South Africa’s Boutique Hotel Paradise - Cape Town

Cape Town is without a doubt South Africa’s boutique hotel paradise. From modern, trendy and urban chic to quaint establishments that instantly bring you back to the bygone era of Victorian lace, crystal chandeliers, English roses, Chesterfields, and antique paintings: Cape Town has it all, and more.

South Africa’s mother city in that respect offers travellers a wide selection of designer hotels treating their guests with an experience of exclusivity, comfort and luxury.

Urban Chic Boutique Hotel

The Urban Chic Boutique Hotel situated in Long Street, for instance. In the midst of the cosmopolitan and bustling city centre, this hotel stands as a contemporary and up-market oasis. It has been selected as in the 2010 AA Travel Guides and American Express Accommodation Awards in the category Boutique Hotels.


Housed in a completely reconstructed building, the atmosphere at the Urban Chic breathes refinement and exclusivity. The décor subtly mixes African mahogany furniture with honeyed Spanish marble, along with warm textured carpets. Contemporary artwork of Alexander Krenz, is enhanced by crushed linen curtains.

What else can you expect at one of Cape Town’s most popular luxury boutique hotels? Twenty individually appointed bedrooms that all have a floor to ceiling views of Table Mountain and the city centre. Service in this boutique hotel leaves nothing to be desired.


You will have to stay there to find out more about why Urban Chic Hotel should be your Cape Town boutique hotel of choice. Some things are not to be expressed in words.


15 on Orange

Adjacent to Cape Town’s famous Company Garden’s, you will find 15 on Orange. This hotel is one of the most ultramodern and luxurious boutique hotels one can find in Cape Town; it is here where design reigns and rules and luxury holds sway. Its impressive seven stories high atrium gives you a good impression of what the rest of Cape Town’s trendiest designer hotel is like: slick, chic, suave and stylish. Apart from its impeccably appointed suites, the 15 on Orange is the place to be to celebrate the evening and night in style.

The Murano Bar at the 15 on Orange hotel is most probably the trendiest cocktail bar in the whole of Cape Town, and perhaps the Southern Hemisphere. The venue’s name is inspired by Murano, a series of interlinked islands in Italy’s Venetian Lagoon – a region that is famous for glass making. It’s exactly here where the two-storey glass curtain comes from.

Comprising of tens of thousands of hand crafted glass links, the curtain dangles above the bar, casting flickering specks of light onto the deep blue luxurious carpet, creating the ultimate Mediterranean feel.

Ellerman House

A bit further from 15 on Orange, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, you will find the Ellerman House. Like its counterparts in Cape Town’s city centre, Relais & Chateaux property falls into the category ‘best of the best’. One of its strengths is the delicate combination of a warm ‘home away from home‘s ambiance and discreet hospitality, impeccable service, and sweeping views over the Ocean and Robben Island.

The nine rooms at the Ellerman have been appointed to satisfy even the most discerning traveller. Beyond flat screen satellite TVs, luxurious linen or bathrooms one can only dream, this property offers a tremendous collection of artwork of unquestionable quality, from Cape paintings to South African art.


Of course there are more fantastic boutique hotels in South Africa’s mother city, such as the Hippo Hotel, O on Kloof, or the Derwent House Boutique Hotel. These are, together with the Urban Chic Boutique Hotel, 15 on Orange and Ellerman House, some of the best boutique hotels Cape Town and perhaps South Africa has to offer. Expect ambience, style, comfort, exclusivity, and uniqueness.

Because that is after all what a genuine boutique hotel should be all about: to treat its guests to an exceptional accommodation experience that is unsurpassed by what mainstream hotels offer.