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Blackheath LodgevsPOD Camps Bay Boutique Hotel
Both Blackheath Lodge and POD Camps Bay are highly recommended by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, POD Camps Bay scores significantly higher than Blackheath Lodge. POD Camps Bay comes in at #14 in Cape Town with positive reviews from 6 reviewers including Oyster, Frommer's and Jetsetter.
Blackheath Lodge
DK Eyewitness
Rough Guide
Time Out
Oyster
Fodor's
6 Blackheath Road, Sea Point, Cape Town Central 8005, South Africa
From $157/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
DK Eyewitness "Located under Signal Hill, close to the V&A Waterfront and Clifton and Camps Bay beaches, Blackheath Lodge is housed in an 1880s Victorian building."
Rough Guide "Superb owner-run guesthouse in a grand Victorian home that just gets everything right. Down a quiet backstreet, it’s close to the Sea Point action."
Time Out "This picturesque Victorian oasis comes complete with breakfast and pool and very, very good prices." Full review
OysterUpscale
"The hotel serves a free breakfast on a terrace beside a cozy garden and pool, and the extremely helpful staff offers travel and restaurant tips." Full review
Fodor's "Conveniently located on a quiet street in upper Sea Point, this small, stylish Victorian-era hotel with great concierge-level owner-rendered service is an extremely good value." Full review
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Dinners can be provided on request, and management is happy to arrange other goodies like off-site spa treatments, picnic baskets, tailored day trips, and rental of the lodge's miniconvertible.
POD Camps Bay Boutique Hotel
Lonely Planet
Frommer's Oyster
The Telegraph
Jetsetter Fodor's
Afar Magazine
Condé Nast Traveler Frommer's
3 Argyle Road, Camps Bay 8005, South Africa
From $174/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Lonely Planet "Offering clean, contemporary design, POD is perfectly angled to catch the Camps Bay action from its bar and spacious pool and deck area. The cheapest rooms have mountain rather than sea views; luxury." Full review
Frommer's "Entering POD is like stepping into the pages of a slick design magazine... and the marvelously svelte model-and-gym-rat set crowding the nearby bars and beaches." Full review
OysterLuxury
"Rooms have a natural aesthetic and views of the beach or mountains; most have balconies, and some have private pools...breakfast is free and includes daily specials,." Full review
The Telegraph8.0
"Pod is an uber-hip 17-room boutique hotel near Camps Bay’s beachfront, staffed with a small, intelligent team." Full review
Jetsetter "Sleek, modern boutique that makes service a priority, just one block from the beach in chichi Camps Bay." Full review
Fodor's "This sexy designer boutique hotel enjoys a great location on a quiet corner just a block from Camps Bay's main drag." Full review
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For good value for the money, choose a luxury room with a view (rather than with a private pool), as the hotel's infinity pool on the deck with great ocean views is a preferable splash anyway.
Afar Magazine "The POD boutique hotel is one of these special properties...unique landscape of this suburb and location of the hotel provides guests the privacy and quiet they are looking for during their stay. " Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "A conveniently located bolthole, set back from the busy Camps Bay beachfront without missing out on the cool vibe and ocean views, especially if you don’t want to hire a car." Full review
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Choose a movie and get complimentary room-service delivery of popcorn and other snacks.
Frommer's "Entering POD is like stepping into the pages of a slick design magazine, complete with ingeniously shaped spaces, decadent furnishings, and the marvelously svelte model-and-gym-rat set crowding the nearby bars and beaches" Full review
