Sundown Manor Guesthouse

Tucked into the smart residential slopes of Fresnaye, Sundown Manor is a refined guest house with sweeping views over the Atlantic and Lion’s Head, moments from Sea Point’s promenade and a quick drive from Camps Bay’s beaches. It is a calm, grown-up base for a romantic Cape Town escape.

Expect elegant rooms, attentive hosting and that golden Atlantic-seaboard light at the end of the day, with restaurants and the sea all within easy reach.

Against CUBE it is a close, high-quality rival, but it sits in the busier city-side seaboard rather than CUBE’s secluded Hout Bay setting, and it does not offer the guest smartphone or the hands-on, host-led travel planning that set CUBE apart.