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Villa Surprise

4.0 star property
4-star beach guest house near Camps Bay Beach

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Superior Suite, 1 King Bed, Balcony, Ocean View | View from room
Superior Suite, 1 King Bed, Balcony, Ocean View
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Exterior
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Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast included
  • Housekeeping
  • Pool
  • Laundry
  • Air conditioning

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21 First-Crescent, Camps Bay, Cape Town, Western Cape, 8005
  • Camps Bay Beach
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Clifton Bay Beach
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Table Mountain
    ‪8 min drive‬
  • Cape Town (CPT-Cape Town Intl.)
    ‪31 min drive‬

Room options

View all photos for Royal Suite, 1 King Bed, Ocean View, Sea Facing

Royal Suite, 1 King Bed, Ocean View, Sea Facing

Royal Suite, 1 King Bed, Ocean View, Sea Facing

  • Ocean view
  • 52 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Premium Twin Room, 2 Single Beds, Ensuite, Pool View

Premium Twin Room, 2 Single Beds, Ensuite, Pool View

  • Partial sea view
  • 4 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Premier Twin Room, 2 Single Beds, Pool Access, Garden View

Premier Twin Room, 2 Single Beds, Pool Access, Garden View

  • Mountain view
  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Deluxe Double Room, 1 Queen Bed, Ensuite, Garden View

Deluxe Double Room, 1 Queen Bed, Ensuite, Garden View

  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Luxury Suite, 1 Queen Bed, Balcony, Ocean View | Terrace/patio

Luxury Suite, 1 Queen Bed, Balcony, Ocean View

  • Ocean view
  • 22 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Superior Suite, 1 King Bed, Balcony, Ocean View

Superior Suite, 1 King Bed, Balcony, Ocean View

Superior Suite, 1 King Bed, Balcony, Ocean View

  • Ocean view
  • 43 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

About the area

Cape Town

Oceanside stay.Within a 15-minute walk of this Camps Bay guesthouse, you'll find Camps Bay Beach and Cape Floral Region Protected Areas. Table Mountain National Park and Maiden's Cove are also within 2 miles (3 km).
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What's nearby

  • Camps Bay Beach - 11 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Lions Head - 5 min drive - 4.3 km
  • Clifton Bay Beach - 6 min drive - 2.6 km
  • Long Street - 7 min drive - 6.8 km
  • Table Mountain - 8 min drive - 5.6 km

Getting around

  • Woodstock Station - 10 min drive
  • Cape Town Station - 16 min drive
  • Cape Town Intl. Airport (CPT) - 31 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Starbucks Cavendish - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Zenzero - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Codfather - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Hard Rock Cafe - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪La Belle Bistro & Bakery - ‬11 min walk

About this property

Villa Surprise

4-star beach guest house near Camps Bay Beach
There's a snack bar/deli on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Free breakfast is served daily. Public spaces have free WiFi.

An outdoor pool, a library, and a terrace are also featured at the business-friendly Villa Surprise. An airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is available for a fee. Self parking is free.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 4-star Cape Town guesthouse.

  • 6 guestrooms or units
  • Cooked-to-order breakfast (free)
  • Deli
  • Poolside lounge chairs
  • Dry cleaning
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Express check-out
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Concierge
  • Library
  • Terrace
  • Garden
  • Newspapers in lobby (free)
  • Smoking in designated areas
  • Bar or lounge
Villa Surprise offers 6 accommodations with safes and complimentary newspapers. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Languages

Afrikaans, English, French, German, Italian

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • 24-hour roundtrip airport shuttle on request for a surcharge
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free cooked-to-order breakfast available daily 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • Library
  • Outdoor pool

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable channels

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Free bottled water

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 11:30 AM; Check-in end time: 1:30 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The front desk is open daily from 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 9 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
Guests planning to arrive between 2-6 PM and after 9 PM must contact this property in advance for check-in instructions.

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • Pets and service animals are not allowed at Villa Surprise

Children and extra beds

  • Children 12 and younger are not allowed at this property. All guests older than 12 are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Airport shuttle fee: ZAR 350 per vehicle (one way)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa and Mastercard. Cash is not accepted.

We should mention

  • Children 12 years old and younger aren't allowed at this property.
  • Pets and service animals are not allowed on site.

Property is also known as

Villa Surprise House Cape Town
Villa Surprise House
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Villa Surprise Guesthouse Cape Town
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Villa Surprise Cape Town
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Villa Surprise Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 19 out of 26 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 26 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 26 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 26 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 26 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jeremy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great little place for a short stay
Each room has its own character, the views are great, location excellent, gardens and pool are lovely and the customer service is great, with breakfast and an honesty bar etc. (its up steep hill/steps if you are walking)
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gilda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff very friendly and helpful
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
A mixed bag
Lindsi and her helpfulness as well as the cooked-to-order breakfast highlight this somewhat funky hotel. The location in Camps Bay is good, but you need to be in pretty good shape to make the trek down to town and the beach and back. Of course there's always Uber. The bed, advertised as a queen, was actually 2 separate twins that couldn't be joined and not all that comfortable.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
yes, I would recommend
excellent stay....very comfortable and large room.....great location - a short walk to the beach and restaurants.....Linzi was extremely helpful and knowledgeable ....would recommend !
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Reasonably priced, great location
Really great location - 5 minutes walk from the beach. I stayed in the Italian room which had a lovely balcony and a brilliant view.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly and beautiful!
It was far too short but it was fantastic.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Shivan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is where to stay when in camps bay!
Amazing location, only a few minutes walk from the stunning camps bay strip, apartments were fresh modern and cosy. A real gem in camps bay! Highly recommended!
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just the right place!
I'm very satisfied with Villa Surprise. It's just the type of guest house I was looking for: homely and quite spacious (room and garden); very pleasant and helpful staff and owner and a perfect location away from the hubbub of beach road Camps Bay. The rooms have a lot of character, which is no bad thing in these days of increasing uniformity. Breakfast was good, with cooked breakfast available. The only thing I would suggest is a small fridge in the rooms, to keep one's own food purchases cool and fresh.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice boutique hotel
Very lovely welcome, staff and owner was very friendly and helpful with us booking restaurants and recommending activities.

8/10 Good

Ed, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice stay for 3 nights
We had a very pleasant stay at Villa Surprise. The staff and owner were very professional and attentive to our needs. The only improvements we can think of is the breakfast choices which are few and the timing. This is the first place I ever stayed worldwide that serves breakfast at 8:30. If you are a tourist you want to be on and about by that time. Everything else was great.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Brilliant experience!
Lovely guesthouse, fantastic manager and staff members. It serves a hearty breakfast in the morning that's included in the rate which is reasonable compared to other hotels in the area. Especially good for fitness buffs as there is a wee bit of uphill climbing and a few minutes walk to the beach. Located in the heart of picturesque Camps Bay. Very safe even late at night.

10/10 Excellent

Matthew, Montreal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Perfect Option in Cape Town
We had a great time at Villa Surprise. A very good price for a beautiful place in a beautiful neighbourhood. We had the "Beach Room," which had a fun theme and best of all a huge private balcony overlooking the ocean. Camps Bay is the perfect neighbourhood. It feels like a beach town, but it's only 10-15 minutes from downtown/V&A, or 15 minutes the other direction to Hout Bay. Linzi is very nice and is happy to give you lots of recommendations for whatever you want to do!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice B&B, Great Location
We had a great experience at Villa Surprise. The check-in process was easy, our room was wonderful (we stayed in the King Suite),and the breakfast was great. The only downside was the breakfast was offered a little too late, especially on mornings when we had early plans to go sightseeing.

10/10 Excellent

Markku

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Villa surprise macht seinem Namen alle Ehre!! Wirklich eine Überraschung, was für € 130,—/ Nacht, als Luxus Unterkunft beworben, geboten wird! Schäbig! Immerhin der Sonnenuntergang ist toll!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Mats

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mysigt hotell
Detta lilla mysiga hotell kan jag varmt rekommendera. Bra frukost, ligger fem minuters gångväg från huvudgatan i Camps Bay. Personalen så service minded, helt fantastiska.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Liana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Super nette und hilfsbereite Host. Tolles Frühstück, tolle Zimmer und eine perfekte Lage! Wir würden jederzeit wiederkommen :-)
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Geert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Carmen, Granada (España)

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel acogedor y con encanto
Solamente puedo decir cosas buenas del hotel y de su personal. El hotel es tranquilo, acogedor, bonito. Está en una zona residencial muy bonita y segura, a solo un paseo de una playa preciosa. Hay de todo cerca, supermercado, restaurantes, información turística. Y del personal del hotel solamente puedo decir GRACIAS. No pudieron portarse mejor conmigo, Linzi me ayudó en todo lo que necesité (y necesité muchas cosas teniendo en cuenta que mi inglés no estaba en su mejor momento). Lo recomiendo 100%!! I can only say good things about the hotel and its staff. The hotel is quiet, cozy, nice. It is in a very nice and safe residential area, just a short walk from a beautiful beach. There is everything nearby, supermarket, restaurants, tourist information. And the hotel staff can only say THANK YOU. They could not be better with me, Linzi helped me in everything I needed (and I needed a lot of things considering my English was not at its best). I recommend it 100%, no doubt!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Katrin, Thüringen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Individuelles Guesthouse
Unser Aufenthalt im Guesthouse diente zur Entspannung nach einer Rundreise. Das Guesthouse ist mit sechs individuell gestalteten Zimmern ausgestattet und hat einen schönen Garten. Der Frühstücksraum ist in einem Wintergarten gelegen, allerdings - wenn alle Gäste gleichzeitig zum Frühstück kommen würden - etwas zu klein. Bei schönem Wetter kann man draußen im nett gestalteten Garten frühstücken (auch hier reichen die Tische beim gleichzeitigen Erscheinen der Gäste nicht aus). Das Frühstück selbst war gut und es besteht die Möglichkeit warme Eierspeisen zu bestellen. Am Tag kann man sich Kaffee und Tee im Frühstücksraum kochen und es steht ein Kühlschrank mit Getränken (gegen faire Bezahlung) bereit. Fragen zum Ort, zu touristischen Angeboten etc. wurden jederzeit umfassend beantwortet bzw. Vorschläge dafür unterbreitet. Wer einen individuellen Urlaub plant, ist hier sehr gut aufgehoben.

6/10 Okay

Schnuppel, Walldorf

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Erste Station unserer SA-Urlaubsreise. Camps Bay ist immer ein guter Start zum akklimatisieren, hinzu kommt der besondere Flair von CB und Umgebung.

10/10 Excellent

Anke, Bremen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Schönes Guest House mit super Aussicht
Wir haben 10 Tage in der Villa Surprise gewohnt und uns dort sehr wohl gefühlt. Wir hatten ein sehr schönes und geräumiges Zimmer mit einem atemberaubenden Ausblick auf die 12 Apostel und auf das Meer. Die Managerin des Hauses, Linzi, spricht nicht nur sehr gut deutsch, sie ist auch sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit. Das Guest House liegt in dem wunderschönen Camps Bay und damit ca. 15 km von der Waterfront entfernt. In unmittelbarer Nähe befindet sich eine Bushaltestelle und man kann problemlos und für wenig Geld alle wichtigen Ziele in Kapstadt erreichen. Gute Restaurants sind in der Umgebung zu Fuß erreichbar. Wir würden jederzeit wieder dort buchen.

8/10 Good

Elli

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Empfehlenswertes B&B in Camps Bay
Sehr nett aufgemachte, saubere Zimmer und ganz hilfsbereite und zuvorkommende Besitzer gepaart mit einer tollen Lage in zweiter Reihe in Camps Bay. Haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt und geben auf jeden Fall eine klare Empfehlung. Das Beach Zimmer ist etwas kleiner als die anderen und auch der TV ist mini, (es gibt so oder so kaum Programme zum anschaun), dafür ist es super liebevoll eingerichtet und die Terasse ist total privat und groß mit Meerblick ! Punktabzug gibt es für das Frühstück, das zwar ok ist, aber für uns kein volle Punktzahl hergibt.