Cape Town, South Africa City Guide
For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Cape Town, South Africa Travel Guide has been your connection to Cape Town's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
Cape Town
Cape Town, in the Western Cape, is the home of the South African National Parliament, and is thus the political center of South Africa. Choose Cape Town as the center for your South African bed and breakfast vacation if diversity and vibrant city life appeal to you. Cape Town is one of the most multicultural cities in the world. The weather is a large draw for Cape Town bed and breakfast visitors: nestled between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, Cape Town has a Mediterranean climate, with mild winters and warm summers. This makes the beach in Cape Town a viable—and wonderful—option for spending time on your South African bed and breakfast vacation. Clifton is an Atlantic Coast beach destination that is very popular among South African bed and breakfast visitors: a lively strip of restaurants and bars are just across from Clifton Beach at Camps Bay. Boulders Beach is another great beach to visit while in Cape Town on a South African bed and breakfast vacation: a home of African penguins calls Boulders Beach home. Bed and breakfast visitors who are surf lovers will love the Red Bull Big Wave Africa, one of the largest surfing competitions in the world. To experience the best of this world-class, cosmopolitan city on your South African bed and breakfast vacation, then head out from your bed and breakfast to the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, which has shopping, dining and lots of vibrancy. At the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront are several ferries which depart regularly for the small islands that are just offshore from Cape Town and is a great way to see small town life on your South Africa bed and breakfast vacation. To see Cape Town in full glory on your bed and breakfast vacation, then plan your bed and breakfast vacation around the annual Cape Town Minstrel Carnival in January. Minstrels, complete with brightly colored costumes and musical instruments, take to the streets in lively parades to celebrate the New Year.
