> THE BREAKFAST

The Garden House breakfast begins with freshly squeezed oranges (or granadillas). Then you help yourself to Annette’s homemade muesli (and if you’re really nice she’ll let you have the recipe), yoghurt and freshly picked local berries and other fruits in season. This is followed by delicious Franschhoek smoked salmon-trout (on its own, or on toasted brown bread), warm, freshly baked croissants served with jams of the valley, and homemade marmalade, and a selection of excellent local cheeses.

And of course, there is as much freshly made coffee as you like and a choice of teas from the local South African brew, ‘Rooibos’, to ‘builder’s tea” for those who want to get back to basics!

Breakfast is served on the 'stoep' (verandah) with wonderful views across the valley to the Franschhoek and Drakenstein Mountains. Sometimes, you are treated to a dramatic view of the “cloudfall” - a wave of cloud continually breaking over the mountain ridge vaporising as it slowly cascades down the slope.