Our stay at Anna’s apartment has been really wonderful. The perfect spot for a break from the business of town.
Pros:
- Anna is THE FASTEST host in replying, it’s quite remarkable. I don’t remember ever waiting for an urgent answer for more than 10mins
- Fully equipped kitchen and lovely decorations throughout
- Fantastic location: literally at the beach and the pool is just around the corner of the terrace
- Gas hob 😍 which is very handy during loadshedding
Cons:
- The river/lagoon next to the complex is sadly quite dirty which sometimes ends up in the ocean and then on the beach (happened ca. 1-2 times in 2 weeks). Of course this is not something that Anna can change but rather an FYI to set expectations .
Insider tip: Monday burger night at Bossas down the beach :)
General FYI of Cape Town:
- Loadshedding: during some times of the year the city of Cape Town “cuts” electricity for a few hours at the time to sort out supply and demand issues. This area is affected by it but there are ways to deal with it. We were working remotely and so asked the next door hotel (Lagoon Hotel) if we could use theirs (if we purchased drinks/food at their bar), which was no issue. Food was good too :)
- Outages: similar to the above, there can be instances of water outages - usually resolved within a day.
- Tapwater: we’re well travelled and haven’t had issues with it before but weirdly in CT (and esp. this area) the tap water has not been good to us. So if you’ve got a sensitive tummy or just want to take the safe route, we’d avoid it.