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Victoria & Alfred Hotel vs Blackheath Lodge
Victoria & Alfred Hotel and Blackheath Lodge are both rated very highly by experts. On balance, Victoria & Alfred Hotel scores significantly higher than Blackheath Lodge. Victoria & Alfred Hotel comes in at 83 with praise from 9 reviews including Oyster, Frommer's and Jetsetter.
Victoria & Alfred Hotel
Frommer's
Jetsetter
Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure
DK Eyewitness
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The Waterfront Pierhead, Cape Town Central 8001, South Africa
From $74 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Frommer's
"This was the Waterfront's first hotel, and it remains the most centrally located choice."
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Jetsetter
"Converted warehouse turned stately hotel with a waterfront setting and Table Mountain backdrop."
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Lonely Planet
"The chic loft rooms, with whitewashed brick and the exposed girders of the old warehouse, are the ones to opt for here."
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Travel + Leisure
"Steeped in the pioneering spirit of colonial Cape Town, this distinguished hotel is set on the city’s thriving harbor."
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Don’t miss a dockside dinner at the hotel’s open-air restaurant, OYO, for smoked trout, crayfish, and steamed mussels served with a view of Table Mountain.
DK Eyewitness
"The Victoria & Alfred is the original waterfront hotel, offering spacious rooms with expansive panoramas of the mountain or the basin."
Blackheath Lodge
DK Eyewitness
Rough Guide
Time Out
Oyster
Fodor's
6 Blackheath Road, Sea Point, Cape Town Central 8005, South Africa
From $157 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
DK Eyewitness
"Located under Signal Hill, close to the V&A Waterfront and Clifton and Camps Bay beaches, Blackheath Lodge is housed in an 1880s Victorian building."
Rough Guide
"Superb owner-run guesthouse in a grand Victorian home that just gets everything right. Down a quiet backstreet, it’s close to the Sea Point action."
Time Out
"This picturesque Victorian oasis comes complete with breakfast and pool and very, very good prices."
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Oyster
Upscale
"The hotel serves a free breakfast on a terrace beside a cozy garden and pool, and the extremely helpful staff offers travel and restaurant tips."
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Fodor's
"Conveniently located on a quiet street in upper Sea Point, this small, stylish Victorian-era hotel with great concierge-level owner-rendered service is an extremely good value."
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Dinners can be provided on request, and management is happy to arrange other goodies like off-site spa treatments, picnic baskets, tailored day trips, and rental of the lodge's miniconvertible.
