The gabled Dutch Reformed church on the main street of Franschhoek. Context photograph of the area, not of the property itself.
Akademie Street Boutique Hotel is a boutique hotel in Franschhoek, in the Cape Winelands. Family-owned five-star boutique hotel of nine rooms spread across five private village houses a block off Huguenot Road.
Location
Franschhoek sits at the closed end of a mountain valley settled by Huguenot refugees in 1688, and it is the most concentrated of the Winelands villages: a single main street of restaurants, galleries and tasting rooms, with wine farms running back along the valley floor on either side. Almost everything in the village itself is walkable, and the estates along the Main Road and up Robertsvlei, Verdun and Excelsior roads are a short drive out.
The property is in Franschhoek Village, at 5 Akademie Street, Franschhoek.
Getting there
Franschhoek is roughly 75 km from Cape Town, about an hour and a quarter by road via the N1 and R45 through Paarl, or over the Helshoogte Pass from Stellenbosch. There is no rail service to the village, so a car, a transfer or a wine-tour operator is necessary. The Franschhoek Wine Tram runs a hop-on circuit of estates from the village centre, which is the usual way to taste without driving.
For the wider area — what there is to see, when to come and how the wine routes fit together — see our Franschhoek destination guide.
Accommodation at a glance
- Property type: Boutique hotel
- Rooms or units: 9 (as published by the operator)
- Grading: 5 star
- Facilities listed: pool, free wifi, secure parking, air conditioning
- Address: 5 Akademie Street, Franschhoek
- Also listed as: Akademie Street Boutique Hotel & Guesthouses
The details above are those the operator publishes. We have not inspected this property, and nothing on this page is a review.
Exploring Franschhoek from here
From here you can walk the main street’s restaurants and galleries, visit the Huguenot Memorial Museum and Monument, ride the wine tram between estates, or drive the Franschhoek Pass for the view back down the valley. Stellenbosch is half an hour over Helshoogte, Paarl about twenty-five minutes, and Cape Town a little over an hour away.
Booking this property
Summer, from December to March, is the peak: hot, dry and heavily booked, with the village busiest over the festive weeks. Harvest falls from February into April. The Bastille Festival in July fills the village mid-winter, and otherwise winter is quiet, green and the cheapest time to stay. Rates and availability are set by the property and its booking provider, not by this guide.
Check-in and check-out times, deposit and cancellation terms, child and pet policies and parking arrangements are all set by Akademie Street Boutique Hotel. Confirm them on the booking page before you commit, and confirm anything you are relying on — an accessible room, a cot, secure parking for a hired car — directly with the property.
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