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Cape Town - Virtual Tour

Cape Town is a cosmopolitan and modern city at the southern tip of the Africa. Its perfect location around the sweeping Table Bay and stunning backdrop of Table Mountain have made it the region’s most popular tourist destination. The city centre is a harmonious blend of old and new architectural styles, and a potpourie of the many ethnic groups that have forged this city’s 300 year old history. For the visitor the options for shopping, sight-seeing, entertainment and relaxation are endless, with a well developed tourist infra-structure to complement the many lovely natural sites. The typically laid-back attitude of the locals adds to the leisure atmosphere which appeals so much to tourists.
	South of Cape is a 54km-long peninsula which culminates in the dramatic headland at Cape Point. This so-called ‘tip of Africa’ is reached by driving the cliff-hugging Chapman’s Peak road, reckoned to be one of the world’s most spectacular. Along the way you can stop to admire the glamour of Clifton beach in the Riviera-like Camps Bay, or stop off for lunch in the quaint ‘hidden’ fishing town of Hout Bay, before returning via the Naval Base at Simonstown or sampling the waves at Muizenberg.
Presiding over Cape Town is the world famous Table Mountain, a 1000m-high plateau which offers fantastic views of the entire hinterland. There are numerous hiking trails to the summit or a busy cable car for the less energetic.
	Cape Town was founded as a victualling station for the Dutch East India Company and to this day remains as a busy port. In recent years the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront basin has been development into an exciting precinct with plenty of entertainment, dining to suit all budgets and an excellent variety of shopping. The large tasteful mall, hotels and accommodation, quayside yachts and colourful aquarium make the area a popular draw card. Boat cruises also depart from here, most popularly to Robben Island where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned.The city centre is a history lesson in the unique Cape Dutch architecture, coupled with typical colonial relics and lovely gardens.
The colouful Bo Kaap suburb is a legacy of the city’s large Cape Malay community, while the heady mix of intriguing native African culture and European influence can be sampled at the numerous theatres, music venues, cultural shows and exhibitions that make Cape Town such as happening city. The ornate City Hall and centuries-old Castle fort are two legacies of the Cape Town’s past, with the story of the country’s more tumultuous recent past preserved in some excellent museums.
The Cape Town area has arguably some of the best beaches in Southern Africa and Capetonians are usually to be found sunning themselves on a hot summers day.
The Atlantic coast beaches of Clifton, Camps Bay and Llandudno are popular venues overlooked by multimillion Rand mansions and apartments. On the Indian Ocean side are the warm water beaches at Muizenberg, Fish Hoek and Boulders Beach in Simonstown where sun worshippers share the beach with the only land-based penguin breeding colony in Africa.The best views of the Mountain are found on the northern side of Table bay with the crashing waves of.

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