas
Curated by Our Guild Explorers · Updated August 2026
The Hague is the calmest and most dignified of the big Dutch cities — the seat of government and the world court, flat and easy underfoot, with one of the great small art collections on earth at the Mauritshuis and a proper North Sea beach at Scheveningen fifteen minutes away on the tram. Below are its best hotels arranged by style, in the centre and along the coast, each with an honest note and a Book Me link straight to Trip.com.
The areas, the centre and the beach
The Hague’s historic core is small, flat and largely pedestrianised — the Binnenhof, the Mauritshuis, Escher in Het Paleis, the Passage arcade and Noordeinde Palace sit inside a compact rectangle you can cross in fifteen or twenty minutes on level paving, with no hills. The tram network fills in everything else and is the city’s real backbone: tram 9 runs from The Hague Centraal through the centre out to the seafront at Scheveningen, which is only about five kilometres away and roughly fifteen to twenty minutes on the tram. Kijkduin, the quieter second beach, has no tram and is reached by bus. It is a dignified, easy city to be old in.
City centre
Flat, walkable, all the major museums within ten minutes, and trams to the coast from your doorstep. Best for first-time visitors and anyone who wants to leave the car and the map behind.
Scheveningen
The big beach resort: boulevard, pier, casino, seafood and a long working promenade. Best if the sea is why you came, or you want a big hotel with a pool. Lively in summer, bracing and half-empty in winter.
Kijkduin
The quieter, smaller beach at the southern end, backed by dunes and woodland walks. Best for families with young children and anyone who wants calm sand — provided you accept bus-only transport.
Zeeheldenkwartier & Statenkwartier
Leafy residential districts west of the centre, with Art Nouveau facades, independent shops and good cafes, plus the Peace Palace nearby. Best for repeat visitors who prefer a neighbourhood to a hotel district.
Luxury
The city’s grande dame in the centre, and a genuine seaside palace on the Scheveningen boulevard.
Hotel Des Indes
The Hague’s grande dame, a former nobleman’s mansion turned hotel in 1881, with a marble-columned lobby that still serves one of the country’s best-known high teas. It is formal and hushed rather than trendy — deep carpets, heavy drapes, a fair few diplomats at breakfast. There is a lift, a spa with sauna and steam bath, and the setting on the lime-tree avenue of Lange Voorhout is flat, paved and step-free, with the Mauritshuis and Binnenhof a five-minute stroll and trams a couple of minutes away — an easy address for older travellers who want to walk to the museums.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Grand Hotel Amrâth Kurhaus
A vast seaside palace built around the domed Kurzaal concert hall, still the landmark of the Scheveningen boulevard and the only genuinely grand hotel on the Dutch coast. It is more faded-imperial than boutique-slick — enormous public rooms, a painted dome, a big terrace facing the North Sea — with sea-view and land-view room categories, so ask specifically for sea view. There is a lift, an indoor pool, sauna and treatment rooms; tram 9 from The Hague Centraal stops right outside, and the beach is across a flat promenade, which makes it one of the easiest seaside options for anyone who tires on foot.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Boutique
A design-led hotel in a traffic-free courtyard, and the city’s oldest four-star, standing next to the parliament.
The Collector
A design-led hotel built around a collector’s conceit — mid-century vintage pieces mixed with modern furniture and a commissioned artwork in every room. Downstairs, its cafe is a genuine neighbourhood coffee-and-cocktails room rather than a hotel lobby, so it feels sociable without being loud. There is a lift and a twenty-four-hour desk; it sits inside the traffic-free Haagsche Bluf courtyard, about five minutes’ flat walk to the Binnenhof and ten to twelve minutes to The Hague Centraal, with trams close by.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Boutique Hotel Corona
The city tourist board calls this The Hague’s oldest four-star hotel, in three seventeenth-century buildings on the Buitenhof, renovated into something warm and slightly theatrical — high ceilings, chandeliers, a lot of red. It draws civil servants and diplomats for its position, and the ground-floor grill-cafe doubles as a decent all-day stop. It has a lift and a bar, and the location is as central as The Hague gets, with a tram stop directly outside and the Mauritshuis, Escher and the Passage arcade all within a flat five-minute walk — about as good as it gets for limited mobility.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Budget & Value
Two dependable central budget choices — one a straightforward chain with a lift, one in a much prettier street than its price suggests.
ibis Den Haag City Centre
The dependable central budget choice: small, clean, air-conditioned rooms, a restaurant and bar downstairs, and staff on the desk around the clock. Nothing here has any character, but it is quiet by budget standards and fully non-smoking. It has a lift and is flagged as wheelchair accessible; The Hague HS station is a few minutes away, The Hague Centraal about a fifteen-minute walk, and several tram and bus stops sit within a few minutes — ask for a room away from the street if noise bothers you.
Book Me on Trip.com ›easyHotel The Hague City Centre
A no-frills, pay-for-what-you-use hotel in a much prettier and calmer street than its price suggests — Parkstraat runs beside Noordeinde Palace, so you are two minutes from the royal gardens and the antique shops. Rooms are genuinely compact with a private bathroom and air conditioning; there is free Wi-Fi and coffee, but no restaurant and breakfast is extra. The brand lists accessible rooms; the Buitenhof tram stop is around eight minutes away. Confirm the lift arrangements directly if stairs are an issue, as the site advertises accessible rooms but does not spell out the lift.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Family-friendly
Two seaside resort hotels with indoor pools — one a block from the Scheveningen sand, one in the calmer dunes at Kijkduin.
Bilderberg Europa Hotel Scheveningen
A well-run four-star whose own website measures the distance to the sand as “exactly 198 steps,” with an indoor pool, sauna and fitness room that earn their keep when the North Sea weather turns. Family rooms are a standard category, younger children get complimentary breakfast with an adult, and the bistro handles early dinners without fuss. There is a lift and it is usable by guests with reduced mobility, though the hotel says it has no specially adapted rooms and no air conditioning; the tram 9 stop is a three-minute walk.
Book Me on Trip.com ›NH Atlantic Den Haag
A large, practical resort hotel sitting in the dunes at Kijkduin, with an indoor pool, sauna, fitness room and bike rental for the dune paths. Kijkduin is the family end of The Hague’s coast — far calmer than Scheveningen, with a gentler beach and no casino or nightlife — and the sand is effectively outside the door. There is a lift and rooms with balconies over the sea or dunes; the trade-off is transport, since no tram runs here (buses serve Kijkduin), so budget twenty-five to thirty minutes to the city centre or plan on taxis.
Browse The Hague hotels on Trip.com ›Adults-only
Unusually for the Netherlands, The Hague has two genuine adults-only hotels — each publishes a written 18-and-over house rule on its own website. They appear to be sister properties.
Court Garden Hotel
A seventy-room hotel that bills itself as the first eco-designed hotel in the Netherlands, with Green Key certification and organic provisioning — and a written house rule welcoming guests aged eighteen and above to keep the peaceful atmosphere. Rooms are plain and modern with air conditioning and walk-in showers, which are a real plus for anyone wary of climbing into a bath, and there is a lounge with free organic tea and coffee. No pets; the hotel does not publish lift details, so ring ahead if stairs matter. It sits on a main tram artery, about fifteen minutes’ walk or a few stops from the centre.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Hotel Sebel
A small hotel spread over three period houses on a leafy Art Nouveau square in the Zeeheldenkwartier — the district of Jugendstil facades, independent shops and cafe terraces that locals rate as the city’s most characterful. The same eighteen-and-over rule applies, which makes it genuinely quiet. Because it occupies three converted townhouses and publishes no lift information, and the desk is staffed only into the evening, it is the pick for adults-only atmosphere rather than step-free ease — ask for a low floor when booking. It is about fifteen minutes’ walk to the centre, with trams a couple of minutes away.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Pet-friendly
Two central hotels with clear, itemised dog policies — the first has thought its arrangement through unusually well.
The ALD Boutique Hotel
A four-star boutique hotel in the former national government printing office, with quality beds, rain showers and a cocktail bar. Its pet policy is unusually specific and well thought out: one pet per room up to twenty-five kilos, a one-off cleaning fee, and dogs housed only in the ground-floor split-level studios — no lift or corridor to negotiate with a dog on a lead. There is a lift for the rest of the building and parking beneath it; The Hague Centraal is a seven-minute flat walk and the Binnenhof five.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Hilton The Hague
The city’s reliable international upper-tier hotel, on Zeestraat between the Peace Palace end of town and Noordeinde, with a Nikkei restaurant, an executive lounge, concierge and a fitness centre. Hilton publishes a clear dog policy: pets for a non-refundable fee, medium size up to thirty-four kilos, not permitted in the food and drink areas. For older travellers it is the safest bet on predictability — full-service lifts, a twenty-four-hour desk, English as a matter of course — and the museum quarter is walkable on level pavement, with Panorama Mesdag and Noordeinde Palace close by.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Beachfront & seaside
For toes-in-the-sand mornings, base yourself on the Scheveningen boulevard. (The Grand Hotel Amrâth Kurhaus, under Luxury above, is also directly on this seafront and is the most seafront address in the city.)
ibis Styles Den Haag Scheveningen
A cheerful, unfussy three-star directly opposite Scheveningen beach, roughly fifty metres from the sand, with a bar for breakfast and drinks and air-conditioned rooms. It is the practical seaside choice rather than the romantic one — bright, modern, and priced well below the Kurhaus along the boulevard. It has a lift and wheelchair-accessible rooms, and tram and bus stops are metres from the door, with tram 9 running straight through to The Hague Centraal — together the most step-free seafront option in Scheveningen; pets are welcome.
Book Me on Trip.com ›Boulevard Hotel Scheveningen
A family-run hotel perched on a dune top with a conservatory, restaurant and bar looking straight out over the boulevard, the beach and the North Sea — the views are the whole point, and sea-view rooms and apartments are bookable. It is a few minutes from the casino, the shopping centre, the theatre and the pier, with free parking and family discounts. One honest caveat for older travellers: the tourist board’s facility list for this hotel does not mention a lift, and it sits up on a dune, so telephone to check lift and step access before booking if that matters.
Book Me on Trip.com ›What to see — and one thing to check before you go
The Hague punches far above its size for art. One important current note, so you are not disappointed.
The Mauritshuis — check the dates
Home to Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring and one of the great small collections in the world. Two current caveats, both from the museum’s own site: the Mauritshuis is closed for maintenance from 24 August to 20 September 2026, and the Girl with a Pearl Earring is off display from 15 August to 4 October 2026. If you are travelling this autumn, check mauritshuis.nl before you build a day around the Vermeer.
Escher in Het Paleis
Over a hundred and twenty Escher prints in Queen Emma’s former winter palace on Lange Voorhout, open Tuesday to Sunday. The optical trickery is a delight for all ages and the building itself is worth the ticket.
The Peace Palace
The seat of the International Court of Justice. The visitors’ centre is free and open Tuesday to Sunday; guided tours of the palace and gardens are offered but tickets are released only about two weeks ahead and sell out, so book the moment they appear.
Madurodam
The famous miniature Netherlands between the centre and Scheveningen, open every day of the year and entirely outdoors and flat underfoot — an easy, delightful half-day for a mixed-generation group.
The Hague — common questions
Where should I stay in The Hague — the centre or the beach?
For a first visit and for most older travellers, the city centre is the better base: it is flat, walkable, and puts the Mauritshuis, Escher in Het Paleis, the Binnenhof and the shops within a ten-minute stroll, with trams to the beach from your door. Choose Scheveningen if the sea is the reason you came or you want a big hotel with a pool, and the quieter Kijkduin if you have young children. Because tram 9 links the centre to the seafront in fifteen to twenty minutes, you do not have to choose between museums and the beach.
How do I get from The Hague to Scheveningen beach?
By tram — the beach is only about five kilometres from the centre. Tram 9 runs from The Hague Centraal through the city out to the Scheveningen seafront, stopping right by the Kurhaus, and takes roughly fifteen to twenty minutes end to end. You tap a contactless card to ride. Kijkduin, the second and quieter beach, has no tram and is reached by bus, so budget a little more time for that one.
Is the Mauritshuis open, and can I see the Girl with a Pearl Earring?
Check the museum’s own website before you plan around it. As of this writing the Mauritshuis is closed for maintenance from 24 August to 20 September 2026, and the Girl with a Pearl Earring is off display from 15 August to 4 October 2026. Both are exactly the kind of date that shifts, so confirm the current position on mauritshuis.nl. When it is open, tickets are timed and best booked online in advance.
Does The Hague have adults-only hotels?
Yes, unusually for the Netherlands it has two genuine ones — Court Garden Hotel and Hotel Sebel, both of which publish a written eighteen-and-over house rule on their own websites. They appear to be sister properties with the same policy. Be wary of aggregator “adults only” filters for the city, which mostly tag apartments and B&Bs that simply do not take children rather than hotels with a real policy.
When is the best time to visit The Hague?
The city itself is a working government and diplomatic capital, so its hotel prices actually spike midweek in spring and autumn for conferences and often soften at weekends — the reverse of most city breaks. Scheveningen is the opposite, jammed on hot weekends from June to late August and on any sunny day when the region drives to the coast. The sweet spot for both is May to June and September into early October, when the weather is workable, the beach pavilions are open and the museums and trams are calm.
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