Does Babylonstoren have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool.

Is Babylonstoren pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Babylonstoren?

Self parking is free at this property; nearby parking is also free.

What time is check-in at Babylonstoren?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight. Late check-in is available during limited hours.

Does Babylonstoren provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle that runs on request. A fee of ZAR 950 per person applies.

Where is Babylonstoren located?

Situated in a rural location, this luxury hotel is steps from Babylonstoren, and within 3 mi (5 km) of Backsberg Estate Cellars and Vrede en Lust Estate. Anura Vineyards is 2.8 mi (4.5 km) away.

Babylonstoren Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

8/10 Good

Sarah

2025/8/1

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Delicious food and comfy bed

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vida

2025/1/20

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

A beautiful property that is a farm, vineyard and orchard. Everything we ate was delicious and the Carnivore dinner at the Old Bakery is a must. Do as many activities, that are included with your stay. Ask about their sister property that is a 18th century farm as well as the mountain pool. The farm/garden tour were very informative and the water buffalo outing is a must.

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mohammad

2023/6/3

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Outstanding experience

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

eddy

2023/8/25

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

2024/2/26

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Extraordinary

Extraordinary place. If you have any love of gardens, horticulture, farm-to-table food, or just general wholesome living then you will enjoy it here. The gardens and farm are not a performance - at over 2000 acres and something like 700 staff they somehow manage to seamlessly blend luxury with genuine production, and the variety is extraordinary. There is true vision behind this project.

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Simon

2023/1/3

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Heaven on earth

Babylonstoren is like heaven on earth. It is so beautiful that you have to pinch yourself every day to make sure that you are not dreaming. The staff are all amazing and they take such pride in the farm and the hotel. All of the food is locally sourced on the farm itself or nearby and the quality and freshness was unbelievable. We were genuinely sad to leave and we promised that we would be back next year. If there is one place where you must stay in South Africa, then that is Babylonstoren - in fact it is probably the finest place we have stayed in our travels all over the world.

Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2022

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

2023/9/18

Liked: Cleanliness

Disliked: Staff & service

Disappointing

Our expectations were high of such a well know establishment. We found it first of all very crowded with day visitors everywhere. It was a rainy day and the result is that you can hardly walk to your room as nothing is paved. Our shoes were full of mud on arrival. Bathroom floor way too hot, very uncomfortable. Breakfast terrible. Bread is uncovered from 8 onwards, so if you arrive at 9 it’s all very dry. Fruit so big cut that it’s impossible to eat. Omelet was raw on the inside. Onion cut way too big and raw. We skipped the second nights breakfast and moved on to next destination. We definitely won’t return.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mark

2025/5/8

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

must try

Fantastic place, a lot activities, very professional staff, always ready to help.Tasty food at Babylon, but menu to small. We stayed 5 days and getting lunch and dinner on 4 different courses is not OK. Farm houses are build for a warm summer season. First house we stayed was just to cold. next day we moved to another house, which was much better. It was our third time, bit longer this time We enjoyed every day.

Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Emma

2025/1/25

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely stay at a unique hotel

The hotel is beautiful and the farm was gorgeous to walk/cycle around. Breakfast service to get a cup of tea was a little slow occasionally, one day waited 30 mins before we got the tea, then milk and then sugar. The food was all beautifully presented. We really enjoyed our stay but did not think it was good vfm.

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mark

2023/11/4

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Genius concept

Amazing place, perfect ambiance, you really feel comfortable. Many exciting activities. Fantastic breakfast. All planned to smallest detail. Staff very engaged. We are coming back.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

françois

2023/3/9

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Exceptionnelle diversité d'activités, de lieux, d'ambiances, d'hébergements, au sein du même domaine. Un "défaut" pour nous, français ne maîtrisant pas l'anglais couramment, toutes les visites sont exclusivement guidées en anglais.

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Katherine

2022/3/12

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

the property is a working eco farm to table - amazing gardens, vineyards, fruit orchards, guests treated as house guests and all facilities made available without having to pay xtra. Beautiful rooms and clean, organic food.

Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Alan

2021/10/29

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Great location. Absolutely beautiful property. Wonderful food and service

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

2020/12/30

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Unbelievably wonderful

Best hotel experience I’ve ever had anywhere!!

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

2020/2/19

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Helt fantastisk - beliggenhet, standard, mat, renhold, service - vil definitivt tilbake

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

2019/11/28

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Can't wait to go back! Wish we had stayed longer

Babylonstoren was one of the best experiences we've ever had. The service is exceptional and the surrounding areas breathtaking. We felt immediately relaxed when we arrived. The attention to detail was amazing and very thoughtful, down to his and hers rain boots. Everyone we encountered from the staff were so warm and friendly. This is truly a farm-to-table experience with all the produce served at meals from their own gardens. There is so much to do from garden tours to afternoon drives, that we could have spent a whole week there. We can't wait to go back. Cannot recommend Babylonstoren enough.

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

2019/8/6

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A grand experience

Impressive property. Amazing food and breakfast experience. The gardens alone are a destination in itself. Beware that the suites section is closest to the country road (no noise issue at night but slightly as of early morning). The regular rooms are in the back of the property so this would be a more serene spot. I would have preferred feather pillows instead of those bulky synthetic stuffings. Service, interior, etc was excellent. Overall one of the very best experiences I have ever had because of the overall concept. I loves their early morning gardens tour and also the later one for hotel guests which gave it a nice exclusive touch.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

2019/7/16

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

This was the best place we stayed in Cape Town, and the Winelands. The lodging was wonderful, the carnivore dinner was spectacular. This was one of the more memorable things we did in our visit to S.A. and made our experience perfect.

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

2019/5/5

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Incredibly beautiful property with many activities. We only stayed one night and would love to come back for longer!

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Hans

2019/4/12

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Sehr gutes Essen, sehr schönes Zimmer und gepflegte Installationen und sehr zuvorkommendes Personal

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Katrin

2019/1/2

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Babylonstoren

Beautiful place and amazing landscape. The only thing that disappointed us was the fact that we told the staff that we were vegans (considering the breakfasf and dinner) and they told us that they had a lot of options but they unfortunately did not have that when we arrived, kind of boring due to the price we paid for our stay. Otherwise lovely place!

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Peter

2018/10/16

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Einmalig!

Was für ein magischer Ort!!! Das Konzept ist wie aus einem Guss: Weinproduzent (super Degustation), Bio-Farm mit Restaurants (super kreativ und top Qualität), 5* Boutique-Hotel mit SPA! Ideal als Standort um die Weingüter zu besuchen. Wir werden wieder kommen und freuen uns auf die Eröffnung in England!

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

2018/5/17

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Garden, wine, and food heaven

Wow. That’s all that needs to be said about this property. It is absolutely amazing if you’re looking to stay right on a vineyard. Every space was made for photo taking. The Garden? Spectacular. The food? Unbelievable. I wanted to buy everything. Staff were great and courteous and even received special sundowner small dishes in the evening. I wish we had stayed longer. We did all the tours and we definitely recommend them all. The heated pool was so nice after a lovely meal. It really was a small slice of Eden. Cannot wait to return for a longer stay.

Stayed 1 night in May 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

2017/11/28

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Schlechter unqualifizierter Service

Katastrophal und überteuert -trotz wunderschöner Umgebung

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Pedro, Recife

2017/5/8

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hotel charmoso

Hotel muito bonito perto de Stellenbosch. É mais que um hotel-vinícola. é uma exeriência única!

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