An ideal location for exploring Cape Town, Hout Bay is a quiet beautiful place to stay. We stayed for 16 days here and had a wonderful time. The apartment become a home from home and was a perfect base to then drive and explore the surrounding areas. The complex is lovely and quiet and the swimming pool is excellent and nicely heated.
The apartment is well equipped and we appreciated the provision of plenty of towels and bedding and an abundance of coat hangers! The bed is comfortable and the air conditioning works well.
For walkers, check out The Vine and speak to Innes the owner for tips and also for contact with the local walking guide; Brent. He is reasonably priced and took us on a walk not in any guide book around near seal island. We got to see the seals without having to take a boat trip! We did many of the main walks ourselves and didn’t need a guide and had no problems - such as chapmans peak, cape of good hope, table mountain - going up skeleton gorge, across to Maclears beacon and then down platteklip gorge (not for the faint hearted or unfit!)
If you like to keep fit then check out Velocity gym round the corner. They do day passes and the classes there are excellent. Look out for classes by Lydia - she is awesome!
Sitting on the balcony watching the sea is a treat at breakfast and also an ideal spot to watch the sunset. There are restaurants (many of which also do take away and also deliver if you don’t want to walk round the corner) and shops all within walking distance, so when in Hout Bay we never needed to take the car.
A walk across the beach to Hout Bay harbour (or a drive round) is well worth it and pop into Snokies for the best fish and chips.
Kat, our host, was really helpful and informative and went the extra mile to ensure we had what we needed - including arranging before we arrived, New Year’s Eve tickets to Spirios, Greek Street, where we had a wonderful evening to see in 2020.
We would come back and stay again without hesitation.