Villa With a Private Padel Court in Franschhoek, Sleeps 20

01 Hideaway Included

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The Villa for a Group

Sleeping: Ten bedrooms, all en suite, kings and twin-shares, twenty of you. Air conditioning that heats as well as cools, a television in each, and a coffee machine for the first cup, in bed or out on the stoep. A staff suite of its own means a nanny or your own chef can come too, without taking one of the ten.
The long table: One table in The Barn that all twenty sit at, which is most of the reason to come with twenty.
Flow: Stoeps, barn, pools, gym, pavilion and court. You share a room only when you choose to.
Design: Its original architecture honoured, with everything added kept inside the old buildings: vaulted timber ceilings, an antler chandelier above the entrance stair, mustard velvet in the lounge, green cabinetry in the dining room, a green marble counter at the wine bar. The bathrooms are each their own, botanical wallpaper and marble in one, checkerboard and gold in another. Nothing in it reads as rented.

The vineyard from the air, the valley and the mountains beyond

The covered terrace lounge and its fireplace

Main living room with vaulted timber ceiling and chandelier at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

Entrance hall and staircase with antler chandelier at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

Bedroom with vineyard view and sitting area at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

Master bedroom with arched window and garden view at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

Guest bedroom with garden view at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

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The Setting

Seclusion: A working wine farm ringed by mountains, vines and olive groves. Far enough out that town is somewhere you decide to go, and five minutes away when you do.
The view: Mountains on three sides, and the light going gold from four.
Quiet: Farm quiet. Most afternoons the loudest thing on it is the court.
The land: Vines and olive groves, orchards and a herb garden, two eco dams, koi and lily ponds, and a weeping willow over the garden pond.

The covered terrace, looking over the pool

Sun loungers under the poolside pavilion

Paddakloof manor house across the pond with Franschhoek mountains behind

Lily pond with Franschhoek mountain views in the Paddakloof gardens

Garden room with steel doors opening onto the hedge avenue at Paddakloof

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The Padel Court

Private: A private court inside the farm with its own clubhouse. Only your group plays.
The court underfoot: A glass court on green turf, sunk into the garden inside honey-coloured sandstone walls, with flower beds and young cypress along the coping and floodlights curving over each end.
Upkeep: Kept daily, alongside the vines and the pools.
Sound: A sound system wired into the court itself. Whatever is playing plays courtside.
Between sets: A heated pool a few steps from the court, the clubhouse behind it, and a lounge suite in the shade. Whoever is not playing watches from the water.
The view from it: Under the Franschhoek mountains, with the stone clubhouse at one end of the court and the peaks rising straight behind it, so the whole valley is behind every point. Our founder has walked it.

The court from the garden at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

The court from the pool at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

The glass court inside its sandstone walls, flower beds along the coping

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The Kitchen

The kitchen: A kitchen built to cook for twenty. The pizza oven outside and the stone braai in the dining room for the nights nobody wants a menu.
Eating out: Some of the best tables in the country are in the village, close enough to go on the day you decide to.
The wine: A working wine farm, two cellars, and a V-collection tasting on request. The shelves hold more than the farm's own: Chilean and French bottles alongside the South African.

Cottage kitchen with breakfast table at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

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The Relaxation

Water: Four pools, a jacuzzi, and the largest untouched eco dam in the country.
The gym: A full gym with reformer pilates, and a cold-water plunge. A training week, if you want one.
Sauna and pavilion: An infra-red sauna that looks at the mountains, and a yoga pavilion set apart from the rest.
Sleep, and room to disappear: Dark rooms, and grounds big enough to lose an afternoon in without crossing anyone else's.

The infra-red sauna, looking at the mountains

Natural swimming pond and lawn at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

Botanical-wallpaper bathroom with marble shower at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

Marble bathroom with checkerboard floor at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

Bedroom with blue damask wallpaper at Paddakloof villa, Franschhoek

Green-tiled bathroom with gold mirror at Paddakloof villa, Franschhoek

Striped bathroom with subway-tile shower at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

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The Service on site

The staff: Butler and concierge, daily housekeeping, laundry and turndown. The staff live on the farm.
The grounds: The grounds are kept for walking. Paths through the vines and the olives, past the walled garden and the ponds, and the pools, gym and court looked after with them.
What nobody has to do: A staffed estate. Nobody in your group carries a key.

Garden cottage exterior with flower beds at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

Cottage veranda with outdoor dining at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

Cottage sitting room with antique armoire at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

The walled garden at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

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The Feeling

Arrival: The farm road, the mountains, the vines. The drive in does the work.
The shape of a day: Court and clubhouse by day, the sauna or the gym after, the cellar when the sun goes.
Collected, not decorated: Artworks, lamps, books and objects brought back from everywhere, each with a place of its own: a chess table in the lounge, green armchairs at the bar, stone fireplaces in the living room and the sitting room. The rooms were filled over time rather than furnished at once.

The garden pond under the weeping willow

Sitting room with large open fireplace at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

Chess table in the lounge at Paddakloof villa, Franschhoek

Shaded forest garden path at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

The garden pond at Paddakloof, Franschhoek

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The features

Everything in the hideawayroom by room

The hideaway

10 bedrooms, all en suite
Sleeps 20 · historic wine farm
"The Barn", restaurant-grade kitchen
Stoeps and long tables
Fireplaces
Original farm architecture honoured
Main and underground wine cellars

Sleeping

Kings and twin-share rooms
Coffee station in every room
Underfloor heating throughout
Air conditioning that heats and cools
Walk-in showers
Hotel-grade linen and towels
Robes and hairdryers
Turndown nightly

Kitchen & table

Restaurant-grade kitchen in The Barn
Pizza oven and outdoor braai
Long tables for 20
Wine cellars, tasting on request
Villa chef, or bring your own

Court & outdoors

Private floodlit glass padel court with clubhouse
Sound system wired into the court
Heated pool and lounge suite courtside
Rackets and balls courtside
Heated 27 m eco-pool + splash + garden pools
Jacuzzi · two eco dams · koi and lily ponds
Olive groves, orchards, herb garden
Five e-bikes

Wellness & tech

Gym: two treadmills, two bikes, elliptical
Pilates reformer
Cold-water plunge (in gym)
Infra-red sauna
Yoga and wellness pavilion
Smart TVs with Netflix and DStv in every room
Fast wifi throughout
Sound system

Service & stay

Butler and concierge
Daily housekeeping, laundry, turndown
Staff accommodation on site
Staff suite for a nanny or your own chef
Villa chef, or bring your own
Farm, pools and court kept daily
Cape Town International, ~50 minutes
Franschhoek town under 5 minutes

Anything in outline is not here, and it is stated rather than hidden.

02 Concierge Included

We plan the week with you before you arrive, and stay reachable through it.

Pre-arrival: Chef, tastings, transfers and the week's shape, set before you land.
During: The estate team on the ground; us on call for the rest.
What we add: The estate is staffed whether or not you add us. What we add is the planning, and one number to call.

03 Driver On request

We sort how you get there, and how you get around.

The route in: Cape Town International is about forty-five to fifty minutes; met at arrivals.
The week: A driver for the winelands and the coast; five e-bikes for the farm.

A Range Rover parked in the garden, ready for the week

04 Chef On request

A chef for the week, or for the nights of it you want one.

Whose chef: The estate has its own, and you can bring your own instead if you would rather.
The kitchen: The Barn's kitchen is theirs for the week.
Out: Nights out booked before you arrive, so the village tables are not a gamble on the day.

05 Coach On request

You came to play, so we only use coaches we have played with, or who come highly regarded by the coaches we know.

The bench: Cape professionals with competition experience; English taught.
The format: Your court and clubhouse, your hours, drills, matchplay, a farm tournament.
The levels: Mixed groups read in one warm-up.

Trip Plan

Plan your ideal week and send us your preferences. We will refine your costs and handle every detail from there.

Your trip plan

Pick a week to start

A week can start on any day. For Paddakloof, minimum night stay can be adjusted, down to three nights.

Paddakloof, a private villa in Franschhoek, South Africa with its own court. The whole place, sleeps 20. The week planned end to end.

Select your preferences

Hideaway IncludedA historic wine farm, exclusively yours
Concierge IncludedButler and concierge on the estate

What it costs

Hideaway, the week: €68,250
Concierge: Included

From €68,250 · about €3,413 each, twenty sharing

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The practical questions about Paddakloof

Why book through you?

The villas are looked after by people who are particular about who they work with, and they work with us. That takes time to earn and it is why this collection grows slowly, a villa at a time.

You pay the villa's own rate, and the week costs no more for our being in it: our commission comes out of what the villa already charges. The Concierge, Driver, Chef and Coach are quoted alongside it as one price, and we are on call for them all week. Every enquiry comes to us, so the person who answers is the person who arranges it.

How this began →

Is there a security deposit at Paddakloof?

The villa sets its deposit and it is written into your agreement before you book. Ask us and we will tell you the figure for your dates.

More on how deposits and damage are handled →

When do we arrive, and can we book a shorter stay?

Any day, minimum 3 nights. Three nights is the shortest stay it takes, in the quieter weeks and subject to what the villa has open. Tell us your dates and we will confirm with the villa.

Which airport do we fly into for Paddakloof?

Cape Town International (CPT), about fifty minutes away by road. Add the Driver and you are met at arrivals and driven in.

What comes with the villa, and what can I add at Paddakloof?

The whole villa, yours alone, 10 suites for 20. A concierge comes with the villa. Add a driver, a chef and a coach and we plan the week and come back with one price.

What is added to the rate at Paddakloof?

It differs by villa. Some quote the week with the cleaning and the taxes inside it; others charge cleaning separately, or tax on the booking fee. We confirm this villa's lines before we quote, so the figure we come back with is the figure you pay.

Checked 15 September 2026

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When do I pay for Paddakloof, and what if we have to cancel?

50% of the week confirms the booking and the other 50% is the balance before you arrive. The dates for both are on the booking form. Both payments are non-refundable. If you have to cancel or shorten, the portfolio tries to re-let the nights, and where it succeeds a refund for those nights is at the owner’s discretion, less a 3% charge for the work of rebooking. Extraordinary travel disruption is looked at case by case and still needs the owner’s agreement.

More on cancelling and what happens to what you have paid →

Does Paddakloof have its own padel court?

Yes. A private, floodlit glass court sunk into the garden of the farm in Franschhoek, with its own stone clubhouse, a sound system and a heated pool beside it, under the Franschhoek mountains. Our founder has walked it.

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