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La Residence
You can try to be cynical about this hotel, but it won’t happen. It turns the hardest of hearts into Gollum-like disciples of preciousness. People helicopter in, then disappear into their rooms for days, poring over every floorboard, doorknob and tap. It’s the most over-the-top hotel in the world, but somehow over-the-top spectacular, not over-the-top brash. If it didn’t follow through, the show would be a flop. And it’s not. Recently, a Milky Way of British Michelin-starred chefs came here and claimed they had eaten the best food in South Africa. Richard Gere loves it. There are roughly eight staff per guest (no exaggeration). The spa still isn’t open, nor the family villa, but trip out on the opulence – it will make you giddy.