A warm welcome awaits with our complimentary home-made Glühwein – wonderful for a fire-side winter-warmer! 20% discount on all bookings for 2 adults sharing a room, minimum 2 nights’ stay. Rates from R 525 per person per night, breakfast included. Valid for bookings in June, July & August ’15
What is “Throwback Thursday”? Throwback Thursday is the name of a weekly social media posting trend and hashtag game that users participate in to share and look back fondly on some of their favorite memories — hence the “throwback” theme. In this case, the “throwback” component of a post can pertain to basically anything that happened …
Mariner Guesthouse has been awarded the Certificate of Excellence and Winner in its category by TripAdvisor for the 2nd year in a row – Yey!!! Winning the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence is a true source of pride for the entire team at Mariner Guesthouse and we’d like to thank all of our past guests who …
If you don’t have a car the train is a cheap and terrific way to get here. The roughly hourly trip runs direct from Cape Town Station offering one of the most scenic train rides in the world along the coast via Muizenberg to the most southerly train station in Africa! Get the timetables here: http://www.metrorail.co.za/Timetables.html
Royal Navy The Royal Navy-Marines captured in Simon`s Town 1928. Look at the buildings in the background, many have not changed that much, and are still in good use today. Photos shared from Wil Howard
At the Just Nuisance community market you can expect lots of stands: wraps, bacon roll’s, pancakes, pies, cakes, sausages, cheeses, samosas, vintage jewelry, beauty and body products, collectibles, porcelain, books, DVD’s, plants, chalk boards, table cloths, toys, bead work etc. Date: 13 June 2015 Venue: Simon’s Town Hall Time: 09:00 – 14:30 See you there!
1. Layer up Although you might think that big winter jumpers are the way to go, wearing layers of thin clothes will keep you warmer as they trap body heat. 2. Eat well and drink warm While having a hot tea or coffee may make you feel warmer, it’s more to do with the caffeine. That is …
“As winter brushes her blue cheeks across Capetonian skies, come and discover how people have weaved their lives through the tip of Africa, as you encounter both the uncommon and marvellous, from flames of restaurant fireplaces to dancing leaves in the Winelands, from the intricate tastes of coffee in art galleries to the smells of …
The name “Mariner” comes from the maritime background of co-owner, Liesel Coetzer’s husband being a navigational Master Mariner at sea, as well as the rich maritime history of Simon’s Town. The town was named after Simon van der Stel, the Dutch governor of the Cape Colony between 1677 and 1699, who surveyed the bay east of …
We would like to share this lovely post from “What’s The Point” “We were out and about at the Cape Point section of SANParks – Table Mountain National Park just after 7am. It was a magnificent sunrise on the bay, but just round the corner the Point was fogbound, and these Baboons were looking mighty …
