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"A chic boutique riad in the heart of Marrakech's medina, that fuses traditional Moroccan opulence with modern sensibilities."
Our travel guide to Cape Town includes hotel reviews of the best boutique hotels and soon we’ll have tips on the best restaurants, bars, clubs and shops in this glamorous city. Affordable, exciting and vibrant, Cape Town also has a majestic setting with Table Mountain as a backdrop and pristine beaches a stone's throw away.
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"Overlooking the the waterfront, the seven cool, crisp rooms of this boutique hotel ate complemented by a chic pool and a mini-spa."
From ZAR 1390
per room per night
"Great Bantry Bay views and a chic African-Balinese fused interior make this Signall Hill villa a beautifully appointed hideaway."
From ZAR 950.00
per room per night
"A stylish, select metropolitan retreat on the slopes of Table Mountain, this boutique hotel is small, intimate and refined."
From ZAR 2600
per room per night
"Low-key elegance in this guesthouse of beautiful, native gardens, sophisticated interiors and a peaceful Higgovale location."
From ZAR 2250
per room per night
"Panoramic sea views and a sumptuous spa are just two of many reasons to pay this intimate and luxurious retreat a visit."
From ZAR 3813
per room per night
South Africa - Ruffling Feathers at an ostrich rodeo | Steve Knipp | South Africa, Cape Town and around, Cape Town
Ostrich feathers may have gone out of fashion, but racing this dumb, yet powerful, bird is the latest trend at Oudtshoorn, Cape Province, in the arid, Arizona-like heart of South Africa’s ostrich-farming country
Chew the Fat | Yvonne Van Dongen | South Africa, Cape Town and around, Cape Town
After the pale polite restraint of the braai, the Robben Island tour is a blast of fresh air. Europeans are in the minority and the guide even indulges in a little light humour
Street Song | Susan Storm | South Africa, Cape Town and around, Cape Town
"Hello lady, come, two rand a bunch." beckoned a rotund woman in a floral dress. This was cheap. I looked around, deciding which two to choose. She stepped forward out of the aromatic shadows, smiled widely and said, “Okay! "Rand a bunch. Rand a bunch." I selected two bunches, and gave her two rand. "Orright, these for free!" she said, shoving another two bunches into my surprised hands
Riding a Harley in Cape Town | Binyavanga Wainaina | South Africa, Cape Town and around, Cape Town
I stand on the veranda, and think about what to do for breakfast. I live in Cape Town. For those who live here, it is considered thoroughly uncool to rhapsodize about Table Mountain
Cape Town | Binyavanga Wainaina | South Africa, Cape Town and around, Cape Town
You may not notice it at first. At the airport, you will look at the mountains before you, and the strange plants around you and tell yourself this is ethereal: so soft, shadows arranging themselves to present subtle depths. It’s the light, you see. To an African like me, used to a sun above, this sunlight coming from strange angles seems so beautiful.I take for granted the stark simplicity of image the sun in East Africa provides me, and wonder when tourists ‘ohh’ and ‘ahhh’ when they encounter this crispness
South Africa's Top 10 | Francisca Kellett | South Africa, Cape Town and around, Cape Town
South African highlights, from watching wildlife in a game reserve to watching streetlife in Cape Town
Cape Town's Kaleidescope | Gillian Ivory | South Africa, Cape Town and around, Cape Town
Delicately spiced samoosas and deliciously sweet koeksisters top the menu in the Bo Kaap, with its psychedelic-coloured houses built into the hill. But venture two steps sideways and into De Waterkant and Polaine bread flown in from Paris is more the norm.
Redcoats, Zulus and David Rattray | Barbara Erasmus | South Africa, Cape Town and around, Cape Town
It seems fitting that we heard the story of the victory at Isandlwana from a Zulu. It’s an unforgettable setting. An isolated sphinx-like hillock towering above a flat plain marked with mounds of white-painted rocks marking the graves of thirteen hundred British soldiers
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