Acknowledged as South Africa’s tourist capital and one of the world’s growing international destinations, the ‘Mother City’ has much to be proud of. Dominated by the soaring Table Mountain and surrounded by the wild Atlantic Ocean, it has one of the most spectacular backdrops in the world. With its 350-year history of settlement, the city today is diverse with grandiose colonial buildings and gracious public gardens alongside 1960s eyesores. The City Bowl is Cape Town’s historical heart and where all the major museums and monuments are. At the harbour, the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront (V&A) is a modern development of shopping malls and restaurants.

Following the coast to the west are the residential districts of the Atlantic seaboard, Green Point and Sea Point and, further round, the beautiful beaches of Clifton and Camps Bay. On the other side of the mountain, the southern suburbs stretch around the lower slopes, to the west and south, finally leading to False Bay. This is a huge area of seaside villages, long beaches and the picturesque harbour towns of Kalk Bay and Simon’s Town. Due south leads to Cape Point, Africa’s southwestern tip. To the northeast lie the sprawling townships of the Cape Flats, a lasting testimony of the apartheid era.
Over 2.9 million people live in an area of 2.500 km².

One of Cape Town’s most desirable residential areas, Camps Bay is often compared to the French Cote d ‘Azur or the Italian Riviera. It was “discovered” as a tourist destination about 16 years ago and is a haven for holidaymakers.

We can testify to its having one the most beautiful beaches on the Cape Peninsula and certainly one of the most photographed in the world. The beachfront is is lined with trendy restaurants, bistros, pizzerias, bars and cafés catering well for smart-casual dining, including the famous Blues and the best fish place in town, The Codfather. There are also fine dining restaurants, for example, Tides at The Bay Hotel , The Roundhouse in the Glen, or Azure restaurant at the nearby Twelve Apostles Hotel in De Oudekraal Bay.

Our guests’ material and well-being needs are met with ATMs, a post office, classy boutiques, hairdressing salons, a skin care institute, a pharmacy and a supermarket.
For detailed information, check out www.campsbayinfo.com.

We have developed an intimate local knowledge of where to go, what to do and, of course, how to spend it. Once we find out our guests’ specific areas of interest, read our guest questionnaire, we point them in the right direction – often alternative to the main tourist attractions - and tell them “what not to miss”.