We selected the Colona by accident. We hoped to stay at one or more of the five-star hotels in Cape Town over the US Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Because we made our reservations late, these hotels were booked because, as we later learned, residents of the southern Africa nation flock to Cape Town during this early winter (for them) period. Hence,... more

We stayed here for a few days in Feb 2007 and would recommend this hotel for many reasons. The bedrooms were huge, beautifully decorated, spotless and supplied with an especially noteworthy carafe of the best sherry I have ever tasted! We did have slight trepidation on ringing the hotel to ask if children (2 and 5) were accepted as the... more