Franschhoek Accommodation for your Dream Wedding

Allée Bleue Estate in Franschhoek

Weddings are one of the most beautiful events in everyone's life. Uttering the two most difficult words 'I do', is an expression of love, and is a promise to always be their in health and sickness, in good times and bad times as an unconditional support, and unconditional love.

Everyone has lots of dreams about their wedding day. Planning your wedding as early as a year in advance is very common. It is not easy to find a suitable venue in the last hour, and also find suitable Franschhoek accommodation for you and your guests too.

Allée Bleue Estate is one of the most desired venues of the modern wedding in Cape Town and Franschhoek. Fun-filled, romantic and exotic, Allée Bleue makes one of the most fancied and sought after locations for many weddings. Allée Bleue in the Franschhoek Valley and close to Franschhoek Town loved by people all over the world, accommodation after your wedding is never a problem. If you have a wedding at Allée Bleue close to Franschhoek you are going to be flooded with choices as to which place you would like to accommodate your guests. Besides, these Hotels, Guest Houses and Bed & Breakfasts come with most comfortable facilities. With accommodation to suit every budget, you can always find a place with loads of scenic beauty and warm hospitality.

In the unique surroundings of our wonderfully beautiful estate, Allée Bleue offers you warm hospitality and accommodation for your Cape Wineland Wedding..



Allée BleueManor House

Manor House - The Manor House as Franschhoek accommodation has a series of elegant dining and meeting rooms. Upstairs, in what was originally a storage barn, there is luxurious accommodation in two spacious and private suites. Outdoors, there’s a terrace and walled garden with lawns edged in iceberg roses and lavender, and beyond a citrus orchard and herb garden. Read further here.



Manor House Bathroom

Kendal Cottage - This Boutique hotel is perfect for wedding couples or business guests looking for Franschhoek accommodation. It is a brilliantly composed mixture of style and timeless luxury. With the historical building putting on a contemporary jacket, Kendall cottage can be found nestling in the centre of the Franschhoek estate . Read further here.

Allée Bleue Kendal Cottage

Mill House - Decorated in a sophisticated palette of whites and neutrals and featuring a striking collection of modern art, the Mill House offers two generous double rooms.  Rates include, wireless internet access, 24-hour security, wine tasting, a guided tour of the estate and breakfast.

 Allée Bleue Mill House

Room rates from January 2012 – April 2013

Category	Quantity	Single room rate per person per night	Double room rate per person per night
Kendall Cottage	2 double rooms	R 1.200,00 incl. breakfast	R 900,00 incl. breakfast
Manor House	2 suites	R 1.700,00 incl. breakfast	R 1.400,00 incl. breakfast
Mill House	2 Rooms	R500.00 Incl. Continental breakfast	R400.00 Incl. continental breakfast

 

 

For more information visit our website or contact info@alleebleue.co.za or phone +27 (21) 874 1021



 

 

South Africa Bird Watching in Franschhoek - Allée Bleue

With its amazing biological diversity, thriving ecosystems and wonderful climate, it is no wonder that South Africa has emerged as one of the top global destinations for South Africa bird watching tours. South Africa has around 850 recorded bird species, 725 of them resident or migrant and 50 endemic. These numbers make bird watching tours supremely satisfying for birders of all levels who flock together (pardon the pun!) from all over the globe to catch a glimpse of beautiful, rare and endangered species - such as the blue crane and black African oystercatcher.
Hundreds of nature parks and game reserves throughout he country provide excellent opportunities for bird watching. Tours to the coastal areas, the grassy wetlands, and even the interior regions and cities with their high density of birds per square kilometre, allow bird watchers of varying ages and levels of expertise countless hours filled with sightings. Here are just a few of the important birding areas of South Africa:

Western Cape

Many say that Cape Town offers the best sea-birding and pelagic bird watching tours in the area. Certainly, many varieties of gulls, frigate birds, tropic birds, boobies, petrels, cormorants, albatrosses, and terns abound. For those who manage to schedule their South Africa bird watching tours during the Sardine Run that occurs around June or July, the incredible sight of Cape gannets diving into the seas to catch fish is definitely something to remember and record in birding journals. And did we mention the African penguins? Make your way to Boulder Beach, and you'll be delighted at how close they come to you.
Bird watching tours in the Western Cape will take you where the fynbos are, and that's where you'll also be able to spot some of South Africa's favourite endemics such as the orange-breasted sunbird, protea seedeater, Cape siskin, Cape sugarbird and Hottentot buttonquail. The rocky cliffs are home to the Cape rockjumper, while the Knysna and Victoria's warblers prefer damper valleys.

 

Allée Bleue - Franschhoek

Allée Bleue Wine Estate is well equipped with luxury Franschhoek accommodation, in the center of the Wine Estate, to start your bird watching of the many South African Bird species to be found in Franschhoek.  Driving up the iconic blue alley (Allée Bleue) you will be greeted by Peacocks while enjoying breakfast and lunch at Allée Bleue Bistro.

Either making your way down the Eucalyptus alley by foot or by car, you will be amazed by the Eagle Owls and various other bird life nested in and around the majestic trees. Some off the
South African Birds in Franschhoek Valley;

(A)African Black Duck, African Darter, African Fish Eagle, African Goshawk, African Harrier-Hawk, African Olive-Pigeon, African Paradise Flycatcher, African Pipit, African Sacred Ibis, Alpine Swift, Amethyst Sunbird, (B) Black Harrier, Black Headed Heron, Black Saw-wing, Black Sparrow-hawk, Black-crowned Night Heron, Black-shouldered Kite, Blacksmith Lapwing, Blue Crane (flyover), Booted Eagle, Brimstone Canary, (C) Cape Batis, Cape Bulbul, Cape Canary, Cape Crow, Cape Grassbird, Cape Hoopoe, Cape Robin-Chat, Cape Siskin, Cape Spurfowl, Cape Sugar Bird, Cape Turtle Dove, Cape Wagtail, Cape Weaver, Cape White-eye, Cattle Egret, Common Fiscal, Common Starling, Common Waxbill, (D) Dusky Flycatcher, (E) Egyptian Goose, (F) Familiar Chat, Fiscal Flycatcher, Forktail Drongo,  (G) Giant Kingfisher, Greater Striped Swallow, Greenbacked Heron, Grey Heron, (H) Hadeda Ibis, Hamerkop, Helmeted Guinea Fowl,(J) Jackal Buzzard, (K) Karoo Prinia, (L) Lanner Falcon, Laughing Dove, (M) Malachite Kingfisher, Malachite Sunbird, (O) Olive Thrush, Orange Breasted Sunbird, (P) Peregrine Falcon, Pied Crow, Pied Starling, Pin tailed Whydah, Purple Heron, (R)  Red Chested Cuckoo, Red-eyed Dove, Red-faced Mousebird, Red-wing Starling, Reed Cormorant, Rock Kestrel, (S) Southern Boubou, Southern Double Collared Sunbird, Southern Masked Weaver, Speckled Mousebird, Speckled Pigeon, Spotted Eagle Owl, Spurwing Goose, Steppe Buzzard, Swee Waxbill, (T) Three-banded Plover, (V) Verreaux's Eagle, (W) White Necked Raven, White-backed Mousebird, White-rumped Swift, White-throated Swallow, (Y) Yellow Bishop, Yellow-billed Duck, Yellow-billed Kite

List courtesy of birdlifebergriver.blogspot.com

An Overnight retread on the Allée Bleue Estate.

Kendall Cottage is an ideal retreat for South Africa Bird- Lovers, The Cottage boasts two generous bedrooms both with en-suite bathroom facilities and a big lounge with an in-house bar and fireplace. You are sure to be captivated by the cottage's understated luxury and unique combination of traditional and contemporary design.

Kendall Cottage package

1 overnight stay in our Kendall Cottage

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Welcome coffee or tea and homemade cake

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Wine tasting and cellar tour at the Allée Bleue Wine estate

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Cheese and meat platter with home baked breads including 1 bottle of Allée Bleue Starlette Pinotage

served in the Kendall Cottage for supper

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English or continental breakfast served in the cottage or in our Bistro

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1 Allée Bleue gift pack with Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar

R 900.00 p. p. and night

Reservations on request and availability.

 

 

Kendal Cottage as accommodation in Franschhoek

KENDALL COTTAGE In early 2009, Kendall Cottage, a historic residence on the Estate dating back to 1920, was opened as a private, luxury retreat for newlyweds or small groups. Decorated in a sophisticated palette of blues and neutrals and featuring a striking collection of modern art, the cottage offers two generous suites linked by a spacious living room leading onto a private terrace overlooking lavender and rosemary fields.
Rates include, wireless internet access, 24-hour security, wine tasting, a guided tour of the estate and breakfast during your Franschhoek accommodation.

Kendall Cottage package

May - August 2012

1 overnight stay in our Kendall Cottage

*

Welcome coffee or tea and homemade cake

*

Wine tasting and cellar tour at the Allée Bleue Wine estate

*

Cheese and meat platter with home baked breads including 1 bottle of Allée Bleue Starlette Pinotage

served in the Kendall Cottage for supper

*

English or continental breakfast served in the cottage or in our Bistro

*

1 Allée Bleue gift pack with Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar

R 750.00 p. p. and night

Any additional night R 700.00 p.p. (bed and breakfast)

Reservations on request and availability.

 

 Give us a moment to describe ALLEE BLEUE..

 

ALLEE BLEUE is the allure of the color Blue…the color of boundless distance and open skies…of meditation and tranquility…of sapphire crystals and ocean depths.

It is the grandeur of fascinating Blue Planet upon which we play…mystery of life and the magic of priceless moments. It’s the spirit of the Blue Eucalyptus trees which welcome guests to the Estate with cathedral-like importance…and the hundreds of turquoise hydrangeas standing guard at the farm werf’s imposing and historic entrance.

Simply put, ALLÉE BLEUE is a metaphor for the majesty of life…a place where there is an appreciation for what is truly important…and where the meaning of “real” is ultimately understood.

ALLÉE BLEUE was established in 1690 by the free burger, Pieter Andersen, by special decree of Simon van der Stel under the name "Mere Rust". The original Cape wine farm takes its 315-year old history into the future with a new name and concept. ALLÉE BLEUE - translated from French, "Avenue of Blue" refers to the Eucalyptus-lined entrance road to the estate, and also represents the owners' personal life philosophy an appreciation for the grandeur found naturally upon our Blue Planet.

Today ALLÉE BLEUE is owned by the German family, DAUPHIN, who have Huguenot-roots and are world renowned for their state-of-the-art office furniture. Having acquired the property in 1999, the Dauphin Family have taken the estate boldly into the new millennium where the past and future meet harmoniously.

ALLÉE BLEUE ESTATE welcomes you to experience a fusion of sensitively restored heritage and contemporary luxury - a place where yesterday and tomorrow meet. 

 

Our well-experienced Hospitality Team look forward to welcoming you!

Please contact us at info@alleebleue.com or 021 874 1021 for more information or to make a booking.

Accommodation Franschhoek: Manor House

You should consider Franschhoek accommodation if you are deciding on any business conference or convention in South Africa. This beautiful town that is rooted in history can set the place for any businesses meeting. Once a sleepy country retreat, the village began experiencing a boom since the 1990s, and property prices have sharply increased. The ideal summer weather, snowy peaks in winter and proximity to Cape Town have turned Franschhoek into one of South Africa's most sought after residential addresses.

The ALLÉE BLEUE Hospitality Team welcomes you to our Manor House - The most historically significant building on the estate. Dating back to 1689, the Manor House has been transformed into a luxuriously appointed executive retreat. The ALLÉE BLEUE Hospitality Team is dedicated to make your stay most memorable!

 

Should you wish to invite your friends or colleagues around to experience the beautiful and luxurious retreat for exclusive luncheons, evening dinners or corporate functions, please contact us for more information.

Maximum Capacity: Sleeps 4 guests (2 couples); 30 guests for functions

Menu options: Breakfast is always included when you stay over in the Manor House. Any additional meals are available on request. 

Bookings at info@alleebleue.com or phone +27 (0) 21 874 1021/2/3

 

ABOUT ALLÉE BLEUE MANOR HOUSE

The Manor House has a series of elegant dining and meeting rooms. Upstairs, in what was originally a storage barn, there is luxurious Franschhoek accommodation in two spacious and private suites. Outdoors, there’s a terrace and walled garden with lawns edged in iceberg roses and lavender, and beyond a citrus orchard and herb garden.

Artists and designers Emil and Gundel Sogor, who have been intimately involved in shaping many aspects of Allée Bleue’s unique identity since it was acquired by Elke and Wilfried Dauphin in 1999, were tasked with the ambitious restoration and decoration project. Throughout the process, they had to work very closely with the local heritage trust. The house’s original walls, plasterwork, wooden floors, sash windows, shutters and doors were either painstakingly repaired or replaced.  The Sogors created a seamless, white-on-white shell with which to work, a blank canvas for their signature paint effects and Emile’s striking art.

An impressive collection of antique furniture, bought by the owners on auction in Cape Town over 10 years ago, informed the layout and design of the four main reception rooms. Enormous, handcrafted armoires, some featuring intricate inlays and decorative carvings, are a focal point in each room.

The antiques are complemented by ultra-modern pieces sourced from DauphinDesign in Germany and Weylandt Interiors in Cape Town. For Elke Dauphin, the aesthetic balance of contradictory factors in the interiors – antique and modern, new and old – is an important element. In one of the rooms, a handcrafted dining room table by Cape Town-based Pierre Cronje is successfully paired with sleek, contemporary white leather dining chairs from Weylandt Interiors. 

Colour is an important thread running through the house, as is exquisite, often dramatic lighting and Italian-influenced paint effects. Paintings by Emil Sogor – like intricate storyboards referencing specific historic themes – and handpicked reproductions of artist and engineer Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings, further enhance and inform the character and provenance of each room.

ALLEE BLEUE HOSPITALITY LOVE TO WELCOME YOU SOON ON YOUR STAY IN FRANSCHHOEK, SOUTH AFRICA.