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The Portswood, Cape Town

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Description & Facilities

STAR RATING:

4 Stars

Hotel Type:

Hotel

Atmosphere:

Only Adults
LGTBIQ friendly
Children get free accommodation, meals payable on the spot
Identification card at arrival
Non-smoking establishment

Amenities:

Wheelchair-accessible
Car park
24-hour reception
Check-in hour 18:00 - 00:00
Check-out hour 10:00 - 11:00
Late Check-out (fee)
Mobile phone coverage
Wi-fi
Transfer service (fee)
Secure parking
Valet parking
Airport Shuttle (fee)
Room service
Laundry service (fee)
Medical service
Babysitting service (fee)
24-hour security
Bellboy service
Air conditioning in public areas
Smoke detector
Hotel safe
Currency exchange facilities
Lift access
Garden
Terrace
Concierge
Sun terrace
Luggage room
Dining area
Clothes dryer
Private pool
Towels and bed linen
Bar
Restaurant
Non-smoking area
Highchairs
Poolside snack bar
Air conditioning in Restaurant
Conference room
Meeting room 1
Business centre
Sun loungers
Parasols
TV lounge
Fitness

Ideally located at the fantastic V&A Waterfront, the 300 year old Convict Station which held prisoners on their way to Robben Island has been transformed into an up market hotel that you wont want to leave. The quaint nautically designed rooms are all ensuite and you have a choice of a studio king, standard queen, deluxe queen, standard twin rooms a captains suite as well as accessible rooms.  The hotel offers a swimming pool, business centre, wifi, valet service, foreign exchange, cocktail bar, wellness centre, 24 hour room service & Quarters Kitchen Restaurant and is at the entrance to the V&A waterfront with its beautiful shopping mall and endless restuarants.

Location

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Hotel
The Portswood
Local Attractions
  • The Blue Train - 2 miles away
Flight Time
12 hours (approximately)
Weather

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January

"Mixed. 10 days of sunshine out of 21"
"Very good"
"1 day of rain otherwise good"
"Lovely"
"VERY DAY VERY GOOD"
"Generally good."
"The weather was good but a little mixed"
"Just great"

February

"Sunny, windy and 1 day rain"
"Excellent"
"Excellent for all 3 weeks"

March

"hot with just one day of rain in Cape Town."
"Barring two days of rain/wind sunny and hot moderated by the breeze"
"Generally the weather was excellent and not too hot. There were one or two cloudy days and a little rain in the first week but otherwise no problems"
"Perfect"
"Hot days, cooler evenings. Currently a drought in the Cape area."

April

"Raining in Durban to start with, but some lovely sunny days. Not too hot."
"Good"
"better than expected."

May

"average for early winter"

June

"Cold at night but the days were glorious"

July

"Well we a little dubious before we went away as we had been warned that is was the Winter in South Africa during our stay ... we were so lucky and the sun shined for our stay and most importantly for our Wedding day ... Cape Town would still have been beautiful but was made even more stunning with the sun!"
"First 2 days in Cape Town were warm and sunny, but last 2 days were colder, overcast and rainy."
"great"
"Good."

August

"Ok not as hot as we had hoped but we knew we were being optomidtic"
"Their winter was on par with the summer that we left in the UK"
"OK, a bit of rain but not much. Quite cold at times"
"Good, as it was the end of their winter it was more like an English summer"
"terrible!"

September

"Spring like with teperatures around 60-65F. Bright days with some sunshine. We did not experience any rain."
"Average"
"first day was cloudy but brightened up and was sunny for subsequent days."
"Warm spring weather"
"Two overcast days. Average of 26 degrees celcius. Very comfortable."

October

"Very Good in Capetown"
"90% of the time it was hot and sunny."
"Very varied - rain and winter coats in Cape town and very hot in other places. We needed the complete range of summer/winter wear!"
"Average"

November

"Brilliant, warm throughout our stay"
"suuny and warm but some days windy and quite cool at night."
"Not too good for early summer (rain and wind for the middle 10 days (we were there for 21 days), but it didn't stop us doing anything."

December

"Great"
"The weather was excellent-very warm and not a cloud in sight"
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