After a busy day of wine tasting, penguin watching, or spotting South Africa’s “big five” animals on safari, visitors to Cape Town will likely be more than ready for a refreshing cup of tea. They will find a superb one at the Mount Nelson Hotel’s Tea Lounge, along with sandwiches, scones, and pastries that foreign guests are unlikely to encounter anywhere else.
The iconic pink Mount Nelson Hotel—named for Lord Horatio Nelson and nearby Table Mountain—has been welcoming guests since Queen Victoria ruled Britain’s great empire. In the 1890s, Sir Donald Currie, owner of the Union Castle Shipping Line, was determined to build in Cape
