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Adley House
Oudtshoorn, Route 62
- Elegant period house in the centre of Oudtshoorn
- Huge well-established garden with two swimming pools
- Small, intimate and run with pride by the owners, Hilda and Pieter
Starting life as a feather baron’s palace in the early 1900s, Adley House is now a guest house lovingly restored and run by Oudtshoorn locals Hilda and Pieter Retief.
The house retains the classic features of the period: large grounds, well-established evergreen garden with enormous trees, corrugated iron roof, yellowwood floors and a wrap-around stoep (verandah) with broekie-lace (‘panty lace’) eaves.
The 14 large en suite rooms have an inviting farmhouse feel with soft rugs over polished wood floors, fluffy duvets and wicker-weave chairs. The rooms are comfortably appointed with air-conditioning, satellite TV, mini bars, tea and coffee, overhead fans and electric blankets.
Food is the soul of life in the Karoo and Hilda bakes fresh bread and evening barbeques – on request – feature local specialities of lamb, ostrich and springbok under the clear skies of a warm evening.
The swimming pools offer welcome refreshment after a day’s outing in the baking Karoo sun. Oudtshoorn is the largest town in the area and a convenient central base from which to explore the regions diverse attractions. And Adley House is a convenient and central base in Oudtshoorn.
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Type: Guest House
Rates from: R455pp sharing
Status: Loads of Fairy Dust
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Adley House is in central Oudtshoorn, a block back from the main streets and protected by huge trees and 5,000 square metres of garden. |
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Route 62 is a journey of diversity that will take you from bum-clenching mountain passes through fertile citrus valleys and wine farms to semi-arid pancake-flat desert with game farms. |
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