Miriam provided all the info we needed timeously to ensure that our arrival was smooth. The house was exactly what we had anticipated" warm, well-equipped, very comfortable in every way, with many signs of care having been taken to ensure our convenience. The art and décor are suitable unusual, the facilities meet your every requirement, the rooms provide great facilities for relaxed conviviality. As well as the inside bath and shower, the outside shower (including hot water) is a wonderful thing to look forward to, after an early-morning swim in the tidal pool. The house is situated very close to the St James pool, with the picturesque bathing boxes in the background: it takes about three minutes to walk down a direct path to the beach. yet the train and car traffic provides merely a pleasant background hum. The shopping and restaurant facilities in Kalk Bay, just a ten minute walk away, will enthral every visitor, local and foreign--- we walked there each of the five days we had at Ruallen. But best of all is to relax on the enclosed veranda, or to enjoy a meal in the same space, looking out over False Bay, and mush of the southern Cape Peninsula. This is a fantastic destination.