Cotswold House, Milnerton, Western Cape
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Telephone: +27 (0)21 551-3637, Facsimile: +27 (0)21 552-4228, Mobile: +27 (0)76 112-7796
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CATEGORIES: Accommodation in South Africa » South Africa Bed & Breakfast » South Africa Guest Houses » South Africa Honeymoons » DESCRIPTION: Cotswold House is a colonial Cape Dutch style home offering bed & breakfast accommodation in 11 well appointed guest rooms. The guest house has lovely views of Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Signal Hill, Table Bay, and across the Milnerton Golf Course and the lagoon. Cotswold House Guest House is ideally situated in Milnerton, at the gateway to the West Coast, just across the Milnerton Golf course. For visitors from abroad its situation is ideal, as it is close to all the major routes in and around Cape Town and the Peninsula, as well as being centrally situated to access all the major areas of interest like the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town City Centre, Table Mountain, Cape Point, the Winelands (Durbanville, Paarl, Stellenbosch and Franschhoek), the West Coast and the Karoo. For the local business man, it is close to the airport, city centre, and very close to Century City and the light-industrial areas of Montague Gardens, Killarney, Paarden Eiland, Maitland, N’dabeni and Epping. The Guest HouseCotswold House, which opened in 1990 as a guest house, is a colonial Cape Dutch style home and built in the late 1940’s. It was used by the second to last Governor-General of South Africa, Major Gideon Brand Van Zyl as his retirement home. It has lovely views of Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Signal Hill, Table Bay, Milnerton Golf Course (the only true links golf course in South Africa) and the lagoon. The endless white sandy Milnerton beach is an easy stroll away, where you can enjoy watching the sun set, admire the skill of the kite surfers, or enjoy a drink with your dinner at "Maestro’s on the Beach". A gracious home, Cotswold House provides you with a home-from-home feel. You will be warmly welcomed as a guest, and depart feeling like a friend. Here you can enjoy a delicious breakfast, relax around the pool while deepening your tan, read a book from the library under a tree in the garden, enjoy a glass of wine in the Governor’s Bar or plan your trip with the assistance of your well informed host. AccommodationCotswold House now offers eleven bedrooms in total. Seven of the bedrooms are in Cotswold House itself, and four bedrooms are in the "Residence", the property right next door. Breakfast, for guests in both properties, is served in Cotswold House. The eleven bedrooms are well appointed. Two Luxury Rooms have extra length King-size beds (with twin beds option). Of the four Executive Rooms, two have an extra length King-size bed (with twin beds option) and the others have a standard length Queen-size bed. Two of the five Standard Rooms have King-size beds (with twin beds option), and three have Queen-size beds. One of the Standard Rooms also has a small kitchenette. Some of the standard rooms do not have en-suite bathrooms, but a private bath and/or shower for each room across the hallway (2 steps). All of the rooms have ceiling fans, television, telephone and coffee / tea trays with kettle. The rooms in Cotswold House additionally have minibars and safes. The Residence is especially suited for families. Kitchen and braai facility available. Lovely swimming pool. Activities &AttractionsMost activities can be arranged from Cotswold House, from golfing, buying diamond and gold jewellery, boat charters, helicopter flights, shark-cage diving, whale watching, wine tasting, kayaking, horse riding, kite- and wind-surfing, water skiing, sailing, birding, gambling, going to the theatre, enjoying fine-dining, shopping and whatever else takes your fancy. Golf tee-off times can easily be organised for you. Day-tours can be arranged, from a multi-cultural tour around the townships, a safari in a game park, a tour around an ostrich ranch, a wine tasting experience in the Winelands, a trip up Table Mountain, a cruise to Robben Island to a drive to Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope and back, plus many more. We will gladly arrange for airport transfers for you to Cotswold House, as well as arrange the best rate for car hire. We look forward to welcoming you to Cotswold House and ensuring that you enjoy your stay. |
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DIRECTIONS: From Cape Town International Airport & The Garden Route (N2): Take the N2 towards City / Stad Continue till ‘Exit 9 North - M5 Milnerton / N1 city’, take this turn off to the left to loop onto the M5. Continue for about 2 km’s till the road ‘forks’. Keep to the left and follow ‘N1 / City’. Continue till the very next exit, ‘Exit 4 – R27, Milnerton, Paarden Eiland, West Coast’. Take care with this exit as it has a very short off-ramp and it is upon you before you know it. It is immediately after the bridge under which the road passes. Loop over the N1 onto the R27. The harbour industrial area will be on your left and a light industrial area will be on your right (Paarden Eiland). Continued, see below. From Paarl along the N1 Continue till ‘Exit 4 – R27, Milnerton, Paarden Eiland, West Coast’, which is the next exit after the M5/Muizenberg/Milnerton exit. Take care with this exit as it has a very short off-ramp and it is upon you before you know it. It is immediately after the bridge under which the road passes. Loop onto the bridge over the N1 onto the R27. The harbour industrial area will be on your left and a light industrial area will be on your right (Paarden Eiland). Continued, see below. From the Centre of Cape Town & The Waterfront Take the N1 in the direction of Paarl, out of the city centre. Take the second exit off the N1: “R27, Milnerton, Table View, West Coast”. The harbour industrial area will be on your left and a light industrial area will be on your right (Paarden Eiland). Continued, see below. Continuation: Pass through 5 sets of traffic lights. The palm-tree-lined lagoon will then be on your left with the lighthouse in the distance. At this traffic intersection with Woodbridge Island on the left, turn right into Loxton Road, away from the lighthouse. Take the very first left into Ascot Road, then almost immediately first left into Cotswold Drive, which is a slip road parallel to Ascot Road. Once you are in Cotswold Drive, take the second left (there is a red post box opposite the turn-off), which is still Cotswold Drive. After about 100m, take the left fork, which is still Cotswold Drive. This will lead you into a cul-de-sac facing the lagoon. Cotswold House is at the end of the cul-de-sac, on the right hand side, Number 6, opposite 19 Cotswold Drive. The house is a Cape Dutch style house, creamy in colour, with 2 palm trees in the drive way. |
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