travel42 Hotel Review: Hotel Franq

Hotel Franq travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

This hotel is less than a 10-minute walk to the city's main plaza with its historic city hall, 13th-century cathedral, and the maze of Antwerp's charming cobbled streets and the riverside. Nearby trams, buses and taxis can quickly whisk visitors to Antwerp's other main districts.

The ornate building was originally a bank, dating to the late 1800s. It remained a bank until about 2010, after which it was abandoned for several years. It opened as a hotel in...