For over 100 years, visiting members of royal families, international & local statesmen, celebrities & businessmen have preferred to stay at Mount Nelson Hotel, where they are assured of privacy, comfort and care. Mount Nelson Hotel is just a 20 minute walk to the city center and 20 minutes by road to Cape Town International Airport. The hotel isperfectly located at the foot of Table Mountain for visits to the National Botanical Gardens at Kirstenbosch, the Table Mountain cableway, the scenic fi
Location. Opened in 1899, the Mount Nelson hotel is a colonial Cape Town institution and set at the foot of Table Mountain in nine acres of landscaped gardens. Cape Town International Airport is 12 miles away.
Hotel Features. The Isandla spa is located in the pink cottages next to the swimming pool and has four treatment rooms using Environ and Dermalogica products. Sessions include facials, manicures, hot stone massage and body wraps. The hotel's young guests are catered for with a welcome letter filled with ideas for fun things to do, child size bathrobes and slippers, complimentary hot milk and cookies for babies. Cots and other play items are also available on request. A business centre is located on the ground floor in close proximity to all conference rooms where guests can make use of a office equipment and wireless Internet. Staff can assist with various secretarial needs.

The Mount Helson Hotel has a trio of restaurants: Cape Colony is open for dinner and offers a mix of modern European dishes and traditional Cape cuisine. Sample dishes can include Ostrich Fillet with Springbok and Pancetta Satay. Vegetarian options and children's menus are available, as well as an extensive wine list consisting of the fine Cape wines. Live entertainment featuring a harpist or pianist each night creates a soothing ambience in the curved dining room, with its dramatic flower arrangements, floor to ceiling drapes and round tables. The informal and alfresco Oasis Restaurant faces the swimming pool and lush lawns, and is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Planet is one of Cape Town's hottest nightspots. The hotel's chic champagne and cocktail bar is open until late and also offers light snacks including caviar. D

* Proceed from the airport complex onto the N2 highway in the direction of City or Cape Town (the other direction will be Somerset West). * Continue along the N2 highway past all the off-ramps until the M3 merges to form five lanes of traffic. * Keep as far left as possible, as you need to proceed along De Waal Drive (the other lanes branch into Eastern Boulevard). * Continue along De Waal Drive which winds its way around the foot of Table Mountain. * As you pass under an overhead walkway, slow down and turn left into Mill Street (if you continue, the road becomes Roeland Street). * Continue along Mill Street (which then changes its name to Orange Street), passing through two sets of traffic lights. * Before the pedestrian traffic lights on your left-hand side are the Prince of Wales Pillars, signifying the entrance to The Mount Nelson Hotel. Cape Town International Airport
Area Attractions:Table Mountain 10 minutes Urstencosch Botanical Gardens 15 minutes The Castle 10 minutes Houses of Parliament 5 minutes no smoking, air conditioning, modem, coffe tea maker, internet access, internet in tv restaurant, parking, disabled facilities, conference, hairdresser, shuttle bus, laundry service, internet in lobby Afrikaans, Zulu, English AmericanExpress, EuroCardMasterCard, Visa, DinersClub