Friday, December 07, 2012

In good hope...

Cape Town is one of the few cities in the world with an array of tourist attractions, rich-cultural heritage, stunning locales, friendly people and a plethora of things to choose from. All that makes the second most populous and the most popular city in South Africa a year-round holiday destination.

Invaded by, and has been, for long, the centre of trade for many like the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British, the brighter side is that these invasions have helped Cape Town shape into the city it is.

Cape Town’s most prominent landmark is the Table Mountain, which is a flat-topped mountain overlooking the city, and can be reached either by using the cableway or just hiking up all the way. Caving, hiking and rock climbing are some of the activities that tourists can take up on the Table Mountain.

Cape Town is heaven for all the wine lovers as it is internationally renowned for its vineyards, Cape Winelands being the largest wine producing region in South Africa. Tourists can take a tour of these vineyards and taste some of the best wines in the world! Beaches mark another tourist attraction in Cape Town and are divided into three regions by the Cape Peninsula – the False Bay, the Atlantic Seaboard and the West Coast. The water at False Bay is often warmer than Atlantic Seaboard and West Coast beaches and the entire False Bay is covered by long sandy beaches. While West Coast beaches are promise surfing and kite-surfing, whale watching and shark diving are some of the other sea-attractions. Dutch had major architectural influence on Cape Town and thus the city has the highest number of Cape Dutch style buildings in the world. The style, primarily a combination of Netherlands, Germany and France, has houses that are usually H-shaped with elaborately rounded gables. The city has a Mediterranean Climate and the best time to go is May to September. However, February to March should be avoided as the weather can be uncomfortably hot during these months.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPMMalay Chaudhuri

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