Nestling majestically between the woods of the Ardennes, Manoir de Lébioles welcomes its guests with pristine nature, discreet luxury, private atmosphere, and first-class service.
As soon as you step into this house, you will feel tranquility and warmth. Generous layout, open chimneys, warm colours and top-quality materials – here is the place to forget your daily routine, enjoy the view, read a book in the library or to simply do nothing and to allow your thoughts to wander.
The philosophy of Manoir de Lébioles is based on the vision of a hotel with highest international standards, built in wonderful old masonry, in a spectacular, private and remote place.
The house offers its guests comfort and elegance in a profoundly personal atmosphere. Family hospitality and highest professionalism guarantee the well-being of guests.
Apart from the fantastic masonry and pristine landscape, another part of the philosophy is a gourmet restaurant with highest aspirations, a spa and wellness area in which guests can find a place offering beyond professional treatment, quiet and recreation.
HISTORY OF THE MANOIR DE LEBIOLES
Manoir de Lébioles is one of the most beautiful buildings of the architectonic inheritage of the city Spa. It was built between 1905 and 1910 by Georges Neyt (1842-1910).
This exrtaordinary visionary, far dispatched diplomat and authorised minister is said to have been a son of King Leopold I. Unfortunately, he could enjoy his “small Versailles of the Ardennes” only for a short time.
Heiress and only daughter of the builder, Mary Neyt, sold Le Manoir to Edmond Dresse, a Liege businessman, in 1912. In 1926, the family Dresse obtained the title “Dresse de Lébioles”.
The family lived in the building for the next 69 years. In this time, the building obtained new glamour due to magnificent events, organized primarily by Liliane Dresse de Lébioles, single grandchild of Edmond, and her father Armand. These events included plays of the national theatre of Belgium, hunts, concerts and balls.
Liliane sold the building in the year of 1980 to the Société Immobilière de Belgique. It was resold in the same year to a family of hoteliers.
The building was conducted up to the year 1999 under the name „Hotel de Charme“ with high standards and great success.
However, starting with the sale of the hotel in 1999, a relatively unhappy period began for the Manoir. Plans to introduce a “new” hotel concept failed and the building was administered inadequately and parts of it were vandalised severely.
In over one year of renovations and modernizations, chimneys were restored, old staircases were expanded and reinstalled, historic floors were exposed and fitted using traditional techniques.
The over 120 year-old windows were renovated, the gardens brought to former beauty, and many other things.
The 16 rooms and suites of the Manoir de Lébioles will fulfil your every wish. Every single one was designed individually to exhibit its own character and flair.
The generous suites offer sufficient room to forget the everyday stress: Bathing in the tower room, reading in the oriel or simply dreaming in front of the fire place.
These are but few of the numerous possibilities to find quiet and relaxation at a house.
All the light-drenched and architecturally pleasingly designed baths are equipped with varnished parquet and Belgian Bluestone.
Spacious Suite, composed notably of a separate rest area with an open fire in the tower of the ancient castle.
This Suite is located in the main building, with a panoramic view over the fairytale garden and the pristine Ardennes.
It contains in total two fireplaces, and a surface of 73m².
This symbolic Suite represents on its own the refinement and the luxury of the Manoir de Lébioles.
Spacious oriel Suite located in the main building, from where you can enjoy a magnificent view over the fairytail garden and the pristine Ardennes. The Suite counts with one open fireplace and a surface of nearly 65 m².
With some luck, you will be able to contemplate the dramatic sunset over the enchanting forest.
The suites are located in the main building as well as the side buildings with an individual architecture and a floor area between 50 and 75 m².
Spacious suites of different architectures with view on the Ardennes or the historic palace courtyard.
Charming, generous rooms in the main building and in the side buildings with a view on the Ardennes or the beautiful courtyard.
The rooms are equipped with a queen-size bed and an area of up to 30 m2.
The suites are located in the main building as well as the side buildings with an individual architecture and a floor area between 30 and 60 m².
Individual suites with view on the Ardennes or the historic palace courtyard.
Enjoy and relish refreshing cocktails, beautiful wines and an array of digestives after an excellent dinner in front of an open fire place.
Endulge in the luxury of relaxation.
Cocktails, Wines, Digestives
The main attraction for gourmets is the gourmet restaurant "Le Manoir de Lébioles" in which Chef Olivier Tucki and his team create regional, natural and delicate meals.
Subtle aromas, unusual compositions and fine wines - a luxury for you and luxury for the palate.
Following the rhythm of the seasons, Olivier Tucki offers his suggestions of the day, prepared with the freshest seasonal produce the markets have to offer.
The premise of every new dish, with an emphasis on lightness: a healthy, natural but always balanced creation which allows Olivier Tucki & his team to perfect variations in order to re(discover) produce they are fond of.
Enjoy Olivier Tucki's creations, as well as the view of the sunsets in the pristine Ardennes, the fairytale castle and the spacious garden terrace.
To accompany your meal, home-made breads made with organic yeast and flour Mr Jean Yves Bordier's slightly salted butter made with raw milk in the depths of the Lébioles woods, passionate about their craft.
The dining rooms can accommodate more than fifty hotel and external guests. The restaurant is open from wednesday till sunday.
Regional
Raised in Chablis in France’s Bourgogne region, Olivier Tucki left his hometown at the age of 20 to pursue his profession in London. As an understudy to Michel Bourdin (Maitre Cuisinier France) he worked at the Connaught Hotel for 7 years (1* Michelin) and became the second-in-line sous chef to a team of 45 cooks and patissiers.
He left London and moved to Brussels thereafter, where he worked as the sous chef to Willy Vermeulen and Olivier Shlissinger at the “Biijgaarden” (2* Michelin) Restaurant.
On a recommendation made by Yves Matagnes he moved to Spa, Belgium where he became first in command at the Sea Grill Restaurant (2* Michelin) in Spa’s Radisson SAS Hotel.
Through this he came to love the Ardennes region, made his first experiences as the chef of an internationally acclaimed hotel in Belgium, and was awarded 15 points by Gault Millau and 8,5 points by Guide Lemaire.
His professional passion made him move to the Manoir de Lébioles in Spa after 3 years at the Radisson Hotel’s “Sea Grill” where he is devoting his expertise and professionalism to the Haute Cuisine within this newly refurbished Hotel Du Charme.
His team followed him and together they established a creative and exceptional cuisine for the Manoir which bears Olivier Tucki´s hallmarks.
All these efforts bore fruit in 2012 when he was awarded 16 points by Gault et Millau.
In 2014, he was rewarded with the Delta d'Or (Golden Delta) and a 4th toque in the restaurant guide of that same name.
The architecture of the wellness area at the Manoir de Lébioles was planned in accordance to the four elements water, air, fire and earth.
Congenial to the overall vision of the Manoir de Lébioles, the well-being of guests is at the centre of all considerations.
In addition to offering the latest technology, introverted and extroverted rest areas are the ideal place for absolute relaxation of body and mind.
The wellness area of the Manoir de Lébioles includes: sauna, steam bath, ice fountain, kneipp foot baths, aromatherapy and massage showers, vitality pool with hydro massage, spa lounges, shower and jetstream, several rest areas, lounge with open fireplace, a World of Tea with a thousand flavors, cardio and fitness area, locker rooms and showers, equipped with all modern conveniences.
Massage releases tension and puts you in a state of complete relaxation, inducing a veritable feeling of well-being.
A manicure followed by a modeling, a pedicure and a relaxing modeling.
A treatments that combine relaxation and an exfoliating massage with special skin rejuvenation formula by “Carita” and a massage with Cinetic Lift Expert for instant results.
Personal training optimizes your daily movements by means of effective and enjoyable exercises that give your deep muscles a workout.
Sauna is a good way to relax after an active day.
Vitality swimming pool with hydro massage, spa lounges, shower and Jetstream.
The Thermes Marins de Saint Malo Spa skincare range is a natural, marine-based range that combines sensoriality and effectiveness: body scrubs, body masks.
Feel the harmony in a world of four elements. Immerse yourself in a world of beauty and luxury, and experience a new sense of complete well-being.
A name often used for Spa, has a well-known past and experienced its prime in the 18th/19th century. At this time, Spa was known as “Europe´s coffee house”.
Today, Spa, with its Mineral springs and wells is a modern health and bathing resort with ca. 11 000 inhabitants and a promising future.
All over the year various folklore and cultural events take place, attracting ever more visitors: the music festival "Francofolies de Spa", which is famous far beyond the borders of Belgium, the Theater festival of Stavelot and Spa as well as the procession of the Blanc-Moussins of Stavelot are only some of many other audience-drawing events.
Even sport-fanatics do not miss out in the “land of the springs”: apart from the world-famous Formula 1 race course of Spa-Francorchamps with many spectacular events, there are countless hiking trails and mountain bike circuits, swimming pools, ski-slopes (ski touring and alpine) as well as centres for biking and skydiving.
Moreover, Spa has the Royal Golf Club, one of the oldest and most beautiful golf courses of Belgium.
The Board Room with up to 40 seats and modern equipment is an ideal place for seminars and corporate events in a stylish, discreet and private setting.
The Laetare of Stavelot is a traditional carnival that occurs every Fourth Sunday of Lent in the Belgian city Stavelot. This tradition, one of the most famous in Wallonia, is also known for its principal attraction: the "Blancs Moussis".
Amongst the greenery lie the silent witnesses of the past of the Ardennes, such as castles, forts and citadels.
Play golf on one of the oldest and most beautiful golf courses in Belgium, only 8 km away.
The Manoir de Lébioles is ideal for meetings, conferences, receptions and parties.
The city of Spa is home to about sixty springs believed to be rich in minerals including iron, calcium, copper, and magnesium.
The world-famous Formula 1-circuit of Spa Francorchamps is only 13 km away and offers plenty of options to take the steering wheel yourself.
The Ardennes offer ideal terrain for challenging mountain bike tours.
A perfect opportunity for a ride in the beautiful pristine Ardennes is offered by the horse riding stables (only 300 m away).
The snow-covered Ardennes offer endless opportunities for winter sports nearby.
Spa is a quaint, little enclave in the Province of Liège in the Ardennes mountains. The city is home to about sixty springs believed to be rich in minerals including iron, calcium, copper, and magnesium.
The on-site tennis court offers the possibility of a relaxed match. On demand also is offering professional coaching with a personal trainer.
Starting in hotel garden, you have countless opportunities for long hikes or short walks in clean air.
The Manoir de Lébioles is the perfect place for your magical and romantic wedding.
MANOIR DE LÉBIOLES
Domaine de Lébioles 1/5B-4900 Spa (Creppe)Belgium