THE AFRICAN CITY THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING

Cape Town is one of those destinations that almost seems unfair. Mountains drop into the ocean, beaches sit minutes from vineyards, world-class restaurants share a city with centuries of history, and a single trip can move from rooftop drinks and luxury hotels to safaris, townships, coastal drives, and some of the most recognizable scenery in Africa.

For Black American travelers, Cape Town also offers something different. This is Africa without giving up the kind of city vacation many of us already love. You can spend the morning on Table Mountain, have lunch overlooking the water, explore Black and South African history in the afternoon, and still have dinner reservations and somewhere worth going afterward.

It is beautiful, complicated, cosmopolitan, historic, and impossible to reduce to one type of trip. Cape Town can be romantic. It can be adventurous. It can be luxurious. It can also be the beginning of a much deeper exploration of South Africa.

And where you stay matters. Our Top 20 Hotels in Cape Town are the properties we think best position you to experience the city, whether you're coming for the views, the culture, the food, the nightlife, or all of it at once.