It's official! UK Travellers prefer Mount Nelson Hotel and Cape Town is the best holiday city in the world.

Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town’s most iconic luxury hotel, outshone local and international competitors last week by being voted one of the three ‘Best City Hotels in the World’ in Britain’s biggest survey of travel habits, in which more than 40 000 Telegraph readers were polled to determine their favourite hotels and holiday destinations.

“We are extremely proud to have won the recognition from the readers of The Telegraph.  Our unique combination of romantic heritage, timeless elegance, a magnificent setting and heart-warming service, will ensure that it remains the preferred luxury home-away-from-home for many years to come,” says Nick Seewer, Managing Director of the hotel and of Orient-Express Hotels Africa.

Located in the heart of Cape Town’s cultural centre, on a super-spacious nine-acre exotic garden estate complete with two pools, Mount Nelson Hotel’s appeal as the city’s leading resort hotel is legendary - ideal for a family holiday, or a secluded romantic getaway. The 201 rooms and suites are classic contemporary in style and individually decorated, and offer views over the garden and the city beyond, or of the striking Table Mountain backdrop. Planet Champagne and Cocktail Bar continues to attract the slick set, and Librisa Spa, housed in a heritage residential home, combines bliss-inducing treatments with distinctive décor.

Cape Town headed up the selection in the ‘Best World City’ category, and South Africa was voted one of the top three ‘Best Worldwide Holiday Destinations’.

“Mount Nelson Hotel has always been a favourite amongst British travellers who appreciate her timeless and authentic style.  When ‘getting the holiday right’ really matters, the combination of the Mount Nelson and Cape Town, one of Africa’s most fashionable destinations, is unbeatable”, says Filip Boyen, Vice President, Operations of Orient-Express Hotels.

Earlier this year, Mount Nelson Hotel was voted ‘Africa’s Leading Hotel’ at the World Travel Awards Africa Gala Ceremony, and ‘Best Hotel in Africa/Indian Ocean’ in the Daily Telegraph’s Ultratravel One Hundred Awards for 2008.