Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel - Cape Town, South Africa
Opened in 1899, this pink-painted colonial hotel is set at the foot of Table Mountain in nine acres of landscaped gardens stocked with hardy-dar birds, Egyptian geese, and sugar birds. The Mount Nelson Hotel comprises six individual wings with 201 guestrooms individually decorated in rich fabrics and dark wood antique furnishings. The Isandla spa, located next to the swimming pool, has four treatment rooms and offers facials, manicures, hot stone massage and body wraps. The hotel is also home to one of Cape Town’s most stylish night spots; Planet is a chic champagne bar decorated in boudoir chic, with metallic leather armchairs and chandeliers.