Riva One was never meant to be a hotel. It was meant to feel like the home of someone who knows Cape Town intimately, and wants you to know it the same way.
Everything here is intentional; nothing is excessive. The most thoughtful way to experience the city, made by people who love it.
A near-four-decade love affair with the Cape.
Riva One was founded by Fabio, an Italian whose connection to South Africa spans almost four decades. What began as a lifelong affection for Cape Town became something he wanted to build, and to share.
He returned with his son Alessio and together, through the long uncertainty of the COVID-19 years, they built it by hand. A family, a friendship, and a refusal to cut corners, set into a house above the Atlantic.
Built with GSQUARED, line by line.
The house was designed in partnership with GSQUARED, the Cape Town architecture firm, with a brief that prized restraint over spectacle: light, proportion, and natural materials over anything showy.
The result reads as a residence rather than a property. European standards of craftsmanship, finished by hand, quietly engineered around how a day actually unfolds, from the first light on the terrace to the last glass after dark.
Luxury, to us, is the thoughtfulness you feel and never have to ask for. Not the biggest. Not the loudest. The most considered.
Riva One is a private luxury residence in Camps Bay, Cape Town — an exclusive-use villa hosted with the care and service of a great hotel. It can be booked by the suite or taken in its entirety.
Riva One sits at 1 Stern Close, Camps Bay — moments from Camps Bay beach, beneath the Twelve Apostles and Table Mountain, and about 25 minutes from Cape Town International Airport.
Yes. Riva One can be reserved for exclusive use, giving your family or party the entire house, its terraces, pool and full hosting team. Enquire for exclusive-use rates and availability.
Every stay includes personal hosting and concierge, daily housekeeping, and access to curated Cape Town experiences — from private tastings in the winelands to gallery access — arranged for guests of the residence.
Send an enquiry through the website with your dates and party size and our team replies personally, usually within a day, with availability and a tailored proposal.
November to March brings warm, dry Atlantic summer days ideal for the beach and winelands; April to May and September to October are quieter with mild weather. Riva One hosts guests year-round.
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