Cape Manor Hotel, Sea Point

Advantages: Great Scenery, Value for money, Pristine beaches
Disadvantages: not much

...attractions in Cape Town is the V&A Waterfront (Victoria & Alfred). Situated between Robben Island and Table mountain, it is a bustling centre, full of shops, hotels and restaurants. This is Cape Towns tourist centre point. You can have a sundowner at one the amazing bars, while watching sea lions play amongst the yachts, set in a background of the bay. There is the Cape Town aquarium, a huge fleamarket and always a few ships to peer at. From the various tourist centres around the waterfront, you can arrange a champagne boat cruise out into the bay to Robben island, a topless bus tour (not that kind of topless!), or for the more adventurous, a cage dive with the notorious great white sharks amongst many other activities. I would highly recommend the bus tour, as this is the best ways to get your bearings, learn a little more (probably a lot more... Read review

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Advantages: Beautiful, fantastic value for money
Disadvantages: Crime.

...and hotels and designer label shops. At least, that is the impression it made on me. A distinctly European feel. From here, you can catch a boat to Robben Island, one time ‘home’ for Nelson Mandela. The trip takes half an hour, and includes a tour of the prison, which will be led by a former inmate. The island and prison are rather bleak, as you might expect, but the insight gained from the guide is interesting and the views of Cape Town and Table Mountain exceptional. If you want to get a glimpse of life for poorer people in Cape Town you can take a tour of townships on the Cape Flats. I didn’t have time to do this, but a friend strongly recommends it. They could have told me before I went! We hired a car (very cheap to hire and feed) and took the road South to Cape Point, where you get great views of the sea. It is an attractive... Read review

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Advantages: Ocean on the left, Ocean on the right & Mountain range in the middle
Disadvantages: Winter can get wet and windy

...the Koon Carnival.It is the way we in Cape Town welcome in the new year. On new years eve there is a street party on the Parade Ground in the City Centre. Entry is Free. For those who want a more cultured visit there is the Baxter Theater in Rosebank, The Castle in Cape Town ( Daily tours can be paid for at the Castle) and the Cape Town Gardens To name But a few. The only thing that I as a Cape Town Boy see as a negative is the Public transport system, but fortunately if you are using pounds a cab will be quite cheap If you do decide to go to Cape Town there is lots of Cheap hotels on the Seafront in Sea Point. This review is based on my Experience of what is happening on the Southern Suburbs and do not include anything happening on the Cape Flats... Read review

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