Open House, Camps Bay

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Villa |5 bedrooms |Sleeps 10

Camps Bay in Cape Town

From £524 per week |  From £407 per night

3 nights minimum stay

Changeover flexible

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Key info  Swimming pool, beach or lakeside relaxation, air conditioning, balcony/terrace, car advised, no pets allowed

About the home

Strathmore Road is one of Camps Bay’s best-kept secrets: it’s a cul-de-sac so it invites little traffic, plus it’s literally a five-minute stroll to the beach via a stepped pathway. It also commands some of the best views of the coast and as a result, the street is lined with architect-designed homes.

Well-known local architect Bert Pepler broke new ground with this multi-storeyed villa that captures the best of the sunshine and the spectacular views of the Twelve Apostles and the coastline below, without compromising on privacy.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Access is from a double garage via steps or a funicular taking you directly into the library and study area that leads to the main living area upstairs. This glamorous double-volume space has a large fireplace in the living area and is surrounded by glass with fabulous views by day or night. The living area leads onto an equally well-designed outdoor terrace with two covered eating areas and an inky blue pool with a stone water feature. An ancient palm tree provides additional shade and the whole area is conducive to laid-back lounging with plenty of seating for friends.

Inside, the sleek designer kitchen is fully concealed and looks onto the 12-seater dining table that is perfectly positioned next to the pool terrace, which is beautifully lit at night. A counter divides the stainless steel and white kitchen from the dining area and is lit up at night for added glamour. The utility room is outside and the scullery area hidden around the corner.

Original art and some interesting photography grace the walls of the house and the library area is a quiet, restful spot. Wooden shutters surround the exterior glass windows so that in the heat of the day, they may be drawn to provide dappled shade to the interior.

Each of the five bedrooms is well-appointed, with the top two on the upper terrace commanding spectacular views. The main suite is in the upper mezzanine area overlooking the living room and feels enormous as a result. The glass walls from below continue up to the ceiling so the wraparound view is probably one of the most spectacular on the coast. It has a walk-in dressing room, and a designer bathroom that has found its way into interiors magazines on several occasions. The bathroom has views of both mountains and sea and a hot outdoor shower that adds to the holiday vibe. The adjacent upper level bedroom suite has its own terrace on the mountain side of the house and is equally open, airy and luxurious with great views. The remaining three bedrooms and two bathrooms are all on the lower floor of the house and each one has sea views through floor-to-ceiling glass windows.

Further details outdoors:
This villa’s showstopper views and eye-catching architectural features make it one of the most interesting to experience on the peninsular.

Further details

Housekeeping Monday - Friday
- Weekend Housekeeping at Extra Cost
- Concierge Service
- Private Chef available on Request at Extra Cost

Conditions

- 50% Deposit is required upfront from booking confirmation
- ZAR 10,000 breakage hold on a Credit Card is required upon arrival, client will receive amount back at end of stay.
- In the event of cancellation of the confirmed reservation less than 60 days prior to the agreed date of arrival, Cape Villas reserves the right to retain the full amount of the rental cost/deposit

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The Western Cape region

To the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias in 1488 he may have rounded a ‘Cape of Storms’ occasioning a slick aspirational rebranding by his king as ‘The Cape of Good Hope’ but few would argue with Sir Francis Drake’s 1580 assertion that South Africa’s ‘Mother City’ is ‘’the most stately thing and the fairest cape’’ that he had seen ‘’in the whole circumference of the earth.’’

The descent approach to Cape Town Airport overflies much of the spine of mountains that stir the senses as Table Mountain comes in to view and culminates in a unique geography where two oceans clash in a peninsula landscape of unrivalled diversity of flora and variety of indigenous animals. From the famed Kirstenbosch’s Botanical Garden’s cyclad tree ferns, fynbos and king proteas to False Bay’s breaching great white sharks and breeding southern right whales and even the opportunity to swim with penguins at Boulders Beach, the only mainland colony outside Antarctica, Cape Town offers adventurous nature lovers unique and extraordinary sights.

...The 'city bowl' as bordered by Devil's Peak, Table Mountain and Lion's Head leading down to the vibrant Victoria & Alfred waterfront harbour, the Atlantic Seaboard of idyllic enclaves of Llandudno, Clifton and Camps Bay beaches nestling under the National Park peaks of the Twelve Apostles mountain range...and on to Cape Point from Camps Bay via the Chapman's Peak Drive meandering corniche; all have become recognisable Cape Town landmarks and must-see itinerary destinations.

As with Vancouver, Hong Kong and Rio, Cape Town boasts a dramatic scenery of mountains meeting natural harbours yet comparisons are odious while only Table Mountain offers hikers rewarding trails and the mysterious atmospheric transformation of tumbling cloud afforded by the mesmerising 'table cloth.' Views from the upper cable car station 1000 meter vantage point across the city are momentous as are those of full 360 degree panoramas from the neighbouring Lion's Head peak across Signal Hill to the full extent of the Twelve Apostles sandstone sentinel range overlooking Camps Bay. Paragliders coast the thermals from this lofty perch gliding on apparent thin air as they manoeuvre at leisure to float down lazily to the inviting beaches below.

The Cape Town / Camps Bay area

Cape Town has some of the finest activities and experiences that a visitor will ever witness.

As you make the pilgrimage to the world-famous ‘shark alley’ off Gansbaai (or False Bay) you may feel butterflies as to precisely what you’ve let yourself in for Any nervousness is soon dispelled by the sheer adrenaline rush as these magnificent creatures hove into view spectacularly around the boat; an unforgettable sight imprinted on the mind. If you are lucky, you may even witness a breaching shark rocketing completely out of the water seizing a Cape fur seal.

The prospect of swimming with penguins off Simon Town’s Boulders Beach is an equally unique Cape Town experience as here is the world’s only mainland bird colony outside the Antarctic. A similarly curious if altogether gentler experience, surreal even as the birds are known to covet beach towels and stray bucket and spades.

Venerable supersonic jets can provide you with an astounding G-force rush above Cape Town while helicopter flips over Table Mountain and the peninsula coastline landmarks on the way to the winelands are unforgettable. The sight of bathers and yachts far below on gold and cobalt sun-drenched beaches and mirror seas entice you down for a closer look. One way to really survey the scene and interact with the landscape is to ride the thermals down from Lion’s Head on a paraglider to land between Camps Bay and Clifton beaches. Riders surge around the head of the mountain as if suspended in thin air whilst manoevering down at their leisure in descending at their own pace to draw out the sheer joy of flight set against a picture-postcard setting.

Should you find yourself in need of a gourmet lunchtime meal the Biscuit Mill’s Saturday food market in a gentrified complex Woodstock is firmly on the visitor’s map. The finest international and local produce is highly recommended offering everything from Cambodian curry, home-recipe Hungarian ghoulash and authentic Dutch waffles to local barbecue/braai meats, gourmet sausages and European-style cheeses and chutneys, oysters and delicious speciality ostrich burgers. Also, fine organic beers, ciders and excellent local Cape wines can be sampled. The best time to go is between midday and 2pm. There are also summer fashions, jewellery and souvenir objet d’art to be scoured through in the neighbouring arts and crafts shops not to mention the new Sunday antiques fair.

How to get there

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1. Departing from the Cape Town International Airport you will take the freeway marked “Cape Town” N2.
2. Follow this road all the way into Cape Town “marked foreshore”.
3. The first set of traffic lights that you encounter will be at the start of Cape Town CBD. On your right hand side you will have the entrance to the Cape Town Waterfront.
4. Continue straight on this road going up the mountain through all the traffic lights – please remember to stop at the red ones :->.
5. Continue over the mountain and continue to go straight along this windy road going back down the mountain.
6. Eventually you will come to a three-way stop street. Continue straight over this stop street.
7. You will then pass 3 roads on your right hand side. The 4th road will be called “The Drive” where you are to turn right into – if you have gone to far you will find yourself at a T-Junction, one road too far.
8. Park immediately here and you will find our Cape Villas beach front office. No 35 The Drive Camps Bay.

* Shuttle service from airport can be made available on request - Please contact Cape Villas

Activities near Cape Town

Rental prices

Prices for group size 10
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
	1 May 11	30 Sep 11	34300R 34300	49004900	49004900	3 Nights
	4 Oct 11	1 Nov 11	41300R 41300	59005900	59005900	3 Nights
	1 Nov 11	16 Dec 11	6300R 6300	90009000	90009000	3 Nights
Peak	16 Dec 11	9 Jan 12	94500R 94500	0-	0-	2 Weeks
Summer	9 Jan 12	9 Apr 12	63000R 63000	90009000	90009000	3 Nights

The property's weekend rates apply to: Saturday and Sunday nights

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

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- Payment can be made via Credit Card or EFT

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