Hotel the Wigwam - Domburg, Netherlands 

Hotel the Wigwam details:  This peaceful and well equipped holiday hotel is situated in a favourable location, close to the beach and woods in the centre of Domburg.

Thanks to its ideal location you should feel at home in this welcoming and friendly hotel. The breakfast buffet and the varied dinner menus are served in the hotel’s stylish restaurant. The cosy hotel bar and lounge, as well as the sun terrace and garden are all at your disposal. A bicycle shed is one of the other facilities at the hotel. For your comfort and convenience, all rooms are non-smoking.

The Wigwam is an unusual name for a hotel in a seaside resort, but a name with a history. Villa ‘the Wigwam’ was built in 1904 by Meinaard-Sprenger (1860-1951), his father was mayor of Domburg from 1850 to 1868. Driven by loneliness and a feeling for adventure, he left at the age of 21 to North America, where, after travelling around for some time, he ended up amongst the Blackfoot Indian tribe. He felt at home with these people and built a ranch, which he named Domburg and like the Indians, he traded cowhides.

After 20 years his cowboy life came to an end when he fell from his horse and he broke his knee, never to ride again. He sold everything and returned to Domburg. He built a villa and named it ‘the Wigwam’, which became his new home. The Sprenger-Blackfoot collection has been preserved in the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde in Leiden.

‘The Wigwam’ was officially opened as a hotel in 1951. The Bimmel family has owned the hotel since 1975. After various alternations and renovations, it has become a first class family hotel.