Vineyard Hotel in Newlands, Cape Town
This is the Vineyard Hotel in Newlands, Cape Town .. how could you not love waking up to this !!! We stayed here for two nights .. such a treat !!!
On windy days umbrellas are lowered. From our window they looked like fallen toy soldiers ..
Most of the décor in the rooms isn’t to my liking but it’s very very comfortable
Over the tree tops to the side of Table Mountain .. view from our room on the 3rd floor …
One of the eight resident tortoises ..
Each floor is decorated differently with original artworks. Our floor had needlecraft : cross-stitch, appliqué, embroidery and combinations thereof. These are just a few …
Hubby and I have stayed here several times and there’s always a bowl of fresh apples in the foyer …
Writings, drawings and paintings by Lady Anne Barnard, whose home this was in the 1700’s ..
….. My post from a previous visit refers to the story behind it’s beginnings
Part of the original home .. (more photos in ‘my post from a previous visit’ )
(I nipped across the road to take a photograph of this cricket ground) ..
Hotel pub …
Gorgeous original building ….
Next post will be a stroll through the beautiful lush gardens of The Vineyard …
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