The Rough Guide to Cape Town & the Garden Route 1

by McCrea, Barbara; Pinchuck, Tony

• ISBN13: 9781843535058
• ISBN10: 184353505X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-19
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

With enough heart-pumping activities, from abseiling to paragliding, as well as more relaxed outings to beaches, vineyards and museums, Cape Town easily fills an extended visit. But many, if not most, visitors venture much further east, out along the Garden Route, whose enticements include some of the best land-based whale-watching in the world, crashing seascapes, dappled forests and, at its culmination, lions and elephants in the best game reserve in the southern half of the country. The Rough Guide to Cape Town and the Garden Route is the definitive guide to Cape Town, its stunning environs (including Table Mountain, Cape Point, the Winelands and the Whale Coast) and the Garden Route all the way to Port Elizabeth and the Addo Elephant National Park.

Table of Contents

Front section	p. 1
Introduction	p. 4
What to see	p. 6
When to visit	p. 8
Things not to miss	p. 11
Basics	p. 17
Getting there	p. 19
Visas and red tape	p. 24
Information, websites and maps	p. 25
Insurance	p. 27
Health	p. 28
Costs, money and banks	p. 31
Arrival	p. 33
Getting around	p. 33
Tours	p. 41
Communications	p. 42
The media	p. 44
Opening hours, public holidays and festivals	p. 45
Parks, reserves and wilderness areas	p. 48
Crime and personal safety	p. 50
Travellers with disabilities	p. 52
The City	p. 55
The city centre	p. 55
V&A Waterfront, De Waterkant and Robben Island	p. 78
Table Mountain and the City Bowl suburbs	p. 86
The southern suburbs	p. 94
The Atlantic seaboard	p. 105
The False Bay seaboard to Cape Point	p. 112
Listings	p. 125
Accommodation	p. 125
Eating	p. 138
Drinking, nightlife and live music	p. 146
Theatre, comedy, classical music and cinema	p. 150
Shopping	p. 153
Sports and outdoor activities	p. 159
Gay and lesbian Cape Town	p. 163
Cape Town for kids	p. 166
Directory	p. 169
Beyond the city	p. 171
The Winelands	p. 173
The Whale Coast	p. 193
The Garden Route	p. 207
Port Elizabeth & Addo	p. 245
Contexts	p. 257
A brief history of Cape Town	p. 259
Architecture and urban planning	p. 268
Books	p. 274
Music	p. 281
Language	p. 283
Advertisers	p. 291
Small print & Index	p. 309
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