Icon Villas

20/01/2025

18 500 people took part in Time Out’s Annual Global Survey. 100 experts then formed a panel of judges to choose the best city for 2025.

We are not surprised that Cape Town was crowned number 1. A great city to live in is a great city to visit. Come and see for yourself!

17/12/2024

Good food, especially when shared with loved ones, weaves the origin story of humanity.

Chef Dodo is passionate about his craft and as your private Villa chef, he will translate meals into joyful memories.

11/12/2024

Table Mountain is a living metaphor for everything solid, good and beautiful about Cape Town.

As one of the official new seven wonders of the world, she stands proud, holding space for many living beings, a keeper of history and a beacon to guide us.

Happy International Mountain Day!

10/12/2024

Meticulous, observant and prepared to meet your every need, this only begins to describe Veli, your house manager at North.

She has an outstanding gift for service and expert organisational skills, our guests who visit North know that they are in good hands!

North is available up until the 29th of Dec and then again from 4 Jan 2025.

12/11/2024

Becoming a sommelier requires intense study, palate training, and ongoing dedication. Similar to winemaking, it’s a long journey.

We count ourselves lucky at Icon Villas to call Le Roi our official wine poet. Read about his meeting with owner and founder Therese.

Cape Town isn’t just a scenic paradise; it's a global wine haven that attracts oenophiles from around the world. On a sunny day in October, Therese met with Le Roi van de Vyver to learn more about the life of a sommelier.

28/10/2024

Condé Nast Traveller recently released the results of their prestigious Reader’s Choice Awards, and we were not surprised to see our very own Cape Town at the top of the list!

With our African, Dutch, Malay and Indian influences, we beat cities such as Milan, Valencia and Tokyo to this scrumptious title. We are so proud of this city.

24/10/2024

Pure pool poetry framed by crisp, clean architecture as backdrop; here you balance rest with exploration and always return to comfort.

This stylish multi-level villa tantalises guests with views from its magical position high against Table Mountain.

Add a Higgo Bay stay to your Christmas Wishlist!

23/10/2024

There are many obvious and tangible benefits to learning a new skill while traveling. Combining leisure with personal growth brings a new and different level of rest to your break.

We’ve done our research and found some options to help you satisfy your inner life and craving for purpose while on holiday. Read more on our latest blog.

The words of Robyn Yong ring true: “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” So, it is your holiday, and you’ve pressed pause on the 9-5 working day. Long lazy days of being the only master of your time stretches like an endless horizon ahead of you. Nobody can dispute the...

16/10/2024

Thrilling, exhilarating and the pinnacle of lavish living – these are a few things that come to mind when one is submerged in this rim-flow pool at La Soledad.

With comfort as a main reference point, this villa is a favourite amongst our guests.

15/10/2024

What a perfect day! Wind free, sunshine Cape Town Privilege to be welcoming our US golfing group to Black Rock Clifton!

09/10/2024

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Each villa in our portfolio is a space with soul, each with its own unique identity. Step into a feeling of blissful belonging from the moment you arrive.
As the saying goes; 'poolside is everyone's best side.' Featured here are the exquisite pools of My African Dream, designed to dissolve all worries.

03/10/2024

It is Spring in the Southern Hemisphere, and we are turning our focus to pools. Splash Pools, large pools, pools by the ocean and pools that bring joy. Our villas allow you to step into a fantastical world that awakens a gentle playfulness in each of us.

Featured here is Sensual, a Villa in Camps Bay. We love it for its space, scale and calm. Can you see yourself sipping cocktails on the deck?

19/09/2024

The entries for our Instagram competition are pouring in, and we are delighted and enlightened as it were, by all the different definitions of luxury. We also asked a few friends and travel experts, read on to hear what they had to say.

Our team met over some good coffee and decided to collectively rethink, re-evaluate and redefine our assumptions about what our guests view as luxury. We soon arrived at a place where we realised that we need your voice to be a part of this conversation, and so a competition came to life. In our Ins...

13/09/2024

"Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.” - Alain du Botton.

In our ongoing quest to perfect the art of private villa vacations, we would like to better understand how our distinguished guests define luxury. To this end, we will be launching an incredible competition on the 17th of Sept.

So, get your thinking caps on, keep an eye on our Instagram page, and be ready to take part. You could be the winner of a blissful experience filled with all things beautiful and good.

30/08/2024

The Cape region is an enchanted garden that is a joy to behold. The King Protea that grows wild everywhere here, represents the nation's unity and is South Africa’s national flower.

Icon Villas would like to congratulate Leon Kluge and team on bringing home three of the most prestigious awards from this year’s Chelsea Flower Show in London. Their Cape Fynbos display was a creative wonder. You make us proud!

27/08/2024

Take 5 minutes to feast your eyes and be inspired!

“Contemplating the teeming life of the shore, we have an uneasy sense of the communication of some universal truth that lies just beyond our grasp… the ultimate mystery of Life itself.” - Rachel Carson: Meditation on the Ocean and the Meaning of Life. The mystery and magic of our world comes a...

26/08/2024

Listen to the waves! “A dominant impulse on encountering beauty is to wish to hold on to it, to possess it and give it weight in one’s life. There is an urge to say, ‘I was here, I saw this and it mattered to me.”
― Alain de Botton, The Art of Travel

This is the view from Bloubergstrand, one of the most photographed views in South Africa.

21/08/2024

A super blue moon - currently showing off her magnificent beauty over the global surface, is a rare event that occurs when a full moon is both closest to the Earth (supermoon) and the third of four full moons in a single astronomical season (blue moon).

A Perigee such as this will only occur again in 2037, and hikers from all over used the opportunity to experience a transformation of the landscape as her glow floods our mountains.
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