Southern Sun Cape Sun, Hotel tower in Cape Town, South Africa.
Southern Sun Cape Sun is a 33-floor hotel tower in downtown Cape Town, reaching a height of 105 metres and ranking as the city's eighth-tallest skyscraper. The building is operated as a hotel by the South African chain Southern Sun.
Construction of the Cape Sun Southern Sun was completed in 1982. The tower was built as a hotel for the South African Southern Sun chain, which still operates the property. At 105 metres it ranks as the eighth-tallest skyscraper in Cape Town.
The ground-floor restaurant draws on Cape Malay cooking, a tradition born from the communities that settled in Cape Town centuries ago. Dishes here use spices and flavors that locals still associate with home cooking in the older neighborhoods of the city.
The hotel sits in central Cape Town, within walking distance of the waterfront and the main shopping streets. It is worth noting that the city sometimes experiences power cuts, so checking what backup facilities the hotel offers before booking is a good idea.
From the upper floors, guests can see both Table Mountain and the ocean on clear days, something that is not easy to achieve from most hotels in the city center. The tower's position in the downtown grid places it at a crossroads where these two views line up naturally.
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