Clifton

Clifton in Cape Town is one of South Africa’s most exclusive coastal enclaves, where four pristine Atlantic beaches, sheltered by giant granite boulders, deliver an experience of natural perfection rarely matched anywhere on the continent. The beaches attract Cape Town’s most beautiful crowd and maintain an air of effortless chic, while the residential slopes above are defined by extraordinary contemporary architecture, much of it glass-fronted to maximise views of the ocean stretching toward the horizon. Clifton’s tight geography, hemmed between mountain and sea, has preserved it from over-development. Restaurants and bars on the adjacent Atlantic Seaboard are minutes away, keeping the balance between serene seclusion and cosmopolitan ease.