Uninterrupted sunset views across the water are just one of the magical moments you’ll experience at this luxury Cape Town hotel built into the fynbos-clad mountainside just on the coastal road that winds between Camps Bay and Llandudno beach. As well as spectacular Atlantic Ocean vistas, guests can gaze at the majestic forms of the Twelve Apostles mountains, which form the back of Table Mountain. If you’re here between June to November, you may well spot migrating southern right whales just offshore as you sip a signature martini on the Leopard Bar terrace.

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