Hotels in Central Plett, Plettenberg Bay
Beacon Isle put the town on the map, standing out on its rocky point with beach on either side, and it still sets the terms for hotels in Plettenberg Bay. The others sit a block or two behind it — smaller places, some of them boutique — and most are within a few minutes of Central Beach. What they share is a front desk, someone to carry a bag, and a breakfast you did not have to make.
A hotel makes most sense on a short stay, on a late arrival off the N2, or when the point of the holiday is not cooking. Rooms are serviced, there is generally a restaurant and a bar on the premises, and checking in does not involve meeting anyone at a gate to collect a key. Families staying a fortnight usually end up wanting a kitchen.
Every hotel below is a live Booking.com listing in Central Plett & Beachfront.
Hotels in Central Plett, best-rated first
The Plettenberg Hotel
Barrington's
Eleven
The Ivory Haus
The Old Rectory
Sky Villa Boutique Hotel
Bayview Hotel
Plett Quarter Hotel - Lion Roars Hotels & Lodges
Whalesong Hotel & Spa
Hotels in Central Plett: the usual questions
Do these hotels have kitchens?
- No. Hotels are serviced — daily housekeeping, a front desk, and food generally available on the premises. That suits a short stay or a late arrival off the N2. Anyone settling in for a fortnight usually ends up wanting a kitchen, which means an apartment or a house.
How many hotels are there in Central Plett?
- 9 at the moment, out of 256 places to stay listed in Central Plett altogether. 9 of the 9 carry a Booking.com guest score; the rest are either newly listed or have not been reviewed yet, and they sort to the bottom of this page rather than the top.
What do hotels in Central Plett cost?
- We do not publish rates, because there is no single rate to publish — what a place costs depends entirely on your dates, and a nightly figure cached months ago would be wrong more often than right. Every listing links straight through to live pricing on Booking.com.
How is this list ordered?
- By a weighted score, not by raw rating. A perfect 10 from two reviews says far less than a 9.6 from three hundred, so each score is pulled towards the site-wide average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. Unrated places sort last.
Other kinds of stay in Central Plett
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