Colona Castle Manor House

A Tuscan-style villa perched high on a hillside about twenty minutes outside Cape Town, with panoramic views stretching from the mountains to the Atlantic. The eight rooms each do their own thing, swinging from safari-camp fantasy to Moroccan to British colonial, which somehow works. Pool deck, organic kitchen, Sandvlei Lake nearby, and the Winelands within easy reach. Small, intimate, and selected by the Michelin Guide.