Hotel europaHof
Swakopmund - Namibia
The Hotel Europa Hof, under new management since March 2009, is ideally situated away from Swakopmund's traffic or noise, but is still conveniently located within 3min walking distance from the beach and the city centre, with it's modern shops, banking and medical facilities and wide range of restaurants and bars.
There is a distinctive German flair about the architecture and food on offer and subsequently, European and Namibian qualities have been combined, typical for this coastal town. Facilities at the hotel include a restaurant and a bar, a guest lounge, an internet connection, laundry service, disabled access and secure parking.
The Europa Hof's restaurant is a fully-licensed, and has a large 'a la carte' menu of both Namibian and German specialties. A set menu is on offer for large groups and vegetarians are catered for. The chef's specialty is 'Oysters on ice,' and other favourites include a 'Coastal Platter,' a variation of kingklip, monkfish and swordfish, decorated with a prawn, and served with potatoes, and salad. The 'Seafood Platter,' has a selection of fish as above, but with hake, oysters, sole, crayfish and calamari, with salad. The 'Venison Platter, has a selection of game meat, ostrich and crocodile with a mushroom sauce, croquettes and red cabbage! A fine selection of local beers and South African wines can be ordered to compliment meals.
Accommodation is 35 single, double or family rooms. They each have an en-suite bathroom, with either a bath or a shower, satellite DSTV, (with German and Eng channels) a heater for those cold winter days and nights, a tea & coffee station, an in-room safe and a small desk & work space. All of the rooms are non-smoking.
The Hotel Europa Hof. Part of the Swakopmund town picture, since the beginning of the 20th Century!
- Activities from Swakopmund
- Activities from Walvis Bay
- Cape Cross Tour
- A half day tour (with morning and afternoon departures) to the seal colony at Cape Cross
- Cape Cross & Messum Crater Tour
- Visits the seal colony at Cape Cross and the Messum Crater which is best known for it's desert adapted plants such as the Welwitschia Mirabilis
- Fishing
- Everything from sharks to pilchards
- Living Desert Tour
- A half day tour into the Namib Desert
- Minerals Half Day
- Learn about the minerals found in this part of the Namib
- Namib Desert Day Trip
- A day trip from Swakopmund into the Namib Desert
- Quad Biking
- 2 hour guided trip into the dune belt near Swakopmund (50km) - you enter an area where you cannot get to by car or foot. No experience necessary...
- Sandboarding
- Skitter down the slip faces of a tall star dune near Swakopmund at 80km/h on a lie-down board, or enjoy the style and grace of a stand-up board. No experience necessary.
- Sandwich Harbour Tour
- A day trip from Swakopmund down the Skeleton Coast to Sandwich Harbour
- Skydiving
- Leave the safety of the aircraft and join a tandem skydive. No experience required!
- Spitzkoppe Day Tour
- Full day tour to the Spitzkoppe Mountains - you will meet the Damara people and be introduced to the Bushman rock art of the area.
- Swakopmund & Walvis Bay Sightseeing
- A half day your of these two coastal towns includes visits to historical buildings & monuments as well as the teeming birdlife of the Walvis Bay Lagoon
- Catamaran Cruise
- view the lagoon from the comfort of a catamaran
- Dolphin Cruise
- A dolphin cruise around the Walvis Bay Lagoon
- Sea Kayaking
- Kayaking on the Walvis Bay Lagoon
Directions:
The Europa Hof Hotel is situated at 39 Bismarck Street, Swakopmund

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