Abbey Manor Luxury Guest House

Abbey Manor Luxury Guesthouse in Cape Town is situated on the footsteps of table mountain and about a 15 minute drive from the popular landmarks V&A Waterfont, Camps Bay Beach and Clifton. If you are looking for accomodation as an alternative to a boutique hotel in Cape Town. Abbey Manor Luxury Guesthouse should be your first choise of accomodation: A bed and breakfast in Cape Town with first class service.Luxury living in Cape Town with spa, pool, air condition and free WiFi!Abbey Manor has a large solar heated swimming pool (warms when the sun shines), as well as a spa bath on the upper balcony. Each room has:* air conditioning* multiple satellite television channels* minibar* hair-dryers* coffee and tea facilities* telephone.* free access to broadband WiFi Internet connection (loan of a laptop computer can be arranged).The suburb of Oranjezicht (meaning ?ǣsight of orange?ǥ) was named for the spectacular view it had of the orange groves in the Company Gardens. The Company Gardens were planted by the Dutch East India Company in 1652 to provide vital foods to the passing sea trade Abbey Manor, was built in 1905 for David Edward McConnell, a British businessman newly arrived in what was then the Cape Colony. David McConnell was a director of the Union Castle Shipping Line, then the primary means of transport between Europe and South Africa.The house was designed by the architect William Black, who was responsible for a wide range of famous buildings in Cape Town. Although less well-known than his contemporary Herbert Baker, he is more widely renowned for the arts-end-crafts movement in the Cape Province. The original approved council plans are displayed on the main staircase.

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Address

3 Montrose Avenue, Oranjezicht, Oranjezicht, Cape Town, Western Cape, 8001, Western Cape, South Africa

Telephone

(021) 462 2935

Website

www.abbey.co.za