Description: First the bad news. High season (May-October) 2007 room rates were €400 or $570 a night for deluxe rooms. Even with advanced booking Expedia discount, our rate was $435. Standard rooms are less, but standard rooms are smaller. Our Deluxe room was quite large, even by American standards, large enough that we didn’t unpack into the sizable closets, instead we spread three days living out on the floor and still had no problem navigating the room.
Forgetting the price, we have never stayed in a better hotel. The decor is a bit odd, sort of an austere designer modern, but Capo d’Africa was one of the quietest hotels where we have ever stayed. The only sound that intruded into the room was from the shower from the room next door, and that could only be heard in the bathroom, not in the main room. The mini-bar refrigerator was the only mini-bar we have ever met that could not be heard running, even with the relatively quiet a/c turned off. I could hear the thermostat click to turn the mini-bar on and off, but no sound
from the compressor. No street noises intruded, even though our room overlooked the street. No hallway sounds, no sounds from the surrounding rooms except that shower.
Four sets of curtains over the windows darkened the room very well for sleeping. The room was so dark at night that the designer thoughtfully provided two night lights, one in the vestibule and one by the bathroom light switch, so we could see our way around if we got up in the night. For the final touch, the night lights had two brightness settings.
There was some fluctuation in water temperature in the shower, but not as bad as is often found. The Kleenex box provided very skimpy tissues, hardly enough for a good blow, and the box was not replaced after we emptied it at the end of day one of three days. Turning on the TV was an adventure. The only way we got it to work was to turn the power button ‘on’ and then change the channel with the remote. Both steps seemed necessary to get the thing to work. There were two English language stations, CNN Europe and Sky News, both of which were very repetitious in their broadcasts.
The beds were comfortable but they were the firmest beds I’ve ever encountered.
The a/c did an excellent job of maintaining a constant temperature, something not often found in hotels.
The beds used the preferred triple sheet system, with an obvious tear in one top sheet one day, but it was changed the next day.
The Capo d’Africa is located across the street from the well known Hotel Lancelot in a quiet neighborhood about three blocks from the Coliseum and one block from a major bus route, making it easy to get around once we figured out the bus system.
Very highly recommended if it had a reasonable price.
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