The Bethesda Tower B&B A fairy-tale tower, three stories high, ideal for a romantic couple or adventurous family. The top floor’s huge round bed has 360°views, and on the middle floor are twin beds / lounge. The bathroom is on the ground floor down external spiraling stairs. A unique experience! For Larger Families or Groups of up to 10 People, The Bethesda Tower, The Priory stained glass room, The Priory upstairs and The Priory downstairs can be rented together.
Our rate includes a delicious breakfast, which is served from our on-site Tower Café. Dinners are available on request, at the time of booking. The Priory B&B Is named after the Priory in England where its stunning 1820 stained glass windows came from. It sleeps a maximum of 6 people. A beautiful stone courtyard with its Braai offers privacy and charm in an outdoor setting. Here you can gaze at the famous Bethesda night sky.
Nights spent in the Centre’s friendly, quirky Priory, will not only give you the chance to meet the local indigenous artists but to know that you are supporting a worthwhile project that is changing people’s lives. For Larger Families or Groups of up to 10 People, The Bethesda Tower, The Priory stained glass room, The Priory upstairs and The Priory downstairs can be rented together. Our rate includes a delicious breakfast, which is served from our on-site Tower Café. Dinners are available on request, at the time of booking.
WORLD-CLASS ATTRACTION, ONSITE! The Bushman Heritage Museum An immersive experience into the wisdom of the /Xam For thousands of years, the /Xam Bushman lived in the Great Karoo. Within 250 years of the coming of the Dutch and English settlers, they had been driven into extinction. But they had a profound understanding of the creation of the sun, moon, and stars, and world. Their stories are startlingly relevant in our current times of environmental catastrophe. They were saved by a sort of miracle, in a manuscript that has been studied and interpreted in giant tapestries and the Bushman Heritage Museum for twenty Years by Bushman descendants.
We offer: Gallery of Tapestries, with a guide to explain the stories (Entrance Fee R65) A gallery shop to purchase original lino prints and textiles made at the museum, A licensed Café, with an excellent choice of wines. We have a reputation as being one of the best vegan and vegetarian restaurants/Café in the Karoo with seasonal vegetables we grow in our community garden. Creative light meals are always available. We serve a variety of meat dishes, specializing in Karoo lamb - lamb shank and our famous lamb curry are very popular. Warm hospitality and a chance to talk with our Bushman artist who runs the Centre.
In Room Facilities:
*Bedding
*Electricity
*Heaters
*Warm blankets
*Fans
Establishment Facilities:
*On-site restaurant
*On-site art gallery
*On-Site Museum
There are wonderful views of the surrounding hills from the Tower balcony, and at night you can sit and sip your wine under the stars in the round stone courtyard, in privacy and complete safety.
*Welcoming accommodation in our charming Tower and Priory.
*The Bushman Heritage Museum
*The Owl House
*Friendly indigenous people – artists of /Xam descent
*Explore Bushman mythology in our galleries of rich tapestries
*Stunning artwork to buy at very reasonable prices
A fairy-tale tower, ideal for a romantic couple or adventurous family The top floor’s huge round bed has 360°views, and on the middle floor are twin beds/lounge. The bathroom is on the ground floor down external spiraling stairs. A unique experience!
A historic house with whitewashed walls and Oregon floors and ceilings. It has three bedrooms, two of them with double beds, both with French doors opening to a private garden. The third is a twin room. The house has a large open-plan kitchen/living room.
En-suite double room with French doors opening into a beautiful private stone courtyard. Perfect for a family when booked with the Priory: upstairs Terrace room.
En-suite double room with high ceilings, gothic door, and beautiful stained glass windows. This room has a king-size bed but can be made up as a twin on request - kindly send us a note when making your booking.
Beautiful room opening onto a private terrace, where you can gaze at the famous Bethesda night sky. Can be made up as a twin room on request. Ideal for a family when booked with the Priory: Downstairs. The bathroom is accessed via an external staircase.
Deposits - Any deposit paid will be non-refundable in the event of a booking being cancelled at any stage after confirmation.
Cancellation Procedure - All cancellations must be done in writing.
Early Departure - In the event of early departures, the visitor shall be liable for the full amount outstanding for the duration of the booking, which means that any funds paid to Bethesda Tower on arrival will be non-refundable.
Drive into Nieu Bethesda. You will reach a 4 way stop. Turn Right. Turn Right again immediately, into Muller Street. We are located opposite the Police Station.
