Brenda�s Guest House

Brenda�s Guest House

Selected by The Greenwood Guide to South Africa, 2nd edition

Text written by Simon Greenwood

From the green brick garden terrace this early 1900s house juts forward like the prow of a ship and Brenda has done nothing to dispel the image. Life-saving buoys, fishing nets and oars cling to the surrounding walls. Guests sit out here for al fresco evening drinks round the pool from the �honesty� bar (sherry and port are on the house by the way). Rooms inside are bright and cheerful in wicker, tiles and wood, while quilts, sunflowers and oil paintings add plenty of vivid colour.

The rest of the interior space is open-plan: a sitting room with white sofas and glass coffee table, and the dining table where breakfasts are taken all together (breakfast also makes its appearance outside on fine mornings). Brenda makes the breakfast herself (including specials), serving through a marble-topped hatch, so she can spend at least some of the day helping you out with things to do. She patrols the Cape countryside on her huge motorbike gaining first-hand knowledge of where to go and what to do. A very friendly base indeed... Purdy, Brenda�s minuscule dog, has not grown much since I last saw her. Golf, the Waterfront shopping complex and the city centre are all close by.

Contact Details

Telephone: +27-(0)21 4340902
Facsimile: +27-(0)21 4340109

Email address:
brendas@mweb.co.za