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Welcome To Highlands Country House, Kenilworth, Cape Town Southern Suburbs
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At Highlands Country House Hotel, a warm welcome awaits, where caring staff will attend to your every need and, with only 14 spacious bedrooms, privacy and personal hospitality are assured.
Elegantly furnished, from every room long sash windows overlook the terraced Italian gardens and water features, two sparkling pools or the putting green.
Relax and enjoy sumptuous breakfasts, with lunch and dinner prepared by our chef when requested. Many hours of pleasure can be attained in the lounge, library, the intimate private bar, Colonial sitting room, romantic dining conservatory or the large elegant billiard room. The winter months are warm and cozy with five of these facilities having a log fire.
Set in magnificent romantic gardens, in one of Cape Town's prestigious suburbs, Highlands Country House is a beautifully restored National Monument.
Built in 1900 by Sir Herbert Baker, Highlands is considered to be amongst the most important Cape homes of the era.
Highlands is far enough from the city center for peace and relaxation, yet close enough for every convenience that Cape Town can offer. |
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Located in Kenilworth, situated between the acclaimed Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens and Constantia wine estates.
A perfect venue for your holiday, business function, small, romantic, intimate wedding or honeymoon.
Highlands is close to golf courses, Newlands rugby and cricket grounds and Rhodes Memorial, also built by Sir Herbert Baker. Beaches on the Atlantic seaboard and the Indian Ocean, the airport, Waterfront and Cape Town city center are 20 minutes away.
We are always happy to make arrangements for your collection from the airport; tours or car hire and can assure competitive rates. |
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History
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Highlands Country House Hotel is a beautifully restored National Monument considered to be amongst the most important Cape homes of the era.
A colonial mansion built in 1900 by Sir Herbert Baker for Judge Searle, the first Judge president of the Cape, it has hosted many famous and colourful characters of the time - Arthur Conan Doyle, Oliver Schreiner, Percy Fitzpatrick - to name a few.
Highlands, a boutique hotel, has been lovingly restored and is run as a privately owned Country House residence.
The guest house is tastefully furnished with antiques and fine fabrics and set in peaceful surroundings. Every effort has been made to enhance the marble and wooden floors, pressed ceilings, large shuttered sash windows, balustrades and fireplaces of the original.
Highlands Country House boutique hotel is a place of warm welcome and ultimate comfort. Every piece has been carefully chosen to give pleasure to the eye and rest to the body.
Every attempt has been made to assure high standards and to offer extensive luxury facilities to the most discerning guest. |
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Directions
• Take the N2 (Settlers Way) direction - CITY
• Pass the large cooling towers on the RIGHT
• Pass the turn off to Liesbeek Parkway
• Pass the turnoff to Main Road
• Look out for the M3 - MUIZENBERG turn off
• N.B. - Do not take the M5 - Muizenberg
• Take the M3 turn off to the LEFT
• Pass 2 sets of traffic lights
• Take the Claremont exit to the LEFT - Paradise Road
• Drive around the circle, leaving the circle to travel up Newlands Road
• At the top of the hill (you will have passed 3 sets of traffic lights) - keep to the LEFT - the name changes to TENNANT ROAD
• Highlands is on the RIGHT |
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