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Villa Margherita
Villa Margherita
Villa Margherita
Villa Margherita

Reviews of Villa Margherita

Wildlife sightings and reviews

62 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Villa Margherita and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

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Mr N
United Kingdom

"Villa Margherita review"

2 nights Arrived 13 Nov 2023
"Another very nice city hotel, with great service, clean and comfortable." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Mr A.
Fontainebleau

"Villa Margherita review"

2 nights Arrived 20 Jun 2023
"Nice B&B
Cold tiled floor (sleepers would be nice)
Taxi provided by reception was 3 times more expensive than with other taxis provided by restaurants in town" See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Family A
Scarborough

"Villa Margherita review"

2 nights Arrived 24 Sep 2022
"Lovely building in a nice fairly central position.

Need more power points in the room." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
John
Braintree

"Villa Margherita review"

2 nights Arrived 22 May 2022
"The staff were slightly less friendly than elsewhere and the location is not very convenient for the restaurants which are generally closer to the sea.

A lot of people only stay one night in Swapokmund, but whilst there is not too much to do there but we were happy to have a quiet day in the town after a full on few days with early starts and two long drives." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia; 4n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Average
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Mr & Mrs R
UK

"Villa Margherita review"

1 night Arrived 21 Oct 2019
"Very welcoming and helpful. Immaculately clean. Superb breakfast.

Central location in walking distance of everything." See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
FunOnly
Calgary

"Faded Old Mansion"

2 nights Arrived 2 Oct 2019
"The Villa Margarita is a historic mansion that has been converted to a B & B. It is a picture of faded elegance with musty smelling carpet and worn furnishings. The location is central to the historic down town with good restaurants within walking distance.

Swakopmund appears to be a town in transition with most of the new development occurring on the south end of town on the way to Walvis Bay and closer to the beach. I suspect that it will only be a few years before the downtown of Swakopmund dies, and Villa Margarita with it, unless some major development is undertaken.

Our stay was OK for 2 nights but would not be suitable for people wishing a modern hotel with all the conveniences. There are lots of these modern places on the beach" See all these reviews: 7n in Namibia; 7n in Botswana; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Average
Mr & Mrs B
Amersham

"Villa Margherita review"

2 nights Arrived 25 Sep 2019
"Another warm welcome. The Adam and Eve suite we had was well equipped, the breakfast was excellent. Well located and an easy walk into the town centre for meals in the evening. We ate at the Tug restaurant (booking recommended) and Kucki’s German pub both of which were good and value for money.

We booked a Living Dunes Experience with Charly’s Tours. This was well organised, very interesting and they picked us up from the VM. The only slight drawback was that we were the only English speakers among a party of 20 Germans.

The German bakery just down the road from the VM does lovely cakes and sandwiches for a picnic lunch." See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Paula
Atlanta

"Villa Margherita review"

2 nights Arrived 7 Sep 2019
"I found the staff to be pleasant, and they tried hard. I had an experience at breakfast due to short staffing that was not great. However, for a middle of the road B&B, they are fine. I am assuming our experience was a fluke." See all these reviews: 7n in Zambia; 5n in Namibia; 3n in Botswana; 1n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Average
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Average
Mrs C.
Blauzac

"An historic house, well situated"

2 nights Arrived 31 Aug 2019
"This was the most average of all our stays on this trip, but also the only town stay.

The house is a 1900's villa with a pleasant garden. It is a 5 min walk into town. meals were good, but this was the one place no gluten free bread was available. Cars were parked outside but there was a guard all night. Our room had a large balcony and was spacious." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs T
Twickenham

"Villa Margherita review"

2 nights Arrived 23 Mar 2019
"Our view: 7-8/10. very good B&B. House is 1903 and renovated about 15 years ago. A comfortable guest house and reasonably priced. We stayed in the Lord Nelson room, en-suite with separate sitting room. Reasonably well appointed, very good WiFi. the room had a TV! Good location only 10 mins walk to seafront. Breakfast was fine, nice staff. Bed was very firm, too hard." See all these reviews: 20n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
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