Cape Heritage Hotel
A rooftop Jacuzzi pool over Heritage Square, one kilometre from the CTICC
About this hotel
Heritage Square sets the scene, right in the heart of Cape Town, and the hotel matches it with a rooftop Jacuzzi pool that turns a city-centre stay into something closer to a boutique retreat. Rooms each carry their own character, blending European and African elements, with extra-long beds and a pillow menu as standard, and some categories adding teak ceilings, spacious living areas or luxury bathrooms. Dining opens directly onto the historic square, among some of the city's better restaurants, and breakfast is served in-house with inventive pastries and organic smoothies. Signal Hill, Company Gardens and the V&A Waterfront all sit within a ten-minute walk, and the Cape Town International Convention Centre is a single kilometre away, making this a workable base for both business and leisure travel in the city bowl.
- Rooftop Jacuzzi pool
- Heritage Square location
- Extra-long beds, pillow menu
- 1 km to the CTICC
Our take
This suits travellers wanting a genuinely central Heritage Square base with a rooftop Jacuzzi pool and character-driven rooms rather than a chain hotel format. Business travellers needing the CTICC nearby will find the one-kilometre distance practical. Anyone wanting beachfront access should book along the Atlantic Seaboard instead. Travellers wanting a character-driven room over a standardised chain layout will notice the difference in the teak ceilings and blended European-African design.
- Order from the pillow menu at check-in, it's an easy upgrade most guests skip
- Take the rooftop Jacuzzi pool in the early evening before dinner on the square
- Walk to Signal Hill and Company Gardens on the same morning, both sit within the same ten-minute radius
Why we love it
- A rooftop Jacuzzi pool over Heritage Square
- Extra-long beds and a pillow menu
- Character-driven rooms blending European and African design
- One kilometre to the CTICC
Why guests love itCape Heritage Hotel is an award-winning boutique hotel in the historic Heritage Square, and its rooftop Jacuzzi pool is the spot I would choose at the end of a day in the city. Extra-long beds and a pillow menu help after a long flight, and the Cape Town International Convention Centre is one kilometre away, handy when a work trip turns into a family stay. With a 9.2 score from 731 reviews, I would recommend it as a central Cape Town base.