The Hide Away Bed and Breakfast

Welcome to South Africa's first ever five star guest house and still the best value upmarket Bed and Breakfast on the Garden Route. A national monument and one of the oldest houses in Swellendam, our beautiful Victorian bed breakfast, right on the Garden Route - radiates an old world charm and rustic elegance that has made it famous the world over.

The four separate spacious, deluxe, air conditioned suites open directly onto a quiet large, private garden where we have over 600 rose bushes, and abundant bird life. Relax under the vine covered pergola with a glass of wine, or recline in your deckchair on the sunny well manicured lawn. The grape vines on the pergola outside the Queen Elizabeth, Double Delight and Ecstasy Rose suites are the ornamental type which ensures that during the heat of summer the rooms are well shaded, but during the cold months the sun has free access to the rooms.

All our suites have three different types of coffees, several different types of teas, and fresh milk is always available in the refrigerator. Our internationally acclaimed shortbread is renewed daily, as is the locally grown fruit, the port, and the muscadel (muscadel is the sweet wine loved by early settlers). All these items are there for your enjoyment at no charge.