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Cool luxury hotspots in Cape Town to spend your holidays

2015-02-02 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Camps Bay via Loren Kerns

South Africa’s Cape Town is a superb metropolis. Packed with enticing beaches, vast vineyards, and lavish mountain ranges, spending your holiday here can be an unforgettable adventure. The city is defined by the Table Mountain National Park and crowded with numerous other nature reserves that will take your breath away. Green Point Park and Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens are must-see attractions.

Tags: Africa, Cape Town, Capetown, Delvera Farm, South Africa, South Africa travel

Complete your Cape Town trip with an afternoon drive to Cape Point

2014-11-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Cape Point by as Leenders

If you’re in Cape Town and you want to unwind on a lazy Sunday afternoon, get behind the wheel and drive to the amazing Cape Point. The road trip will exceed all your expectations. Packed with diverse ocean views, dramatic landscapes and beautiful sceneries, Cape Point is the perfect place to be if you want to relax while in Cape Town. As a matter of fact, the whole False Bay is famous for its fishing villages, wealth of activities and quaint towns.

Tags: Africa destinations, Africa Travel, Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa

South Africa Travel: Cape Town is a goldmine for vegan diners

2014-10-02 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Courtesy Slow Life

Looking for a vegan-friendly holiday? You might not have thought of South Africa – where steak, fish and sausage are some of the nation’s favoured foods. However, if you’ve always been interested in going on a safari, wandering through hidden jungles or simply exploring the local culture, you can. It may seem intimidating at first, but depending on where you stay it can be a breeze. Cape Town in particular is home to quite a lot of vegan and vegetarian friendly places, meaning should you choose to stay in a Cape Town villa, hostel or hotel you’ll have plenty of choice.

Tags: Cape Town, dining, restaurants, South Africa, Vegan, world restaurants

The most stylish hotels from the world’s design capital Cape Town

2014-01-24 by Argo Contributor

Courtesy One&Only Cape Town Facebook

The well-known International Council for Societies of Industrial Design awards the WDS (World Design Capital), which is a bi-annual honor, to beautiful metropolises around the world to showcase their pledge for employing design as a cultural, economic, a social development tool. This 2014, Cape Town got the award, and is planning to use their implemented […]

Tags: Africa, Cape Town, design hotels, hotels, Mount Nelson Hotel, South Africa, top hotels, World Design Capital, World hotels

Reed Travel Exhibitions Offers ILTM Africa for 2013

2012-10-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Great imagery from ILTM Facebook

Reed Travel Exhibitions, the world’s leader in organizing travel events, has just announced ILTM Africa. Based on the popularity of their Americas event, the exhibition experts will open the Cape Town contingent April 8th and 9th of 2013.

Tags: 2013 Conferences, Africa Travel, Cape Town, luxury travel, SA travel, travel exhibition

The Collection by Liz McGrath, Luxury of the Unexpected

2012-08-16 by Phil Butler

The Plettenberg Hotel

Anyone reading this article might be a bit surprised on learning about South African hospitality surpassing even European standards. Surprise being an ethereal part of wonder, imagine discovering old world charm and traditional luxury blended with 21st Century “wired”. The Liz McGrath’s Collection of three 5 star hotels is not your typical visitation on exclusive, not by a long shot.

Tags: 5 star hotels, African hotels, Cape Town, Cape Town hotels, Cellars-Hohenort Hotel, Knysna, Liz McGrath, Marine Hotel, Peter Tempelhoff, Plettenberg Bay, Plettenberg Hotel, Relais & Châteaux, South Africa, South Africa hotels, South Africa travel, The Crags, Tsitsikamma Forest, Walker Bay

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