Kensington PlaceJust outside Cape Town proper, in Higgovale, a quiet enclave overlooking the city from the foothills of Table Mountain, Kensington Place is about as (...)
Hyatt Regency JohannesburgWhile foreign visitors know all about South Africa’s colonial-era charms, its mansion-style boutiques and classic old grand hotels, fewer seem to be (...)
Hivernage Hotel & SpaIn Marrakech hotels the choice, often enough, is between a contemporary resort way out in the Palmeraïe and a traditional-style riad hotel in the (...)
Grace In RosebankThe Grace lives up to its moniker with ease. Situated in the northwestern Jo’burg suburb of Rosebank, it inhabits a gentrified and culturally rich area, (...)
Fundu LagoonThough it may sound perverse, there are some novelty-seekers and civilization-dodgers who find Zanzibar to be a bit too close to the beaten path. Lucky (...)
Ellerman HouseCape Town suffers from no shortage of luxury hotels, that’s for sure. But rare is the degree of historical character on display at Ellerman House. (...)
Demeures D'orientThere are humbler riads, designed to feel as cozy and low-key as a private home, or at least as cozy and low-key as a five- or ten-bedroom walled mansion (...)
Dar WardaThere is perhaps no more authentic way to see Marrakech than to stay in a riad, a private house in the medina (the old town) that faces inward, organized (...)
Dar Les CigognesWith the seemingly endless array of riad hotels in Marrakech, it takes a discerning eye to separate one from another. In the case of Dar Les Cigognes: (...)
Dar DarmaToo often “design” actually seems to mean an absence of design, as though the end goal were to empty the hotel of everything but beds and white walls. (...)
Colona Castle Manor HouseIt’s not much of a castle, really, and not quite a manor house either — but Colona Castle’s name, in any case, puts the right sort of picture in (...)
Cape Royale Luxury Hotel And ResidenceRugged colonial romance be damned: this is Cape Town at its most cosmopolitan and sophisticated, a spot of old-world Europe in the south. With Table (...)
Cape Grace HotelRight in the heart of the city, and yet removed, constructed on a quay at the Victoria and Albert waterfront, the Cape Grace Hotel is equally well (...)
AmanjenaAmanresorts meets Africa in the form of Marrakech’s Amanjena. It’s another departure from tropical island-chic for the chain that started nearly two (...)
Alta BayHalf the story is the location. Alta Bay, though it may sound like a maritime sort of place, finds itself in the upscale suburb of Higgovale, between Cape (...)
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