Cape Town, South Africa
Bronze Price Level Show Details
Price Level Key:
| Safari camps & resorts | City Hotels | |
|---|---|---|
| Bronze | $300-500 | |
| Silver | $500-800 | $100-200 |
| Gold | $800-1200 | $200-400 |
| Platinum | $1200+ | $400+ |
| Based on high season rates (non-Christmas) | ||
Cape Town is a city of views, but The Dorp Hotel's location – discreetly perched above Bo-Kaap, high on the slopes of Signal Hill – is truly magnificent. Seen from this vantage, the city is dwarfed into insignificance by Table Mountain and its attendant Devils Peak, with the blue sweep of Atlantic to the east and the Twelve Apostles peeping through Kloof Nek to the west. Dorp, meaning “village” in Afrikaans, defies categorization. A compound of Georgian-inspired buildings, edged by a wild garden, with glimpses of rooms through arbors, balconies and terraces, makes this hotel uniquely stunning.
Each room is unique and invite lingering - lingering: dusty pink or sage green walls; hand-printed linen curtains; an artful mix of patterned fabrics on beds. The Salon, where meals are served, is beautiful, filled with plants and antiques, warmed with sisal and Persian rugs, pink patterns, velvet and wool, and large arched glass windows providing the most magnificent view of Table Mountain and the city.
Dorp has been described as Cape Town’s best kept secret, the city’s most mysterious hotel, a womb, a cocoon, an unofficial club for oddballs, romantics, seekers of beauty. The Dorp Hotel creates a sensual yet informal, relaxed environment, mixing the old and found with the quirky and the new.