The Metropolis of Cape Town, the oldest city in South Africa (founded by Jan van Riebeeck in 1652), huddles in the 'bowl' that is formed by majestic Table Mountain, its flanking peaks and the broad sweep of Table Bay. Suburbs and satellite towns sprawl across the low-lying Cape Flats and southwards over much of the scenically spectacular 60 kilometre long Cape Peninsula whose shores are, according to popular belief, lapped by two oceans.

Among the top attractions are the wide variety of good restaurants and bars, excellent hotels, craft markets and speciality stores, a lively calendar of dramatic arts and events, superb white, sandy beaches, the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Table Mountain, its rotating cableway and the Peninsula's unique mountain and coastal....