Name: The Trail House
Address: 2638 Pipe Rd, Betty's Bay, 7141, South Africa, Betty's Bay, Betty's Bay, Betty's Bay, 7141, South Africa
Rating: 9

Smoking areas

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Diet menu (on request)

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Free Wi-Fi

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English

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Barbecue grill(s)

Hiking

Fishing

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Parking

Next to the beach

Pool and beach

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Cycling

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Pets

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Cape Town International Airport

The Trail House

Betty's Bay

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canal-view

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golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

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mountain-view

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partial-sea-view

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river-view

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

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breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

We stayed at the trail house studio and it was a fabulous place to stay. We settled ourselves in for 9 days and made great use of the studio and all the appliances for self catering providing. Hot shower, great kitchen equipment, use of gas braii and also induction hob for cooking. Great views of the mountains and the sea and good location not only for Betty’s bay but also to travel to other villages of Hermanus, Pringle bay., Gordon’s bay and Cape Town. We loved it.

Fabulous studio stay in Betty’s Bay

We took our overseas visitors to Betty's Bay for the weekend and stayed in our favorite guest house "The Trail House. This place is like home from home. Fransel is so friendly and welcoming and can't do enough for you. The guest house is rustic and homely and very clean and tidy. We will be back again for sure!

Weekend at Betty's Bay

Had a wonderful 2 nights at the Trail House with my family. We occupied 2 rooms and Fransel the owner made us feel very welcome. More so when my wife injured her knee; she was so compassionate and helpful in making my wife comfortable. The location is stunning and the rooms were lovely and clean and a credit to Fransel. Strongly recommended. 

Great Weekend

This is a small guest house with comfortable  and clean rooms and reasonable prices.
Great safe  location overlooking the mountain and the beach as well.  Our room had its own balcony where you can sit and have your coffee looking at the ocean. Free and fast wifi as well. The penguin colony is just around the corner  Simple,convenient and lovely breakfast. The owner is friendly and helpful and is always prepared to go the extra mile to accommodate her guests. Highly recommended.!!!

Lovely experience

Had a great stay here. Everything is very clean and comfortable. With everything you need. Beautiful surroundings. Friendly and helpful host. Distant sea views. I do think it is a little overpriced though...

Very peaceful

Nobody there when we arrived within the advertised arrival time - found house locked with builders on site.
Owner made no attempt to phone us although she had our number with the booking (we had to phone her to find out she was 25 minutes drive away) 
No coffee for the room.  Total of 4 jumbled tea bags, rooibos & ceylon not individually wrapped, 2 of each in glass jar, guessing game.
A total of two medium towels for two people, plus one hand-towel and no bath mat
Soap : only one squeezy container in bathroom at basin that was 1/4 full. No shampoo/soap /shower gel at either bath or in shower.
Single ply toilet paper.​ No deal breaker, but within keeping of the skimping shown all round.
Absolutely smallest bath tub I've ever used and I'm 5/3".
Other guests with noisy kids woke us playing in the garden outside our window very early

Bumbling and begrudging confusion regarding breakfast. We had pre-paid for breakfast included with our booking. Owner claimed no knowledge of that and sat at her computer trying to prove what we had or hadn't paid, rather than attempting to give us a piece of toast ("don't eat that white bread, it's stale").  Absolutely unprepared to give us anything whatsoever to eat in the morning.  Finally refunded some of the money when she could see that we had indeed paid for breakfast included, but argued about price we'd paid.

It's beyond comprehension that a guest house owner and mother of two wouldn't be able to rustle up something to see her guests on their way. We had intended to hike the trail behind the house (inaccessible entrance due to roof  trusses for building alterations blocking entry) but were forced to find breakfast elsewhere, due to absolutely nothing offered us at the B+B apart from a cup coffee.

We've paid within the same bracket for our other getaways, all of which offered more in terms of comfort, towels, bath mats, hair shampoo, toilet paper, etc, not to mention tea and coffee individually packaged with complimentary rusks . We came away with the impression that there was no generosity of spirit.

The Trail House

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