Must see hotels in Cape Town

E
Top Choice
Ellerman House
Imagine you’ve been invited to stay with an immensely rich, art-collecting Capetonian friend – that's what the vibe is like at the Ellerman House, an…
T
Top Choice
Tintswalo Atlantic
The only hotel in Table Mountain National Park has been rebuilt with its secluded seaside charm intact following a disastrous fire in March 2015…
B
Top Choice
Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel
A world apart from the rest of the city, sitting in three hectares of gardens, the sugar-pink-painted ‘Nellie’ is a colonial charmer with its chintz decor…
C
Top Choice
Camps Bay Retreat
Based in the grand Earl’s Dyke Manor (dating from 1929), this splendid place is set in a secluded nature reserve a short walk from the Camps Bay strip…
H
Top Choice
Hotel Verde
It's easy to see why the self-proclaimed 'greenest hotel' in Africa has won sustainability awards. Rooms are comfy, with creative design, and local arts…
O
Top Choice
One&Only Cape Town
Little expense seems to have been spared creating this luxury resort. Choose between enormous, plush rooms in the main building (with panoramic views of…
W
Top Choice
Winchester Mansions Hotel
Offering a waterfront location (you’ll pay extra for sea-view rooms), this elegant Sea Point institution dates to the 1920s, but adds contemporary appeal…
V
Top Choice
Villa Zest
This Bauhaus–style villa has been converted into a quirkily decorated boutique hotel. The seven guest rooms have bold, retro-design papered walls and…
T
Top Choice
Taj Cape Town
India’s luxury hotel group has breathed new life into the old Board of Executors building. There’s plenty of heritage here, but a new tower also houses…
V
Top Choice
Vineyard Hotel & Spa
This delightful hotel's rooms have a contemporary look and are decorated in soothing natural tones. Built around the 1799 home of Lady Anne Barnard, it’s…
O
Top Choice
Orange Kloof Tented Camp
Perhaps the best of the Table Mountain National Park tented camps, Orange Kloof is tucked away in a beautiful area near Constantia Nek and provides direct…
W
Top Choice
Wish U Were Here
The designers clearly had a lot of fun with this place, just a short stroll from the Old Biscuit Mill. One dorm is Barbie-doll pink; a romantic double has…
M
Top Choice
Mannabay
Nothing seems too much bother for the staff at this knockout property, decorated with stunning pieces of contemporary art by local artists. The eight…
L
Top Choice
La Grenadine
Expat couple Maxime and Mélodie ladle on the Gallic charm at this imaginatively renovated former stables, where the ancient stone walls are a feature of…
C
Top Choice
Cape Heritage Hotel
Each of the 19 rooms at this elegant boutique hotel, part of the Heritage Sq redevelopment of 18th-century buildings, has its own character. Some have…
O
Top Choice
Ocean View House
It's all about location at this family-run guesthouse, set in a fynbos (literally ‘fine bush') garden between the Twelve Apostles range and the rocky…
G
Top Choice
Glen Boutique Hotel
This gorgeous, gay-friendly boutique hotel occupies an elegant old house and a newer block behind. Spacious rooms are decorated in natural tones of stone…
C
Top Choice
Cape Grace
One of the Waterfront’s most appealing hotels, Cape Grace sports an arty combination of antiques and crafts decoration – including hand-painted bed covers…
B
Top Choice
Bella Ev
This charming guesthouse, with a delightful courtyard garden, could be the setting for an Agatha Christie mystery, one in which the home’s owner has a…
9
Top Choice
91 Loop
Jo'burg investors are behind this new and buzzing place offering a good range of rooms, including pods – essentially a dorm bed but instead of a bunk you…