1. A singular aestheticWhile the Cape Town hotel’s luscious spa treatments, world-class dining and 28 plush rooms and suites certainly impress, its design and architecture are what make it truly astonishing. Impeccably built into the grain elevator section of a historic silo complex, the hotel’s original features like steel columns and concrete pillars are juxtaposed against eclectic, colourful interiors – turquoise desks and mustard yellow couches – dreamed up by Royal Portfolio group owner Liz Biden.