Hazendal Hotel & Spa

Hazendal Hotel & Spa is a contemporary boutique hotel on Hazendal Wine Estate in the Bottelary Hills of Stellenbosch, one of South Africa's oldest wine farms, established in 1699. The hotel is reserved for its own guests, with 34 rooms and suites set around courtyard gardens by landscape designer Leon Kluge and a private heated pool.

Superior rooms open onto balconies over the courtyard and pool, Luxury rooms have terraces looking across the farm dam to the Bottelary Hills, and the suites add lounges and decks with private hot tubs. Every room has a king bed that can be made up as twins, air conditioning, a minibar, a tea and coffee pod machine, a workstation, Wi-Fi and a balcony or patio.

Breakfast is included, along with a padel session, unlimited putt-putt, gym access, an art tour of the hotel and entry to Wonderdal, the estate's supervised learning centre for children aged 5 to 13. The spa has single and couples' treatment rooms, a hammam and a nail studio, and the hotel has a private screening room, a cigar lounge and a bar.

Beyond the hotel, the estate has its own restaurants, a wine lounge in the old cellar, an 18-hole par-3 golf course and driving range, a contemporary art gallery and the organic Harvest Garden that supplies the kitchens.