Melville Accommodation / Ginnegaap Guesthouse Melville Accommodation / Bed & Breakfast or Self Catering in Melville

Ginnegaap Guest House is in a charming cottage-style house in Melville, one of the oldest and most vibrant suburbs in Johannesburg. This highly recommended and trendy establishment with its 10 tastefully decorated en-suite bedrooms offers business and leisure visitors a friendly, peaceful and comfortable home from home where you will instantly feel welcome and at ease.

It is walking distance from the many coffee shops, restaurants, art galleries, books stores and antique shops in Melville and close to the Johannesburg and Wits universities, the SABC, the city centre, various hospitals, Soweto and many of the popular tourist attractions.

The stylish rooms, great breakfast and friendly and caring staff, make Ginnegaap Guest House your perfect escape in the buzzing city of Johannesburg.

Accommodation

Top Rooms:
Our 4 Top Rooms are spacious with king size beds which can be converted to two single beds. Most of our Top Rooms have private outside areas.

Standard Rooms:
Our 3 Standard Rooms are medium sized, but with the same room facilities as our Top Rooms. Two of these rooms have king size beds or single beds and the 3rd has a double bed. Most of these rooms have private outside areas.

Budget Rooms:
Our 2 Budget Rooms are smaller with double beds and no private outside areas, but with the same room facilities as our Top- and Standard Rooms

Self Catering Units:
We have 2 self catering options. Our Unit 7 can sleep 4 people and consists of a bedroom, bathroom and open-plan kitchenette/lounge area with a double bed sleeper-couch. This unit also has private deck area with a view over Johannesburg’s suburbs. Our 2nd self catering unit consists of either one or two bedrooms, each with a bathroom en-suite and a kitchen/dining room area. This unit has an outside area under trees with a table and chairs and a barbeque facility. The bedrooms in our 2nd self catering unit can also be booked without the self catering option.

Room Facilities:
All our rooms are equipped with a small fridge, a safe, a TV with some DSTV channels, an iron/ironing board, a hair dryer, a tea/coffee facility, a heater/fan, an electric blanket, a clock radio and a wi-fi internet connection.

Additional facilities

Laundry service
Secure off-street parking
Daily newspapers
Business centre with fax and print facility
Credit/debit card facility
Excellent security on the premises
We assist with arrangements for transport, sightseeing tours in and around Johannesburg, restaurant reservations and theatre bookings.
Our rates include a full breakfast with eggs, bacon, sausages, fresh fruit, a variety of cereals and breads, yoghurt, fruit juice, cheeses, cold meats and tea and coffee.
Sandwiches can be ordered right through the day

Melville Attractions

• 7th Street is a street buzzing with restaurants, bars, shops and jazz-clubs is a 3 minute walk away.
• Melville Koppies Nature Reserve is a within walking distance
• Antique and collectibles shops is a 2 minute walk away
• Banks (including a foreign exchange facility), a supermarket and doctors and dentists are a 5 minute walk away
• The University of Johannesburg is about 4 km away
• Wits University is a 10 minute drive away
• Emmarentia Dam, ideal for walks, jogging or a picnic, is a 2 minute drive away
• Johannesburg city with its museums and African craft shops are10 minutes away from Melville.
• Rosebank Shopping Mall and Sandton City are just two of the up-market shopping malls that are easily reachable by car from Melville.
• The Apartheid Museum and Gold Reef City are a 20 minute drive
• Soweto is a 20 minute drive away
• The historic Gold Reef City is 15 minutes by car

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