After rushing to get to the Cape of Good Hope I headed to the Moonglow Guesthouse overlooking False Bay. Because I’m not really a city gal, and planned to spend my last couple of days in South Africa exploring natural areas, I chose the quiet Glencairn neighborhood located just north of the every popular Simon’s Town.
Dixies Restaurant (photo from Web)
Plus only a few blocks away I ate a delicious Pesto Chicken for dinner at the locally popular Dixies Restaurant, and then worked it off walking back up to Moonglow in the top row of houses.
The out-of-town owner sent a friend to meet me and we arranged a time for her to make breakfast the next morning. I really wanted to get an early start to Table Mountain, then back to the Cape and stop to see penguins also. Breakfast could have fed quite a crowd with choices of fresh fruit, yogurt, cereal, coffee and juice plus made to order eggs with bacon or sausage and toast.
The accommodations proved to be way more lavish than expected and I was the only guest with free run of this huge 3-story home. My only gripe was not being able to access their WIFI and no one to help but that wouldn’t stop me from staying here again. Plus the owner, Gillian, has assured me the entire guesthouse now has easily accessible WIFI.
South Africa is the first place I stayed at Bed and Breakfast/Guesthouses. I enjoyed every one. Where have you stayed and been spoiled like the VIP guest you are?
It looks like a great place to stay and relaxing. I love accommodations run by family or where you seem to be just like at your own home.
When I was younger, I stayed at the cheapest places which sometimes had some ambience, but I’m enjoying the age thing and staying at Bed and Breakfasts. I began my B & B journey in Peru and have never gone back:) I really would like to see South Africa at some point. Sounds like an amazing place to visit. Did you get your longer lense yet?:)
I’ve never stayed in a guest house but you make it sound very appealing!
Hi Everyone. We have wifi connection throughout the guesthouse now.
The majority of guesthouses and b&b’s in South Africa are brilliant with lots of personal attention. I actually prefer them over hotels.
That’s one cool guest house….and I love the door stopper. I’ve stayed in guest houses in Ireland, off-season, and probably for that reason was more pampered! I was the only one…
Great photos, hope the table cloth lifted for you 🙂 You are pulling at my heart strings again. Diane
What a beautiful place to stay. Wow, when was this trip? How wonderful.
Thanks for another Cape post… the memories… oh, how they flood back! 😉
How can you resist a place called Moonglow?