Cape Town Features

Cape Town Features

• Top Reasons to Go to Cape Town
  

  City Sophistication. Cape Town is a cosmopolitan city with a rich heritage that's proudly on display. It might be more laid-back than Johannesburg... read more

• Cape History at a Glance
  

  It's said that Cape Town owes its very existence to Table Mountain. The freshwater streams running off its slopes were what first prompted early... read more

• A Cape Town Celebration of Food
  

  The Gourmet Festival (021/797-4500. www.gourmetsa.com) is an exclamation mark on the Cape culinary calendar. The festival usually begins in mid-May... read more

• Cape Town Spas
  

  Arabella. Breathtaking 360-degree views and ambrosial aromas (courtesy of Anne Sémonin and St Barth products) greet you at this streamlined... read more

• Cape Town and the World Cup
  

  Cape Town Stadium will hold 70,000 World Cup fans, is 15 floors high, and has 16 elevators, 135 VIP suites, and basement parking for 1,200 cars... read more

• The Wilds of Table Mountain
  

  Despite being virtually surrounded by the city, Table Mountain is a remarkably unspoiled wilderness. Most of the Cape Peninsula's 2,200 species... read more

• Its All Bells, Whistles—and Umbrellas!
  

  One of the greatest celebrations in Cape Town is the annual Cape Coon New Year Carnival, also known as the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival or, more... read more

• Jazz It Up
  

  Music, especially jazz and local African music, was an extremely potent instrument for social change during the oppressive apartheid regime... read more