“Welcome home” is the first phrase I hear stepping over the threshold of one of South Africa’s most iconic Cape Town hotels, Cape Grace, with every one of the smartly-dressed team brandishing an ear-to-ear grin as they greet us with glasses of champagne and cool towels.
No doubt it’s because the return of guests after the property’s extensive, nine-month transformation is a long-awaited and happy sight. This is in fact not home of course, but my first visit to the Fairmont-managed Cape Grace, and after its renovations, which were completed in May, it is a picture of perfection.
