The villa was built by the well-known architect J.van den Ban in 1902. The hotel is named after the huge Imhof & Mukle orchestrion in the entrance hall. The former residence of this impressive instrument, built in 1885 in the Black Forest, was the Mekanisk Musik Museum in Copenhagen. It has a 64-key mechanism with 288 pipes, bassdrum, snare-drum, cymbal and triangle in a walnut case with an arched top, glazed doors and glazed panels to the barrel compartment.

Location

Hotelvilla Imhof is situated in the village of Bloemendaal near the Natural Park Kennemerduinen. The historical city of Haarlem, the beach and the seaside resorts of Bloemendaal and Zandvoort are a few kilometres from the hotel and can be reached by car, bicycle or public transport. Bloemendaal has a small railway station with regular services to Haarlem and Amsterdam. Bicycles can be hired nearby in Bloemendaal or at the railway station in Haarlem.