Tintswalo AtlanticvsChartfield Guest House
Both hotels are praised by expert writers. On balance, Tintswalo Atlantic scores significantly higher than Chartfield Guest House. Tintswalo Atlantic comes in at #11 in Cape Town with recommendations from 7 reviews like Afar Magazine, Fodor's and Lonely Planet.
Tintswalo Atlantic
Chapmans Peak Drive, Hout Bay, South Africa
From $1,248/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Concierge
"When to go: The summer months (December through February) are ideal.
Which room to book: Sicily Island Suite is done in muted grays, whites, and metallic colors that don't compete with..."
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"The only luxury lodge within Table Mountain National Park offers 10 rooms and one suite (sleeping four) on the very edge of a beautiful rocky bay, a favourite resting ground for whales." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
"Perched on stilts between ancient milkwood trees, the ten wood-and-glass suites are so close to the pounding waves that it’s possible to toss pebbles into the rock pools from your private deck." Full review
Time Out
"Being right on the lip of the Atlantic, each of the ten luxury island-themed suites... has views that'll have you humming 'Cocomo' in no time." Full review
Afar Magazine
"Cape Town already feels like it’s at the tip of the world, and at Tintswalo Atlantic that sensation is magnified as guests get cozy in a suite clinging to the cliffs just a few feet above the ocean." Full review
The Telegraph
9.0
"The only luxury Cape Town hotel located within Table Mountain National Park...also the only hotel in the city that is right on the beach and offers sublime ocean views." Full review
Fodor's
"Visitors attracted to the Cape Peninsula for its natural grandeur will think they've died and gone to heaven when arriving at this discreetly luxurious boutique hotel." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"The hotel has 12 standalone suites seemingly suspended over the ocean. Each suite is named after a different island and decorated accordingly. " Full review
Chartfield Guest House
30 Gatesville Road, Kalk Bay, Kalk Bay 7975, South Africa
From $45/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Laundy Room
- Pool
Rough Guide
"Comfortable accommodation, 100m from Kalk Bay station, in a well-kept rambling house halfway up the hill overlooking the harbour, with terrific sea views."
Lonely Planet
"A variety of rooms, each with crisp linen, and... a rain-style shower. There's also a lovely terrace and garden overlooking the harbour, where you can eat breakfast." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"Sea views, inventive breakfasts and comfortable rooms in Cape Town’s Kalk Bay, near Boulders beach – where you can swim with penguins – and the Constantia winelands." Full review
Fodor's
"This surprisingly stylish and great-value guesthouse is within walking distance of all the bohemian pleasures in the charming fishing village of Kalk Bay." Full review