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Ysterplaat is a railway station in Salt River, on the Cape Town rail line. It sits close to the industrial and residential streets shared by Salt River and Observatory.
Ordered by walking time, then star rating and guest score. Times are estimates from each hotel's map position (straight-line distance plus a quarter for streets, at 5 km/h); check the route before you go.
Savac Cs South Africa is the closest place to Ysterplaat on this page at 400 m, roughly 6 minutes on foot. With 1 star, it is a simple base for travellers who want the station, the circle and the murals within a few minutes of the door, and who would rather spend the day out in Salt River than in the room.
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The Brooklyn Budget Guest House is a 3-star address 690 m from Ysterplaat, about a 10-minute walk. Parking and internet access are listed, which suits guests arriving by car or needing to work between trips to the Cecil Road and Voortrekker Road walls. Its position keeps the station and the circle within an easy walk.
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Peaceful Getaway sits 890 m from Ysterplaat, a 13-minute walk, and lists parking, breakfast, a lounge, family rooms and a kitchen. The kitchen and family rooms make it a practical choice for longer stays in Salt River, and the lounge gives you somewhere to sit once the streets go quiet in the evening.
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4 Essex Street Apartment is 1.0 km from Ysterplaat, about 16 minutes on foot. This 3-star property lists a pool bar, free car parking, a lounge, a fitness centre, pets allowed and family rooms. The parking and lounge suit guests who want to drive to the station area and still have space to spread out afterwards.
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Convenient Comfort is 1.1 km from Ysterplaat, a 16-minute walk. It lists free car parking, a kitchen, wheelchair accessible facilities and free wifi. The kitchen and accessible layout suit guests staying several days to work on a project in the area, with the murals and the circle a short drive or a daylight walk away.
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Villa Bleu Blanc in Camps Bay With Pool and Views is a 2-star property 1.1 km from Ysterplaat, around 17 minutes on foot. Free car parking, wheelchair accessible facilities and free wifi are listed. It works for guests who want a quieter base than the immediate station streets and are happy to drive in for the art and the food.
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Lodgeon91 is the 5-star option here, 1.2 km from Ysterplaat, an 18-minute walk. Free car parking, breakfast, a kitchen, wheelchair accessible facilities, air conditioning and free wifi are all listed. That combination suits travellers who want a comfortable base while keeping the station and the Salt River walls within a short drive.
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Sea Spray B403 By Ctha is 1.2 km from Ysterplaat, about 18 minutes on foot. This 3-star apartment lists a kitchen and free wifi, which suits guests staying longer in Salt River and cooking for themselves between visits to the murals and the taproom on Durham Avenue.
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Sea Spray Bg05 is a 3-star property 1.2 km from Ysterplaat, an 18-minute walk. It lists an outdoor pool, free car parking, a kitchen, air conditioning and free wifi. The pool and parking make it a reasonable base for guests who plan to drive to the station area and unwind afterwards.
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Lodge Luxe Cozy Bedrooms Free WiFi Robust Security is 1.2 km from Ysterplaat, around 18 minutes on foot. Free car parking, a kitchen, air conditioning and free wifi are listed. Guests who want to be within easy reach of the Salt River Circle walls while keeping their own cooking and parking arrangements will find it useful.
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Staying in Salt River puts the murals, the taproom on Durham Avenue and the halaal takeaways on Voortrekker within a short walk of your room. Hotels near Ysterplaat in this area include Savac Cs South Africa, 400 m from the station, and The Brooklyn Budget Guest House on the 690 m mark. Both sit close enough that you can leave the car and cover the Cecil Road and Beryl Street walls on foot, then be back before the streets empty out in the evening.
Guests at the closest hotels walk. Savac Cs South Africa is 400 m from Ysterplaat, about 6 minutes on foot, and The Brooklyn Budget Guest House is 690 m away, a 10-minute walk. Peaceful Getaway, 890 m out, is a 13-minute walk; 4 Essex Street Apartment and Convenient Comfort sit at 1.0 km and 1.1 km, 16 minutes each, and can still be walked in daylight. From Villa Bleu Blanc in Camps Bay With Pool and Views and Lodgeon91 at 1.1 km and 1.2 km, a short ride is easier than the 17 and 18 minutes on foot. The Sea Spray apartments and the Ndabeni guest houses at 1.2 km are best reached by car or taxi, especially after dark.
Ysterplaat is a railway station in Salt River, on Cape Town's industrial eastern edge, and the streets around it are the reason to come. The public art festival that runs through February each year has covered the sides of factories and apartment blocks around Salt River Circle, Cecil Road and Voortrekker Road with murals four and five storeys high, painted by artists from Cape Town, Johannesburg, Lagos and Europe. This is not a mural district retrofitted onto a gentrified street; it is paint on live industrial buildings with forklifts underneath. Photographers get more out of a morning here than out of a week in Camps Bay. Book here if you are on a hard budget, staying three weeks, working on a film or a project in the area, or specifically hunting the street art and the food. The densest cluster of walls is within 600 metres of Salt River Circle, along Cecil Road, Beryl Street and the Voortrekker Road frontage. Be clear-eyed about the downside: at 9pm Salt River is dark, the pavements belong to nobody, and around the station and the circle you should be in a vehicle.
Savac Cs South Africa is the closest hotel we list, about 6 min walk · 400 m from Ysterplaat in a straight line, in Cape Town.
Yes: 3 of the hotels we list are within 1 km of Ysterplaat, about a 15-minute walk, and 1 are within 500 m. The closest is Savac Cs South Africa, 400 m away.
4 Essex Street Apartment, Convenient Comfort, Villa Bleu Blanc in Camps Bay With Pool and Views list free parking on their own page. Check the hotel page for the details.
None of the hotels near Ysterplaat has enough guest reviews yet to compare scores; the list above is ordered by walking time, then stars.
None of the hotels we list within 1 km of Ysterplaat has 4 or 5 stars; the nearest 4- or 5-star hotel on this list is Lodgeon91, 1.2 km away.
Savac Cs South Africa is the closest at 400 m, about 6 minutes on foot. The Brooklyn Budget Guest House follows at 690 m, a 10-minute walk, then Peaceful Getaway at 890 m and 13 minutes. 4 Essex Street Apartment and Convenient Comfort are 1.0 km and 1.1 km out, around 16 minutes each on foot.
Several list parking. The Brooklyn Budget Guest House lists parking and internet access, while 4 Essex Street Apartment, Convenient Comfort, Villa Bleu Blanc in Camps Bay With Pool and Views, Lodgeon91, Sea Spray Bg05 and Lodge Luxe Cozy Bedrooms Free WiFi Robust Security all list free car parking. Peaceful Getaway also lists parking.