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Hotel Standouts of the Year

Last year, our editors stayed in an astonishing number of hotels and resorts. Here are five contrasting standouts from 12 months of relentless globe-trotting.

Six Excellent Safari Lodges Near Cape Town

For those who want to pair a trip to Cape Town with a safari, these six lodges and game reserves provide excellent options, especially December to March.

Hotels With Nothing to Dislike — Except Having to Leave

On rare occasions, Hideaway Report editors find a property that defies any attempt to ferret out fault. Here are six hotels that our editors hated to leave.

Indelible Memory: A Poignant Visit to Cape Town's Robben Island

Just across the turquoise South Atlantic from the luxe Silo Hotel, our editor contemplates an important part of South African history on Robben Island.

7 Hotels With Guest-Only Spaces

Now that hotels have become so popular with non-guests, properties are offering another level of exclusivity with guest-only bars, restaurants and pools.

The Silo: Cape Town’s Modern Masterpiece

The Silo, Cape Town's modern masterpiece of a hotel, is a game changer. Set on the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, it is breathtakingly imaginative and original.

The Zeitz Museum Transforms Cape Town

What the Tate Modern was to London, the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa is to Cape Town: an art museum that has transformed the city.

Zeitz Museum to Debut in Cape Town

With more than 100,000 square feet, the Zeitz Museum will display one of the world’s most significant collections of contemporary African art.

New & Noteworthy, August 2015

Andrew Harper shares notable luxury travel news in this monthly piece, like a renovation at Bernardus Lodge & Spa and a new chapter for The Ivy in London.

From My Notebook, August 2014

I fell in love with Cape Town one spring when I rented a house in the residential district of Constantia. I never grew tired of the view of Table Mountain, a...