Labotessa

"Labotessa $$ Labotessa has only six guest suites, two on each floor. They're all high ceilinged, generously sized, and elegantly decorated with French oak floors, petrol-blue walls, crisp white bed linens, jewel-toned velvet sofas, antiques, and commissioned art. Blue subway tiles, pale marble, and Diptyque products jazz up the tiny bathrooms. Above the suites is the Governor Suite, a two-story contemporary penthouse with three bedrooms, a large, open-plan kitchen for entertaining, and a plunge pool. This is the first small, luxuriously appointed, designer hotel in this part of the city, and its narrow townhouse architecture and historic square setting gives it an authentic European ambience—with the advantage of South African sunshine and [Lion’s Head](https://www.cntraveler.com/activities/cape-town/lions-head) views."