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Winter Accommodation Special: Pay for 3, Stay for 4 Nights!

Our exciting winter “Pay for 3, Stay for 4 Nights” accommodation special affords our local guests the chance to linger an exquisite day longer in the sophisticated comfort of our luxurious hotel, where warm hospitality and top-notch accommodation are at the heart of the ‘Steenberg Experience’. [...]

5 Ways to Take Part in Earth Hour 2013

The seventh annual Earth Hour takes place on 23 March at 20h30. Here at Steenberg, we believe that your 60 minute participation should be about more than simply turning off the lights. We’ve put our heads together and come up with 5 ways to take part in Earth Hour 2013. [...]

Experience South Africa Like Never Before

Rail Select, one of Britain’s leading specialists in holidays by rail, has designed a majestic journey across South Africa. [...]

Celebrate Heritage Day at Steenberg

Gather family and friends for a fun-filled day of activities and events for the whole family in our breathtaking vineyards setting on Heritage Day. [...]

Running a luxury Cape Town Hotel: Part II

Running Africa’s top hotel is no piece of cake – in fact, it’s more like making a rich, velvety sauce, one that takes many hours – and lots of attention behind the scenes at every stage of the process – to be perfected, combined and presented as a beautiful, pleasurable final product. Steenberg Hotel General Manager Gaby Gramm gives us an insider’s view into what it takes to run a luxury Cape Town hotel in the finale of this 2-part series. [...]

Celebrating Bastille Day in South Africa

Everything’s coming up shades of red, white and blue this weekend, as the annual Bastille Day draws ever closer on 14 July. Whilst South Africa and the luxury Steenberg Hotel are a good few thousand kilometers away from the heart of the celebrations in Paris, there are still plenty of ways to get into the French spirit in and around Cape Town. [...]

Top 5 Fish ‘n Chip Favourites in Cape Town

Hankering for hot, crispy-battered succulent fish, served with salty chips drenched in vinegar and tangy tomato sauce? Here in Cape Town, we’re spoilt for choice when it comes to satisfying that craving – with so many fishing villages and harbours within an easy drive from the luxury Steenberg Hotel, it’s not hard to get your fish ‘n chips fix. Here’s our pick of the Top 5 Fish ‘n Chip shops in the Cape. [...]

Holiday fun at Kirstenbosch

Wondering what to do with your tots and teens for the June-July school holidays? Join the African Sky Vlue Art Studio and the Camphors Art Academy for a holiday programme at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens [...]

South Africa’s unique experience: Our two oceans

Guests at the Steenberg Hotel often ask us for the story behind the name of “Two Oceans”, as it appears in many places and at many events in and around the Cape. [...]

The Art of Expression

Appreciators of fine art have much to keep their eyes occupied at Steenberg, where the late Mr Beck’s love of local modern and abstract art can be seen throughout the grounds and buildings in the form of paintings, sketches and sculptures from some of South Africa’s most celebrated artists. [...]