CAPE TOWN IS BACK, BABY
and more fabulous than ever! Capetonians did not sit on their laurels during 2020 and 2021. No, the Mother City has seemingly used the time to become more inspired, more creative and more fabulous! By Tess De Klerk It has to be said that travel during the last year had, at times, been hit and miss. Some holiday destinations felt in the grasp of a bad hangover, shell-shocked and trying hard to rediscover their je ne sais quoi. Not so with Cape Town. The hubbub of Camps Bay, for example, is as vibrant as it had always been. Bree Street’s bars are busy and the entire city is abuzz with enthusiasm and ideas. New
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restaurants, menus and experiences abound and creativity floats everywhere. It’s impossible not to be swept up by the charge of excitement in the air. Everyone should visit this majestic city at the edge of Africa at least once in their lives and now is a great time to go with temperate climates and the famous Cape Doctor wind past its overzealous
season. Expect balmy days and comfortably cool nights well into May... then again, expect that all year long in the sunny Cape. The rugged beauty of its coastline dotted with giant granite boulders and pristine white beaches, overlooked by the 500 million-year-old Table Mountain, its flanks carpeted with greens and indigenous fynbos flora, inevitably leaves visitors in awe of this southern tip of Mother Africa. Its cosmopolitan-cool attitude feels intimate and welcoming with friendly faces, excellent food and wine and fantastic accommodation available at feel-good prices.
