The Greatest Cape - Cape Town, South Africa
Africa - the very word is enough to conjure dreams of adventure in a strange, mysterious and wild continent. In South Africa, European visitors will find both the alien and the familiar - echoes of colonial history, ripened under the southern sun into something new and uniquely South African.
Cape Town is often described as one of the most beautiful cities in the world.The backdrop of flat-topped Table Mountain juxtaposed by the sweep of the Atlantic Ocean in the foreground is a view you'll never forget.
The city has a relaxed atmosphere and offers visitors a host of outdoor leisure activities, as well as all the amenities of a world-class city by the sea. It won't take long for you to realise why it's considered one of the best places in South Africa to live and why the residents are so proud of their city.
Magnificent beaches line the Atlantic seaboard - Clifton, Camps Bay and Llandudno to name just a few, with warmer waters to be found at Muizenberg, Fish Hoek, St James and Strand.
You shouldn't miss the opportunity to take a cable car ride to the top of Table Mountain named after its flat top.Open from 8am to 10pm, the cable car and some of the pathways at the top are wheelchair accessible to help everyone enjoy the vista.
While sumptuous, Cape Town's natural charms are not the only attractions that the city has to offer. Just off the coast lies Robben Island, site of the infamous prison for political dissidents during the Apartheid era, and enforced home to Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu.
Cape Town is also the gateway to the South African wine growing region and one of the great wine capitals of the world. Most of the vineyards are situated along the western coast, taking advantage of excellent soil, geography and climate.
Strange yet familiar, wild yet civilized, modern yet ancient, South Africa is a journey, rather than a trip and whichever of its attractions you choose, a holiday of a lifetime.
Article courtesy of Divine Marketing