The space is lovely, clean and quiet. The beach is literally steps away from her place. We enjoyed listening to the ocean waves! It’s true that there is no view of the ocean, the dunes are too high. But just walk a few steps and there it is!
The pool was broken during our stay, which we found out on arrival. Martina did ask the hotel next door if we could use their pool... which we could if we ate there. However the food was overpriced and poor quality, and the pool scene was more for adults at this hotel, so we just ate there once.
Also the beach is not swimmable, there are signs warning of rip tides. And the lagoon has signs warning of pollution. The beach was very windy while we there, so we were only able to take our young son on short walks along the beach.
There are only a couple of restaurants in the area, which are associated with the hotel.. so overpriced and low quality. Also there aren’t any grocery stores nearby either.
You definitely need a car while staying here. We used Uber and the bus, which was fine if you didn’t want to go into town because this place is very far away from the main part of Cape Town.
Overall our stay was good with Martina. We wanted to relax at the beach for our last few days in Cape Town, which we did. We won’t stay in this area again, if ever we return to Cape Town, there are other beaches that are better suited to family with restaurants nearby, etc. Martina’s place was overpriced without pool access, but hopefully the pool will be fixed soon!!!