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Left: Great aspect, Cape Grace Hotel and above, The Old Biscuit Mill and right, one of the luxury rooms Kate stayed in. Below right: The busy Waterfront
Information
Where to stay: The Cape Grace Hotel, West Quay, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. Cape Town.
http://www.capegrace.com /
info@capegrace.com / Tel: +27 21 410 7100
A double room for two people at The Cape Grace Hotel starts from £250 per night including breakfast.
Fly direct from Heathrow to Cape Town International Airport with British Airways.
http://www.britishairways.com from £700 per person World Traveller Plus.
www.steenberg-vineyards.co.za Each Saturday only and just a short ten minute drive from the city, Woodstock, an up and coming trendy area of Cape Town plays host to The Old Biscuit Mill. A carpark during the week, but each Saturday it transforms itself into a Burough Market equivalent with all kinds of sumptuous fresh food being cooked. From the famous Roobois Tea, Funky Fungi (all different kinds of bbq’d mushrooms) to delicious quiches, stir-frys and marvellous butchers and bakers you can find something to tickle your taste buds and wash it down with craft beer and Cap Classic, South Africa’s equivalent to ‘champagne.’ If you’re feeling energetic after all the food and wine then there’s heaps to do ensuring you can work off the excess! Tackle one of the scenic walks on the slopes of Table Mountain. Constancia Nek and Cecilia Forest are both great starting points. As well as great views over Cape Town you should be rewarded by spotting unique birdlife. Of course you
can take the rotating cable car to reach the summit of Table Mountain. There is a free daily walking tour from 10am and many hiking trails at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. Set against the awesome backdrop of Table Mountain and Devil’s Peak, it is home to over 22,000 indigenous plants. The gardens host concerts every Sunday in the summer. If you just want to relax and soak up the sun, then visit Shimmy Beach Club – a fun place with two swimming pools surrounded by sand. You can hire sun loungers overlooking the ocean, or nestle under the umbrellas away from the rays. Run by Mark Reeve, the service is excellent and the food is delicious too. For a bird’s eye view of Cape Town there are various helicopter tours that can be booked at the V&A harbour waterfront. For a daring but also terrifying experience, try the Huey. The famous military helicopter that was used in the Vietnam War takes you on various trips lasting from 15 minutes to an hour. I did the
combat mission flight with the doors open, it chugs along just metres above the sea, over towards the mountains where there’s ‘hard banking’ and ‘sharp climbing’ before you hit anything, which thrillingly finishes with its engine being switched off in mid-flight. Not only do you see the most fantastic views over Cape Town and the surrounding area, at the end of your flight you are given a certificate! After this a much needed gin and tonic is needed, so best to head for the serenity of the Cape Grace Hotel. The epitome of refined luxury, this stunning and most welcoming of hotels has the marina-fronted Bascule Bar where you can stay and rest up. Book in to the Signal Bar to celebrate your last night where you can try the seven course ‘Tasting Menu’ with matching wine from the Raats family vineyard. Cape Town has something for everyone. A week’s holiday fitting in many amazing experiences into a short amount of time is a challenge, but it’s definitely worth it.
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