Standing on the marina at the V&A Waterfront,
overlooking Signal Hill and Table Mountain, the five-star Cape Grace has one of
the best locations of any hotel in Cape Town.
On a sunny day you can see both mountains clearly, and gaze out over the
water’s edge to the nature beyond.
Designed in the style of a luxury ship docked in the bay,
the hotel has a modern seafaring theme, with nautical paintings, striped
wallpaper, old maps, chandeliers and hand-painted fabrics. But the thing you notice most is the relaxed
and welcoming atmosphere. Staff greet
you with a warm “welcome home” whenever you return from sightseeing, and everyone
is always happy and smiling.
Guest rooms are plush, comfortable and homely and either
face the mountain or the docks behind.
The hotel also contains one of the most important and comprehensive
private collections of antique furniture and artefacts from the Cape.
Downstairs is the Library bar, where you can enjoy
complimentary port wine and sherry between 6-11pm (nice touch), Signal
restaurant, which has a fine-dining menu, and, below-deck, the Bascule
bar. If you’re a whisky fan, you’ll be
in heaven her,e as Bascule boasts one of the biggest whisky collections in the
Southern Hemisphere. Otherwise, the bar
is a great place to come for cocktails and tapas, either in summer when you can
sit outside on the marina’s edge, or in winter when the fire is lit.
The 4th-floor spa isn’t large, but it makes use of the space
well, and does have amazing views. Among
the range of treatments and massages, I can recommend the Rolling Sands
massage, which uses scented Kalahari oils and will have you walking on air.
One of the benefits of staying at the Cape Grace is that the
waterfront is a very safe area in which to walk around, even in the
evenings. The food market does excellent
curries, juices, burgers and ice cream, and the Watershed sells locally made
handicrafts, jewellery and clothes from local labels such as Mungo & Jemima
and Pichulik. Or you can find more
high-street names in the Victoria Wharf mall.
If you do wish to sight see (and you absolutely must), the
hotel offers a complimentary luxury chauffeur transfer service within a 10km
radius – a real bonus.
And don’t leave without visiting the soon-to-be-opened Zeitz
Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), set to be one of the biggest
modern art galleries in Africa, and taking a spin on the Cape Wheel. The views
from up there are spectacular.
Room rates start at 7945 ZAR Euro 550 (U$ 590) (£460) for a double room,
inclusive of full English breakfast and tax, exclusive of Tourism Levy.
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