Montagu Country Hotel is a 3- and -star graded bed & breakfast establishment located on the Western Cape's famous Garden Route.

The Hotel offers old world elegance and service. Walking through the foyer you get a glimpse of the courtyard, lush green lawn and swimming pool area where guests unwind while enjoying the view of the nearby mountains. All 33 en-suite bedrooms offer air-conditioning and modern facilities to ensure an enjoyable stay.

The Hotel is pet friendly and offers the ideal weekend breakaway for Capetonians as well as a convenient halfway stop-over on South Africa's Garden Route. Located in a region known for its hospitality, the staff at the hotel aim for personable but professional service.

The Hotel makes an excellent venue for small scale conferences and intimate weddings.

Montagu Country Hotel consists of 33 bedrooms: 11 Luxury and 22 Classic.

Luxury Rooms: Our luxury rooms are substantially more spacious than the classic rooms. All luxury rooms also have separate bath and shower where the Classic rooms mostly have shower over bath.

Four of our luxury rooms are in a Victorian Villa built in 1905 in the garden behind the main hotel. The Villa is light-heartedly furnished with soft colours of beige, browns, rust and black, which gives one the feeling of Victorian splendour with a strong element of Africa. Some beautiful Antique pieces round off this modernistic approach to decor. The Villa offers four bedrooms - 2 twin-bedded, 1 queen and 1 king size, each with a unique view of either the gardens or the mountains.

Classic Rooms: Our classic rooms, although somewhat smaller than our luxury rooms are creations of extreme comfort for our guests. Gay colours typical of the Art Deco period are being used and every room is furnished with a beautiful Art Deco dressing table and fabrics of that period. Most classic rooms are in the main hotel.

The Hotel also offers:

Stylish Reception Rooms: The timeless elegance of the Art Deco period is reflected in the Egyptian inspired pieces of furniture used in the foyer to the hotel. The Charleston inspired purple dressed "lady" overlooking while you sign the register wishes you a hearty welcome. Your luggage will be taken to your bedroom by one of our well trained porters after having served you a welcoming drink of muscadel, a grape variety which Montagu became famous for over the years. This was incidentally the first grape variety planted in the Cape by Jan van Riebeeck in 1652 after his arrival.

The non-smoking lounge is an airy room which flows out onto the spacious wooden deck at the front of the hotel. From the deck one has the most beautiful view of the rugged mountains lovingly cradling the village. The smokers' lounge has its own private pub with flat screen TV. Guests can follow sport matches here, or watch a selection of our movies after dinner. This room scan also be converted into a conference rooms, with windows that can be blocked out completely. The style is also Art Deco, with beautiful pieces collected over the years.

Beautiful Gardens: Huge shady trees surround the hotel which makes sitting outside on a lazy lounger a must. Masses of Iceberg roses line the path to the heated mineral pool while the fragrance of herbs carry on the air as you approach the water spouting statue of the lady, forming the focus of this part of the garden. All the time you are aware of the majestic mountains surrounding the village while strolling in the garden.

Health Centre: Along with offering massages and various other treatments, the uniqueness of our Health Center lies in the healing mineral water, which is to be found in Montagu. The water used in our 'Mineral Bath' pushes from 120 meters under the ground to the surface at a temperature of 26 degrees Celsius. It is then heated to be used in our bath, which is hygienically cleaned after each usage. Users of our bath claims especially relief of arthritic pains and other ailments of joints.

The dining room, The Wild Apricot Restaurant, positioned in symmetry to the foyer, is the epitome of old world elegance and space. White table cloths and period cutlery takes you back to bygone days when serving a meal was an art form more than merely eating a meal. Our menu will also take you back to yore when tasty mutton was used to create a pie smacking of real sheep that ate healthy food in green pastures. Bobotie, another popular dish in our restaurant, might be a traditional dish, but we serve it with a fling to surprise you beyond imagination when it is served.

We offer a menu to satisfy all tastes.

The reaction of one of our more senior guests was that our dining room reminds her of having dinner in the dining room of the Warwick Castle, one of the Union Line Steamers, in 1933.

Soft music played on a baby grand, the romantic light of candles, delightful traditional South African Cuisine at its best, waitresses that are both friendly and efficient all contributes to an evening to remember.

The residents pub, The Dog and Trumpet, is where pre-dinner drinks and after dinner night caps are served until late.

Route 62, where Montagu Country Hotel can be found, is the historical route which was the main link between Port Elizabeth, the Garden Route and Cape Town before the N2 highway was built.

It not only offers a 70 km shorter option between Cape Town and Oudtshoorn, but also runs through the most beautiful mountain passes, alternated by typical Klein Karoo vegetation, vineyards and fruit orchards. It passes through 14 beautifully preserved villages where time has stood still for 40 years.

Montagu lies nestled between two mountains. Its crystal clear air is free of any pollution. It is strategically situated between the Garden Route and Cape Town, offering a most picturesque drive.

The weather is perfect - far enough South to escape the heat of the Klein Karoo; far enough North to get away from the long wet winters of the Cape. In winter, the days are warm and sunny, with the occasional hint of rainfall. Autumn brings on a kaleidoscope of colours. As for October, there isn't a place that can compare to beauty and the abundance of the roses.

Montagu is host to less than ten thousand inhabitants, with a variety of entrepreneurs, hoteliers, a cabinetmaker, a cheese maker, a teddy bear maker, restaurants, and artists.

• Taste and purchase wines after an arranged cellar tour.
• Golfing at any of three excellent golf courses nearby.
• Sport. e.g. Squash, tennis, rock climbing, fishing, horse riding.
• The Natural Hot mineral springs situated 2,7 km from the hotel offers outdoor swimming pools fed from a natural spring which provides water at an initial temperature of 43 degrees Celsius. Relax in the pools with "healing powers".
• Walking trails for the nature lover varying from 2,4 km to 15,6 km through the beautiful kloof of the surrounding mountains.
• Montagu tractor and trailer trip to the summit of the Langeberg mountains is a must. After the trip an optional "potjiekos" lunch is served, prepared by the local farming community.
• Montagu village tractor trip by Uitvlught Winery offers a village tractor ride, giving visitors the opportunity to explore in a unique fashion. The trip is followed by a wine tasting in the cellar.
• Chauffeur driven Cadillac trips are offered from the hotel. We use our 1956 Sedan d'Ville, one of only 2 in South Africa. Popular options include the Robertson Wine route, Kogmanskloof and a village cruise.
• Breede River Goose Boat Trips for a few hours of complete relaxation cruising on the river.

Full day and half day conferences are available at Montagu Country Hotel, which can accommodate between 14 and 50 delegates in its fully equipped venues.

Equipment available:

• Digital Data Projector
• Flip chart
• White board
• TV, VCR, DVD.

Beach and Bush Adventures, one of South Africa's top corporate teambuilding and event organising operators, offers a variety of teambuilding and activity options which can take place onsite at Montagu Country Hotel.

To learn more about what we can do for you and your organisation, please contact us at: bookings@beachandbush.co.za or phone Sean on +27 82 902 5672.

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