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Abigails Bed and Breakfast

Stillbaai - South Africa

Email Abigails Bed and Breakfast Reservations: booksa@madbookings.com

We have aimed to provide interesting, artistically decorated interiors set in lovely secluded clusters of garden - our gardens have been designed to add a dimension of further enjoyment with interesting water features and quiet restful corners.

Original artworks, feather duvets and small charming touches in an ambience of creativity will entice our guests into relaxed comfort.
All our accommodation has been planned to ensure your personal privacy and total enjoyment.

Abigails Bed and Breakfast Accommodation

We have mix of cottages, suites and rooms.
All are different sizes and the decor is different in each one.
We provide 3 star accommodation at an affordable price.

We do not serve dinners but to have the facility for you to heat up take aways, ready made meals etc.
Our cottages do have reasonably well equipped kitchens.

Gull Cottage:
A fully self-contained cottage with its own lounge, kitchen, bathroom and patio.
It has a double bed & 2 sleeper couches.

Mulberry Cottage:
A fully self-contained cottage with its own kitchen, bathroom and patio.
It has two single beds and a sleeper couch.

Benjamin's:
A very large suite, with a Victorian theme, with its own separate lounge and bathroom en suite.
It has 2 single beds & 2 sleeper couches.

Tartan Trout:
A large suite, with a Scottish feel, with its own separate lounge and bathroom en suite, with it's own verandah.
It has 2 single beds & 2 sleeper couches.

Livingstones:
A double room, with an African theme, with its own bathroom en suite.
It has a double bed.

Tabby Tiger:
A double room with an ethnic feel, it's own patio and bathroom en suite and sharing a kitchenette with The Singing Chameleon.
It has 2 single beds.

Singing Chameleon:
A double room with it’s own bathroom en suite, very private patio with a lovely water feature and use of the shared kitchenette with Tabby Tiger.
It has a double bed & 1 sleeper couch.

Location and Facilities

Situated in the quiet leafy suburb of Parkview we have the following advantages:
· On the bus route to the CBD and with easy access to the freeways. Conveniently close to Parktown, Rosebank, Randburg, Sandton and the Melville / Auckland Park area.
· We are also close to many Theatres, Art Galleries, Universities and the major Hospitals.
· We have a swimming pool available for use. Tennis, Golf, Bowls and Squash are available nearby.
· Within walking distance is Parkview Village, a unique shopping centre that has retained the olde world charm of the suburb's early days while nevertheless still stocking almost every commodity one could wish to buy and has many top class restaurants.
· A selection of excellent Restaurants are close by including Franco's Scuzi's, Stelles, Moyo and Pride of India.
· Zoo Lake and the Zoo are within walking distance and provide lovely walks.
· We have secure lockup parking.
· We have seven different units, all with bathroom en suite, available to guests, each of which has it's own distinctive character and charm. Names like Tartan Trout, Gull Cottage and The Singing Chameleon hint at the unique personality of each unit.

Dining Room:
Our well appointed dining room seats you in comfort at separate tables.

The Gardens:
The gardens are just the place to sit and unwind while you forget about the hussle and bustle of the real world - enjoy the tranquility and bird life whilst in the city of gold.

Abigail's History:
Our home at number 52 Galway road is one of the oldest houses in the area. Parkview was proclaimed as a township in 1906, in 1907 our house was built by architect F. Dumphries for F Mustart Esq who was a doctor in Philosophy.
Gull Cottage is part of the original stables that held 2 horses and the hay shed. The Singing Cameleon and Tabby Tiger are the old carriage house.
We have owned number 52 for the past 25 years and the family before us lived here for 25 years. At one time it was the Manse for the Dutch Reformed Church.

In 1919 the main bedroom was added and very little has changed since then. The bathrooms were added in the 60’s, before which the outside loo was serviced via the sanitary lane!
There is a huge old oak tree in the garden, which in all probability, was brought out from Ireland, as a sapling, in 1907 by Major O’Hara, who lived just around the corner in Killkenny Road, and who was responsible for naming all the Parkview streets, hence the Irish names!

Across the road number 51, our other 4 units, was built in 1920 for Mrs. Georgina Walker. It was bought, soon after, by Mr. Roderick Donaldson of Consolidated Mines Selection Co. Ltd, after his marriage on 29th December 1920. It remained in the family until the death of his daughter Margaret, who had been born in the house in 1926. The house was sold in 1992 and became ours 5 years later in 1997.
The Donaldson family owned the house for over 70 years. It is also largely unchanged and charming. The en suite bathrooms are all new.
Mulberry Cottage is the original garage, coal shed and store room!
Parkview has a fascinating history and many notable and famous South Africans have resided here.

Email Abigails Bed and Breakfast Reservations: booksa@madbookings.com