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Grande Roche - Luxury Estate Hotel |
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Weddings, Banqueting & Conferences
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The
Vineyard Venue Conference Centre with its adjoining open-air
amphitheatre seating 350 is a versatile venue that can be transformed
to accommodate a variety of corporate and social functions, including
weddings, product or vehicle launches, demonstrations and auctions.
Some 200 square metres in
area, it can be divided into three sections of equal size, with seating
for 10 to 200 people, depending on the layout (U-shaped, banquet or
cinema-style). There are also two syndicate rooms seating eight - for
smaller breakaway group activities or intensive training sessions. |
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Sport & Leisure
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There are many interesting sport and leisure activities available close to the Hotel.
Our Guest Services staff will provide information or arrange reservations and transport to any of these venues. |
| Kraal Fitness Centre |
Cycling |
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Kraal Fitness Centre has excellent training equipment, a sauna, steam
room, massage room with on-staff masseur, and a heated outdoor pool.
Temporary membership at the Paarl Virgin Active Health and Fitness club
can also be arranged as well as the services of a personal trainer. |
The
hotel has a number of bicycles, including a tandem, for leisurely rides
through the historic town of Paarl and the relatively level countryside. |
| Swimming |
Tennis |
| Two
sparkling pools – on the patio at the Tarantella Bar at the manor house
or the gently heated pool at the Kraal Fitness Centre. |
Two floodlit tennis hard courts at the hotel. |
| Golf |
Jogging |
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hotel is situated within easy reach of 12 quality golf courses with
5-40 minute drive– each offering the novice and ‘pro’ golfer its own
individual challenge - a veritable golfer's paradise! |
There
are many jogging routes near the hotel to choose from - through the
vineyards, the Paarl Mountain Reserve, and historic streets of Paarl. |
| Hiking and walking |
Horse riding |
| Home
is where one starts from… from Grande Roche there is a 45-minute hiking
trail (one-way), through indigenous forest, along a tranquil kloof.
This trail can connect with the trails in the Paarl Mountain Nature
Reserve. Further afield in the Boland or Cape Town area, there are a
variety of hiking trails in the mountains and nature and coastal
reserves – and the challenge of Table Mountain. |
Horses for courses … explore the beautiful Paarl Valley and surrounds on horseback - stables located near the hotel. |
| Parachuting |
Fishing |
| Thrills
and spills for the novice or regular parachutist - free-falling and
drifting gently over scenic hills and valleys of the Boland. |
Gone
fishing … cast a line off the rocks along balmy beaches, experience the
excitement of big game fishing in the deep of two oceans, or fly
fishing in quiet mountain streams around Paarl and in Franschoek. |
| Diving (scuba) |
Watersports |
| Explore a world of wonder under the guidance of competent instructors – diving on famous shipwrecks along the coast. |
Water,
water, everywhere … there are many watersports to be enjoyed on the
nearby rivers, dams and sea resorts - water-skiing, power-boating,
yachting and sailing for the energetic - and sunset cruises in Table
Bay or False Bay for the slow movers. |
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