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Acorn House

Oranjezicht Cape Town - South Africa

Email Acorn House Reservations: booksa@madbookings.com

Acorn House Accomodation

The nine double bedrooms are all different in size and tastefully decorated, with telephone, television including M-Net (paid channel) and en-suite bathrooms with heated towel rails, bath and shower over the bath. A private family suite with sitting room and patio, as well as a private family cottage, is also available.

Acorn House is a haven of serenity offering up-market accomodation, personalised service and warm hospitality. A great place to stay for young and old! Bernd & Beate, Stewart and the Acorn team look forward to welcoming you.

What to expect at Acorn House:
- Great location, all attractions in easy reach
- A charming house, over 100 years old, and still fresh
- Gorgeous rooms to feel immediately at home
- Glowing wooden floors (except in the"private family cottage")
- Very attentive service by our team until late night
- All the tips and hints one wants to know exploring a new city
- The latest restaurant recommendations
- Township tours and other
- Free broadband WiFi

Verandahs and a garden provide views of Table Mountain and the city, while the upstairs bedrooms look out at the dramatic sweep of Table Bay.
There is a sparkling pool in a tranquil setting. A special attraction is the smell of the herb garden and the garden's romantic hideaways.

The sitting room and dining room have been lovingly preserved, with glowing wooden floors and exclusive, traditional furnishings.
On cooler days you may enjoy the fire: The best moment for an excellent cape wine. The wine cellar offers a growing selection of wines from the Stellenbosch, Paarl and Wellington areas. In the morning indulge in opulent outside breakfasts, guests say it is "the 2nd best in town".

At Acorn House we are mad about wines. Leaving Hamburg we also had to leave an interesting wine cellar with about 300 reds from the cape and a couple of interesting Chardonnays and Sauvignon Blancs.
But this is long back. We agreed to build our new cellar on the far end of the garage, as this probably would be the coolest place around.

It is not fashionable at all, but it does its job and holds a couple of hundred bottles now. Interested visitors are invited to share a bottle of excellent wine with us. For the beginners, we have selected an affordable range of really good "house wines"

The location in Oranjezicht, a wonderful suburb of Cape Town, right on the foot of Table Mountain, is exceptionally convenient. Near to many restaurants and a trendy Deli Restaurant just opposite.The city centre is a few minutes away, with the harbour`s Waterfront complex and the blue-gold beaches of the Atlantic seaboard not much further.

Directions to Acorn House:
From Cape Town International Airport, proceed towards Cape Town on the N2. Keep to the left and take M3 De Waal Drive/Cable Way sign turn-off - DON' T GO TOWARDS MUIZENBERG. Proceed to the M3 Mill Street/Cable Way sign and turn left at the Jutland sign, just before passing under a bridge. Follow the City via Orange Street signs and pass the bridge (Gardens Centre, tall building, on the left). Proceed towards Oranjezicht (left lane). At the T-junction turn left into Upper Orange Street.

Further up, after passing Camp Street, De Waal Park (right hand side), turn right into Montrose Avenue. No 1 is the second house on the left.

History:
Acorn House was designed in 1904 by the renowned architect Herbert Baker for the editor of the Cape Times newspaper, Sir Maitland Hall Park.
Architecturally, the house is typical of the period and of the admired Colonial style. With typical Baker hallmarks of timber colonnaded verandah and decorative plaster gables, it has a grade one conservation rating from the National Monuments Council.

Email Acorn House Reservations: booksa@madbookings.com