Sun, sea and sand - what better way could there be to spend your holiday? The answer: Diaz Strand Hotel on Mossel Bay Beach, where the best of summer waits right outside your door. No long drives or parking hassles - the beach is literally your backyard.

See the surf in style - choose from Diaz Strand's range of 86 luxury rooms, each one with its own sea-facing balcony view of the majestic Outeniqua Mountains, the warm Indian Ocean, Seal Island and Mossel Bay.

Diaz Strand is more than just a hotel; it's a resort. Which means that as well as having unlimited access to an exquisite sun-soaked beach, you also have outdoor heated pools, a Jacuzzi garden, a super tube, adventure golf and a health spa at y our disposal. And once you've worked up an appetite, you have three superb restaurants to choose from, including Mossel Bay's premier Bahia Dos Vaquieros, offering quality cosmopolitan cuisine and fine imported wines.

Add to all this conference venues, wedding co-ordination and business facilities, and you have a holiday experience as unique as it is diverse and richly entertaining.

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• 86 rooms consisting of a Presidential Suite, 3 Suites, Honeymoon Suite, 2 Honeymoon Rooms, 23 Executive rooms and 56 Luxury rooms.
• Set in the heart of the Garden Route, only 20 minutes away from George Airport.
• 25 minutes drive from the world-famous Fancourt Hotel and Country Club Estate.
• Tailor-made golf packages available at the Mossel Bay Golf Club, only five minutes away from the hotel.
• Home to the Pedro Dias Theatre, one of the largest conference facilities in the Southern Cape. Seating available for 650 cinema-style and 350 schoolroom-style.
• Facilities available for meetings, incentives, weddings and other events in the Starlight Room, seating 160 cinema-style and 110 schoolroom-style.
• The Hotel offers an ideal base from where to explore the rest of the Garden Route with Oudtshoorn 60 minutes away, Knysna 60 minutes, Plettenberg Bay 90 minutes and George 30 minutes away.
• Take your holiday to the extreme with bungee jumping at the Gouritz River Bridge only 20 minutes away.
• Four game lodges, two with the Big Five (all in malaria-free areas), are situated within 30 minutes drive from the hotel.