We have many fascinating creative chandeliers at Cape Grace designed by Jacques Erasmus – read more about them on a previous blog post. Here are our Top 5 chandelier photos. Tell us how many Jacques Erasmus chandeliers we have and you could win a dinner in Signal Restaurant to the value of R500. Join us [...]
In a global celebration of world whiskies, the inaugural World Whisky Day™ is happening on Tuesday 27 March 2012 and Cape Grace has some exciting ways to observe this event. World Whisky Day is a chance for avid whisky fans or complete whisky novices to get together and raise a glass of Whisky / Whiskey [...]
Jane Swartz has been at Cape Grace since it opened fifteen years ago and her job is to look after the furniture, fabrics, artefacts and antiques – making sure everything is in immaculate condition. She knows off by heart what’s in every one of the 120 rooms and can recall every work of art and [...]
Have you ever wondered how decorators come up with the inspiration for their interiors? Here’s an insider look at the thought process behind some of Cape Grace’s stunning suites… Sparrman Suite: Between 1772 and 1775, Swedish Naturalist, Anders Sparrman, travelled throughout the Cape and recorded his travels. His remarkable etchings and text were the inspiration [...]
Given the theme of festivals, events and celebrations, we snuck into the world of Cape Grace’s florists to get an insider’s view on how they use flowers to enhance the festive atmosphere. This is what we found around the hotel and on the flower trolley:
It’s Leap Day today – the 29th February 2012. Today is the day women can go against tradition and ask a man to marry her… If he refuses, he is supposed to pay a penance! So why do we have a Leap Year every four years? It’s actually a corrective measure to make sure the [...]
Signal Restaurant entices diners with a new and exciting summer menu! It’s a journey through cultures and customs that have paved the way for the cuisines and time-honoured cooking methods we see today. With ingredients encompassing responsible and sustainable food practices and dishes crossing worldwide borders, we invite you to plot a course with us [...]
This Valentine’s is made just for two at Cape Grace with romantic offers available from the Spa as well as the award-winning Signal Restaurant. Treat that someone special to a decadent afternoon of spa treatments or a romantic dinner with the international yacht marina and Table Mountain as the backdrop. The 3-course dinner in Signal – [...]
Instead of featuring one of the artists supplied to Cape Grace by Africa Nova, we are giving this space to Africa Nova itself. This is because the Guardian Newspaper in UK have just voted Africa Nova as one of the Top 17 shops in the entire world! With several of the top shops in New [...]
You certainly feel like you are in a dream during a Kalahari Signature Treatment at the Spa at Cape Grace, as the scents of buchu, tsamma watermelon or wild honey are massaged into your skin. Firstly, you get to choose one of four aromatic blends which will be used for your treatment; Khoi San blend, Dune [...]