SA the World’s Top Destination!!!
South Africa has been voted the top destination by members of the world’s largest travel and lifestyle social network, Where Are You Now? (WAYN), in the site’s recent “dream destination competition”. The country beat Brazil, India, Dubai, Fiji, Turkey and Indonesia with 15 300 votes from members around the world. A total 78,000 votes were [...]
Pools go Sky High
The sky’s the limit for the latest jaw-dropping swimming pools perched dizzily atop high-rise balconies or cantilevering vertiginously off rooftops. The sky’s the limit for the latest jaw-dropping swimming pools. Clinging daringly onto the side of tower blocks, perching dizzily atop high-rise balconies or cantilevering vertiginously off rooftops they all cost big bucks and [...]
Local is Lekker
There’s nothing better than eperiancing a little of what Cape Town has to offer! With that in mind we have put together a little list for you on the local side of things: The Fugard Theatre in District Six The Fugard, which opened in early 2010 in the legendary [...]
Exploring the Cape Winelands on the “Fran Tram”
The new Franschhoek Wine Tram will be operating by the end of September 2012, taking passengers on a two- to three-hour tour that will include wine tastings and other activities. “Visitors will be able to take in the scenery, the wine and the vines,” said David Blyth, general manager of the Franschhoek Wine Tram. The [...]
The Bungalow: new post-beach hangout in Clifton
If you’ve ever spent any time in Cape Town, you probably will have spent an afternoon or evening at La Med after dragging yourself off Clifton beach. The Bungalow is the newly revamped La Med, which now goes by the name of The Bungalow Restaurant & [...]
Cape Town wins World Design Capital title
Design may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think Cape Town. But the city’s strides in urban planning, energy solutions and social change won it the honour this week of being named World Design Capital for 2014. Accepting the title in Taipei, Cape Town’s mayor Patricia de Lille explained that [...]
Table Mountain is one of the New7Wonders of Nature
Table Mountain has been announced as one of the New7Wonders of Nature along with the Amazon, Halong Bay, Iguazu Falls, Jeju Island, Komodo, Puerto Princesa Underground River. In 2008, Table Mountain was identified as one of 440 magnificent natural sites selected by the New7Wonders Foundation to enter the three-phase [...]
Get from A to B with MyCiTi bus service
Cape Town has a new rapid bus service – MyCiTi. The first scheduled service is a shuttle bus between Cape Town International Airport and central Cape Town, which costs R50 one way per adult, and R25 one way per child, and runs every 20 minutes between 04:20 and 21:00 every day. The following, interconnecting MyCiTi [...]
Cape Town the Backdrop for Bond Novel
Everyone knows that his martini should be shaken and not stirred, that the best spy to ever come to life through novels and movies is James Bond AKA 007. Excitement and adventure has been introduced to our lives by Ian Fleming’s works. James Bond has explored the world on his secret missions. His modern, electronic [...]