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Cape Town’s Extreme Hotel

Posted on 25. Jan, 2007 by Jonathan Cherry in Pictures

Seeking refuge from the current Cape Town heatwave, we headed over to the city’s latest ‘themed’ hotel for a long overdue photoventure.

Owned by Al Gosling, the 33 year old founder of the Extreme Group of companies (who’s been tipped as a bit of a Richard Branson) and the local Protea hotel group – the Extreme Hotel is an interesting mix of an original ‘fire and ice’ theme shaken and stirred with an undercurrent of kitesurfing, snowboarding, surfski paddling and chocolate milkshakes.

Most of bells and whistles you’re gonna want to see are on the ground floor in and around the bar and restaurant area.
If you’re a totally hardcore skater and are expecting a knarly half pipe in the back yard instead of a stylish, designed lap pool looking out onto views of Table Mountain – you’re going to be disappointed.

The Cape Town urban facility is Extreme’s first hotel. Looking forward they’re apparently planning surf and ski versions at various other locations around the world.

Website: Extreme hotel