The Rough Guide to Cape Town, The Winelands and the Garden Route (Travel Guide eBook)

James Bainbridge And Barbara Mccrea

Description

"Discover Cape Town, the Winelands and the Garden Route with the most incisive and entertaining guidebook on the market. Whether you plan to admire the panoramic views from the top of Table Mountain, indulge on a wine estate tour or spot the Big Five in a wildlife reserve, this new edition of The Rough Guide to Cape Town, the Winelands and the Garden Route will show you ideal places to sleep, eat, drink and shop along the way.
Inside The Rough Guide to Cape Town, the Winelands and the Garden Route
- Independent, trusted reviews written in Rough Guides' trademark blend of humour, honesty and insight, to help you get the most out of your visit, with options to suit every budget.
- Full-colour maps throughout - navigate Cape Town's city centre or find your way around Stellenbosch without needing to get online.
- Stunning, inspirational images
- Itineraries - carefully planned routes to help you organize your trip.
- Detailed coverage - whether off the beaten track or in more mainstream tourist destinations, this travel guide has in-depth practical advice for every step of the way. Areas covered include: the city centre; the V&A Waterfront; Robben Island; the Cape Flats; the Atlantic Seaboard; Stellenbosch; Paarl; Franschhoek; Somerset West; the Whale Coast; the Garden Route and Overberg Interior; Route 62 and the Little Karoo; Port Elizabeth and the private reserves. Attractions include: Table Mountain; Boulders Beach; Cape Point; Chapman's Peak Drive; De Hoop Nature Reserve; the wine estates; Tsitsikamma National Park; the Cango Caves; Addo Elephant Park.
- Basics - essential pre-departure practical information including getting there, local transport, health, the media, festivals, parks and wilderness areas, crime and personal safety and more.
- Listings chapters - from accommodation, food and drink to shopping and Cape Town for kids.
- Background information - a Contexts chapter devoted to history, music and books, plus a handy language section and glossary. Make the Most of Your Time on Earth with the Rough Guide to Cape Town, the Winelands and the Garden Route"

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 04 janvier 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780241343845
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 28 Mo

Extrait

INSIDE THIS BOOK START YOUR JOURNEY WITH ROUGH GUIDES
INTRODUCTION What to see, what not to miss, author highlights and more
BASICS Pre-departure tips and practical information
THE CITY Comprehensive, neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood guide to the city,
with full-colour maps featuring all the listings
LISTINGS Where to sleep, eat, drink and shop, plus all the best clubs and theatres
BEYOND THE CITY Covers the Winelands, the Whale Coast and the Overberg Interior,
Route 62 and the Little Karoo, the Garden Route and Addo Elephant National Park
CONTEXTS History, recommended books and music and a useful language section
TRUSTED TRAVEL GUIDES Since 1982, our books have helped over 40 million
CITY PLAN Detailed street mapping for easy navigation travellers explore the world with accurate, honest and informed travel writing.
We’ve fl agged up our favourite places – a perfectly sited hotel, an atmospheric café, a
special restaurant – throughout the Guide with the symbol
Cape Town, the Winelands & the Garden Route chapters
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2 N1 POCKET ROUGH GUIDES “Things Not To Miss” section, essential itineraries and 1
a unique pull-out map featuring every sight and listing in the guide. Hip, handy
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latest ebooks and get inspired L PDe Waterkant The Winelands Port Elizabeth, Addo and the
with travel features, quizzes M3 Table Mountain and the City Bowl The Whale Coast and Overberg private reserves
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Make the Most of Your Time on Earth at roughguides.com
This sixth edition published January 2018
000-000_Cape_Town_InsideCover.indd 1 30/08/17 5:28 pmTHE ROUGH GUIDE TO
CAPE TOWN
THE WINELANDS &
THE GARDEN ROUTE
This sixth edition updated by
James Bainbridge and Barbara McCreaINTRODUCTION 3
INTRODUCTION 4
What to see7 Things not to miss 12
When to go8Itineraries 18
Author picks11
BASICS22
Getting there 23 The media 33
Entry requirements 24Festivals 34
Arrival 25 Parks, reserves and wilderness areas 35
Getting around 25 Crime and personal safety 37
Health30 Travel essentials39
THE CITY 44
1 The city centre 44 4 Southern Suburbs and Cape Flats 79
2 V&A Waterfront, Robben Island and 5 Atlantic Seaboard 91
De Waterkant 64
6 The False Bay seaboard to
3 Table Mountain and the City Bowl 72 Cape Point 99
LISTINGS 112
7Accommodation112 11 Shopping 140
8Eating121 12 Sports and outdoor activities 146
9Drinking and nightlife 130 13 LGBT Cape Town 151
10 The arts and flm 135 14 Cape Town for kids 154
OUT OF CITY 158
15 The Winelands 158 18 Route 62 and the Little Karoo 230
16 The Whale Coast and 19 Port Elizabeth, Addo and the private
Overberg Interior 176reserves 247
17 The Garden Route 195
CONTEXTS 259
History260Music 273
Books269Language276
SMALL PRINT& INDEX 280
CITY PLAN 289
OPPOSITE LION’S HEAD, CAPE TOWN PREVIOUS PAGE BEACH HUTS, MUIZENBERGThe Winelands, The Garden Route, The Little Karoo & The Whale Coast
4 INTRODUCTION Robben Island The Winelands & The KarooTable Bay
V&A
GREEN POINT Waterfront
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CapeSEA POINT N1Town
Signal Hill
WoodstockBANTRY BAY (350m)
PINELANDSCITY Salt River
N7CLIFTON CENTRE OBSERVATORY
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KenilworthNEWLANDSTABLE MOUNTAIN N2
M5 NYANGAIntroduction to LLANDUDNO NATIONAL PARK R300
CONSTANTIA Wynberg CROSSROADSWorld
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SteenbergCape Town is southern Africa’s most beautiful, most romantic and most
Steenberg
Chapman’s Peakvisited city. Its precolonial Khoikhoi inhabitants recognized its extraordinary Lakeside(238m)
NOORDHOEK False Bay
physical setting when they referred to Table Mountain, the city’s emblematic SILVERMINE
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MUIZENBERGVALLEYdoesn’t take your breath away, its high-octane activities from paragliding to St James
ST JAMESMASIPHUMELELE Kalk Baykitesurfng should do the trick, and that’s before you’ve sampled the KOMMETJIE
Clovelly KALK BAY Seal Island
nightlife. Which isn’t to say Cape Town is just about adrenaline. Away from Fish Hoek
FISH HOEK
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GLENCAIRNbeaches, rolling vineyards and fne museums – enough to keep you busy
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SIMON’S TOWN
the city – to the Winelands, to sample South Africa’s celebrated wines, and Simon’s Town
SCARBOROUGH Boulders Beachfurther east along the Garden Route, whose draws include unparalleled
whale watching, crashing seascapes, dappled forests and lions, leopards
TABLE MOUNTAIN
NATIONAL PARKand elephants in the best game reserve in the southern half of the country.
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shimmering white Cape Dutch homesteads, rooted in seventeenth-century northern N
European traditions, characterize the grand estates of the Constantia Winelands; in the
SmitswinkelbaaiOlifantsbos TABLE MOUNTAINcity, Muslim slaves, freed in the nineteenth century, added their minarets to the centre’s
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and Victorian buildings. In the tight terraces of the Bo-Kaap quarter and the tenements
of District Six, the coloured descendants of slaves evolved a unique, evocatively Bordjiesrif
Capetonian brand of jazz, which is well worth catching live. Indeed great sounds,
Buffels BayGifkommetjie
along with high standards of accommodation, smart restaurants, laidback cafés and
CAPE TOWN,
a vibrant gay scene, make visiting Cape Town a truly cosmopolitan experience. Cape Point WINELANDS &(238m)
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Robben Island The Winelands & The KarooTable Bay
V&A
GREEN POINT Waterfront
M5
CapeSEA POINT N1Town
Signal Hill
WoodstockBANTRY BAY (350m)
PINELANDSCITY Salt River
N7CLIFTON CENTRE OBSERVATORY
N2 Observatory
LANGAMowbrayDevil's PeakCAMPS BAY Table Rosebank(1000m) N2
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Rondebosch(1087m)BAKOVEN
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Maclear’s
NewlandsBeacon
Cape TownClaremontKirstenbosch InternationalM7 GUGULETUBotanical Gardens Harfield Road Airport
KenilworthNEWLANDSTABLE MOUNTAIN N2
M5 NYANGALLANDUDNO NATIONAL PARK R300
CONSTANTIA Wynberg CROSSROADSWorld
of Birds Wittebome
Sandy Bay Groot
Constantia Plumstead
Klein
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HOUT BAY CAPE FLATS
Steurhof
MITCHELLS
Dieprivier
M3 PLAINBuitenverwachting
Heathfield
The Sentinel M7
TOKAI(331m) RetreatFOREST
Steenberg
Steenberg
Chapman’s Peak
Lakeside(238m)
NOORDHOEK False Bay
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NATURE
Chapman's Bay RESERVE Muizenberg
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MUIZENBERGVALLEY
St James
ST JAMESMASIPHUMELELE Kalk Bay
KOMMETJIE
Clovelly KALK BAY Seal Island
Fish Hoek
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