The Twelve Apostles Hotel

Pinched between the Twelve Apostles mountain range and the Atlantic, this two-story boutique hotel keeps low along the rocky Camps Bay shore, with glass walls in many rooms that frame nothing but sky and sea. Hiking the foothills and diving the cold Atlantic fill the days; the Sanctuary Spa's Rasul mud-and-steam chamber handles whatever's left. Fifteen minutes from Cape Town proper, it feels considerably further away.