# Mount Nelson in Cape Town — Citylit

Cape Town’s pink hotel, set in gardens beneath Table Mountain.

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## Mount Nelson

Cape Town’s pink hotel, set in gardens beneath Table Mountain.

- City: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Category: Lodging
- Address: 76 Orange Street, Gardens
- Citylit page: https://citylit.vercel.app/cape-town/lodging/mount-nelson
- Official website: https://www.belmond.com/hotels/africa/south-africa/cape-town/belmond-mount-nelson-hotel/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmond_Mount_Nelson_Hotel
- Sources checked: 2026-10-08
- Coordinates: longitude 18.41166556, latitude -33.93209237 (venue pin; entrance may be unverified)
- Coordinate source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmond\_Mount\_Nelson\_Hotel

Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel is a luxury hotel situated in the Gardens neighbourhood of the city of Cape Town, South Africa. The hotel is located in a garden estate, overlooked by Table Mountain.

About source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmond_Mount_Nelson_Hotel; checked 2026-10-12; license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

### Practical facts
- admission: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- booking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- stepFreeEntrance: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- accessibleToilets: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- parking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- publicTransport: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- family: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- environment: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- durationMinutes: 60 (editorial-estimate); checked 2026-10-08; source: Citylit editorial planning estimate

### Sources
- Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel | Best Hotel Cape Town Africa: https://www.belmond.com/hotels/africa/south-africa/cape-town/belmond-mount-nelson-hotel/; fetched 2026-10-08; retrieved during research
- Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmond_Mount_Nelson_Hotel; fetched 2026-10-07; retrieved during research

### Photographs and credits
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/267c5799e743.jpg — Mount Nelson Hotel. Venue photograph. Author: Geoffrey Hancock; license: CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Nelson_Hotel_(3464448937).jpg
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/450fb441900c.jpg — Table mountain in front of the Mount Nelson hotel in Cape Town.. Venue photograph. Author: (WT-en) JensANDMarian at English Wikivoyage; license: CC BY-SA 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cape_Town_table_mountain.JPG
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/71bf4386e6de.jpg — Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa. Venue photograph. Author: Pavel Špindler; license: CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_Mount_Nelson_Hotel,_Cape_Town.jpg

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