This is the best possible place to stay in Cape Town! We spent hours looking at possible options and trying to decide where to stay. Clifton? Waterkant? Bo-Kaap? The Waterfront? In spite of charming options in these various places, we decided to stay in the CBD, the Central Business District. Excellent choice! This is the best area, particularly for a first trip to Cape Town, as ours was. You can walk everywhere, and if you have walked too far and are too tired to even contemplate walking back, there is Uber, fast to arrive everywhere.

In the CBD, the very center of town, where everything is just a few steps away, there is no better place to stay than this penthouse! The location is perfect, and the place is beautiful! Everything has been chosen for comfort. We have never slept in a better bed - a firm but accommodating mattress with lovely top of the line linen and the ability to heat each side of the bed separately - an important detail in Cape Town winter! The view from the bed and the bedroom simply takes your breath away. We loved waking up there every morning, as the golden light started to illuminate the Table Mountain. The upstairs includes a very modern bathroom with all you could possibly need, also full of light; an ample closet and dressing area; and a working nook with it own window.

The downstairs is also very nicely appointed, ample and full of light, with a view of the Table Mountain and the town below it. It was lovely to sip a glass of wine and watch the lights come up at the end of the day. This room is also full of light and very comfortable, a perfect place to plan the day or to relax at the end of it. The kitchen is spotless and has everything you might need. We only made breakfast for ourselves and a snack in the evening, choosing to have one larger meal sometime during the day, as we were walking around; but I am sure it would have been a perfect place to make an excellent dinner.

Our hosts: perfect! Great communication, prompt responses, any question we might have quickly answered. Well beyond the call of duty: Theo suggested a restaurant for our first dinner and made a reservation for us, suggested an excellent driver for our trip to the Point Cape and Cape of Good Hope, sent us a list of recommended car rentals - with their phone numbers!

It is so good to be there that you simply want to stay on and on. We had to leave, but will be back. Next time, not in the middle of the winter, so that we will be able to enjoy the outdoor balconies for longer stretches.