Taj Cape Town Brings Five-star Luxury to the Heart of Cape Town
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010 09:00 GMT ·
CAPE TOWN and MUMBAI, India, Apr. 15 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –
The Taj Cape Town has been called the city’s oldest new hotel
because of the two historic buildings it occupies, but its location in heart
of the Mother City also sets it apart.
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It is housed in the Board of Executors (1896) and the original
South African Reserve Bank (1932) buildings. Seventeen new storeys have been
added, offering panoramic views of the city and Table Mountain.
It is set in a precinct steeped in history, from the
neighbouring Slave Lodge to St. George’s Cathedral, where Nobel Laureate
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu stood against apartheid. The heart of Cape
Town with its art, culture, cuisine and entertainment is on the doorstep.
Inside the hotel, the care taken to retain the integrity of
the heritage buildings is apparent. The lobby is dominated by a massive
skylight, supported by four fluted marble columns, all of which have been
meticulously restored. Even the clock, which first kept banking hours in
1932, has been polished and repaired.
The 177 rooms include Heritage Rooms, blending old-world
grandeur and modern amenities. The Tower Rooms combine contemporary luxury
and exceptional mountain and city views. On the top floor is a two-bedroom,
split-level Presidential Suite with its own massage and steam rooms, fully
equipped kitchen, office, gym and a expansive top-floor deck for outdoor
entertainment.
A Taj Club floor, a feature of all Taj hotels, includes a
private lounge served by a dedicated butler team, providing breakfast and
evening canapes and cocktails.
Conference, meeting and banqueting facilities include seven
meeting rooms, the largest of which can accommodate 110 people.
There are three restaurants: Mint, an all-day dining
restaurant with a classic grill menu; the Bombay Brasserie, a fine-dining
Indian restaurant modelled on its famous namesake in London; and The Twankey,
a seafood and champagne bar offering seafood tapas and a selection of top
South African wines.
Other facilities include a formal lounge, cocktail bar, cigar
bar, a gym and a Jive Grande Spa. The Jiva Spa concept is unique to Taj
Hotels and draws on Ayurveda, an ancient Indian healing tradition, to offer a
number of signature treatments, yoga and meditation.
The Taj Cape Town is open for reservations. For more
information visit http://www.tajhotels.com or call +21-21-819-2000. To find
out about historic and contemporary Cape Town listen to our podcasts on
http://www.tajcapetown.co.za/blog
About Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces
Established in 1903, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces is one of
Asia’s largest and finest group of hotels, comprising 65 hotels in 45
locations across India with an additional 15 international hotels in the
Maldives, Malaysia, Australia, UK, USA, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Africa and the
Middle East. From world-renowned landmarks to modern business hotels, idyllic
beach resorts to authentic Grande Palaces, each Taj hotel offers an
unrivalled fusion of warm Indian hospitality, world-class service and modern
luxury. The Taj, a symbol of Indian hospitality, has recently completed the
centenary of its landmark hotel, The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai. Taj Hotels
Resorts and Palaces is part of the Tata Group, India’s premier business
house.
Conde Nast Traveller UK and US have both put Taj cape Town on the Hot List
2010 after months of research and suggestions from the magazines’
correspondent’s across the globe.
