Akademie Street

Do you want luxury Franschhoek accommodation in a guest house and very small boutique hotel, rather than stay at a sterile, large hotel no matter how luxurious the latter is?
Then this six roomed luxury Franschhoek guest house and boutique hotel offers five star guest house and small boutique hotel accommodation in five unique buildings with four pools.

These are all situated on the same beautiful property in a quiet area of the village Franschhoek in the most beautiful wine valley in the world right in the heart of the Cape Winelands.

It is an easy stroll to the renowned restaurants and attractions in the village of Franschhoek and almost all of the most famous vineyards of the Cape Winelands are a short drive away.

Academie Street Boutique Hotel & Guest House is the perfect place in the Cape Winelands to enjoy peace, privacy and tranquillity with personal attention  always available.

Franschhoek is the wine and gourmet capital of the Cape but is less than an hour from down-town Cape Town. Explore Franschhoek and the surrounding winelands and scenic routes. A concierge desk is open 24/7 to help you with restaurants, wine tours, hikes and advice on what to see and do.

Three of the buildings, Gelatenheid (Equanimity), Oortuiging (Conviction) and Vreugde (Joy) each have their own sun-kissed swimming pool and shady, private garden. The fourth building, Uitsig (View) is a separate, large, luxurious upstairs suite with balcony and lovely views. The fifth building, Twyfeling (Doubting) is a gracious Cape Dutch style house with large living rooms and two large bedroom suites. Uitsig and Twyfeling share a large, heated pool and garden.

People who have stayed at Akademie Street Guest House have rated it number one hotel and guest house in Franschhoek because of the:

• Friendly, attentive and helpful owners and staff
• Great décor, quality and luxury all in spacious, comfortable buildings
• Enormous attention to detail and every amenity
• Wonderful breakfasts

All guest houses are situated in beautiful gardens at a great location in Franschhoek.

Akademie Street  is situated in a quiet area of the village Franschhoek in the most beautiful wine valley in the world, right in the heart of the Cape Winelands.
Franschhoek is the wine and gourmet capital of the Cape but is less than an hour from down-town Cape Town.
 
Franschhoek is right in the centre of the most beautiful part of the Western Cape.
Think of Franschhoek as the nicest place to stay in Cape Town, for it is only:

• 50 minutes drive from Cape Town International Airport
• 55 minutes drive from the centre of Cape Town
• 90 minute drive from the great bulk of the Cape’s wine farms
• 20 minutes drive from historic Paarl
• 30 minutes drive from Stellenbosch with its old buildings and university
• 40 minutes drive to the white beaches of the warm Indian ocean
• 15 – 45 minutes to seven different golf courses
• 60 minutes drive to the whales and white shark diving of Hermanus
• 90 minutes to Langebaan, Pater Noster and the wild flowers
• 90 minutes to Montagu in the arid Klein Karroo
• On the circular half day drives through spectacular scenery and gorgeous passes on empty roads

On top of that Franschhoek has nearly 40 world-class restaurants or side walk cafes where one can idle one’s time away. Franschhoek is peaceful, safe to walk even at night and has no traffic problems.
 

Gelatenheid
Gelatenheid is a gloriously spacious double storey guest house with a wide balcony and superb mountain views over the Franschoek Winelands. It has an extra large loft incorporating the bed/dressing/sitting room with an extra length king size bed (or twin extra length beds on prior notice), TV and en-suite bathroom. This is guest house and boutique hotel accommodation at its most spacious.
In a quiet corner of the balcony of this Franschhoek guest house a Victorian bath rests under the tree tops. Downstairs is a large lounge and kitchenette with French doors leading out onto a veranda with a pool and fountain garden.

Oortuiging
When it comes to Franschhoek accommodation few places can match Oortuiging’s history. Oortuiging is an atmospheric Franschhoek cottage built in the 1860's. It adds interest to the Akademie Street boutique hotel collection as it played a role in the history of Franschhoek during the Anglo-Boer war.
It has two en-suite bathrooms, a lounge, a kitchen and a dining room. This guest house in Franshoek can accommodate two persons sharing in spacious luxury and has its own pool and private shade and sun gardens. The guest house has accommodation for three persons. The main bedroom has an extra length king size bed but with prior notice twin beds can be organized in it. A third person can be accommodated in the small second bed-room. The house is in the shade of a giant tree or one can lie, if one chooses, in the sun in the private pool garden.

Vreugde
Vreugde is a garden suite that sleeps two. The bath and shower are separate, there is a small kitchenette and French doors open onto a wide veranda with a beautiful garden and small pool. Vreugde guest house offers both tranquillity and peace.
One can lounge on the leather sofa on the porch listening to the birds and the singing of the fountain. This is a very intimate, private place in the beautiful Franschhoek Valley, the loveliest part of the Winelands area of the Western Cape.

Uitsig
Uitsig, a private upstairs suite, gives wonderfully comfortable, spacious accommodation. The French doors open onto a sun-baked balcony with a lovely view of the mountains encircling Franschhoek. One feels as if one is floating in the tree tops. The bath and separate shower are in an ultra modern bathroom with under floor heating. The king size, extra length bed can be replaced by twin extra length beds on prior notice.

Uitsig shares a large solar heated pool and lovely garden with the two suites in Twyfeling.

Twyfeling
Twyfeling is a gracious Cape Dutch style house with a large living room and library and accommodation in two large and light filled bedroom suites at opposite ends of the house. Each suite is completely self-contained. The one suite has a private conservatory area attached with views to the mountain and over the water trough / fountain. The other suite leads out to the gracious garden and the large solar-heated pool. It has a stunning, spacious, glass roofed bathroom. This is Franschhoek boutique hotel accommodation at its most spacious.

The two Twyfeling suites share the pool and garden with the one suite in Uitsig.

• Free WiFi internet
• Laundry Services

• Breakfast
  

Note

Akademie Street Boutique Hotel and Guest House is in the heart of the food and wine capital of the Cape. Many people visit just to eat at the famous Franschhoek restaurants, some situated on the wine farms, some attached to the hotels and some independent ones in the village itself. This means that particularly during the high season (1 September to 15 May) it can be impossible to get into the restaurant of your choice without prior booking.