

Cape Town Hotels
We've tracked down the best hotels in Cape Town, from chic and cheerful B&Bs to design dens with five-star style.
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Welgelegen
Cape Town, South Africa
- Style Victoriana with an African twist
- Setting Kloof Street central
Welgelegen is an alluringly simple boutique bed and breakfast, a minute's walk from all the bars and restaurants on trendy Kloof Street.
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Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (ZAR921.00), via XE.com, using today’s exchange rate.
Kensington Place
Cape Town, South Africa
- Style The city's original designer den
- Setting Foothills of Table Mountain
Kensington Place is Cape Town’s original boutique bolthole. This stylish retreat is located on the slopes of Table Mountain, a stroll from all the action, and a drive from amazing beaches.
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Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (ZAR2,719.00), via XE.com, using today’s exchange rate.
Atlantic House
Cape Town, South Africa
- Style Sybaritic sea-view simplicity
- Setting A crest over Camps Bay
A five-star guesthouse perched on the slopes of the Twelve Apostles along Cape Town's seaboard, Atlantic House truly is a haven of simplicity and style.
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Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (ZAR1,929.00), via XE.com, using today’s exchange rate.
Twentytwo
Cape Town, South Africa
- Style Colourful, cordial guesthouse
- Setting Mountain-view Oranjezicht
A labour of love for its two British owners, hotel 22 is a contemporary bed and breakfast and a true boutique escape: intimate and personable with an eye for bold colour and smart, sassy design.
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Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (ZAR1,732.00), via XE.com, using today’s exchange rate.
Derwent House
Cape Town, South Africa
- Style Bed, breakfast and bonhomie
- Setting Happening city-side suburb
This Cape Town boutique hotel's unassuming exterior belies the warmth and luxury within – Derwent House is a snug and stylish bed and breakfast, boasting original art by Nelson Mandela and an irresistible family atmosphere.
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Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (ZAR1,535.00), via XE.com, using today’s exchange rate.
Rodwell House
Cape Town, South Africa
- Style Fine art, fine food, fine wine
- Setting Boho St James fishing village
Lovingly restored to its parquet-floored, clipped-lawn glory, Rodwell House is a refined 1930s mansion that houses a boutique hotel, an impressive collection of 20th-century art, a huge wine cellar and two passionate hosts.
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Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (ZAR2,298.00), via XE.com, using today’s exchange rate.
Beaumont House
Cape Town, South Africa
- Style Cape crusader
- Setting 1930s decor in leafy suburbia
With more debonair 1930s charm than an Evelyn Waugh character strolling through an exhibition of Lee Miller photographs, Beaumont House hotel is an early 20th-century gem in Cape Town’s quiet and leafy suburbs.
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Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (ZAR2,280.00), via XE.com, using today’s exchange rate.
The Cascades on 52
Cape Town, South Africa
- Style Terrace-toting ocean villa
- Setting Exclusive Bantry Bay
The Cascades on 52 hotel combines Italian elegance with Chinese flair, but the setting is distinctly Cape Town: dazzling beaches, equally flashy homes.
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Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (ZAR1,885.00), via XE.com, using today’s exchange rate.