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Goblin's Cove
At a Glance
- quaint train-coach accommodation
- regularly updated menu
Pros
- restaurant booking is essential
Cons
Goblin's Cove Review
You can find this delightful little hotel and restaurant, the creation of sculptor Charles Gotthard, amid trees next to a river. It's made up like a fantasy fairy world, with three stories of little rooms, winding passageways, and stairs leading to colorful private alcoves and balconies. The restaurant ($$) has tasty, creative cuisine, such as South African springbok carpaccio, Thai chicken salad, and lime-marinated chicken breasts. A set menu ($$$$) is offered on Sunday. Bookings are essential. A small shop sells dream catchers, small fairy statues, and the like, and the Gobble D'Gook coffee shop serves homemade cakes on weekends and holidays. There are three B&B units in a restored vintage train car and two forest cabins. Less than 10 km (6 mi) away and also operated by Gotthard are the smaller Out of Africa Guest Lodge, which has five two-story thatch cottages, and La Provence, which has seven suites, each with a lovely antique Victorian bath, in an old stone sculptor's studio.
- Address: Off R24, Bekker School Rd., Box 98, Magaliesberg, 1791 | Map It
- Phone: 014/576-2143; 014/577-1126 Out of Africa and La Provence
- Website: www.goblins.co.za
- Location: The Magaliesberg
Contact Information
- 3 rooms, 2 cabins.
- Restaurant.
- Rooms have: no TV.
- Rate includes breakfast.
- Credit cards accepted.
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