Cape Town has a setting of astonishing drama and beauty. The massive slab of Table Mountain rears up like a gigantic fortress; in winter, huge Atlantic breakers smash into the boulders that protect the city’s harbor, while in summer, a placid expanse of turquoise edges the shining white sands of Camps Bay. A major port with an intriguing history, an ethnically diverse population and a thriving cultural scene, Cape Town also possesses a downtown that is a delightful hodgepodge of Cape Dutch, Georgian, Victorian, art deco and contemporary architecture. Cape Town has become one of the world’s great food cities, with a wide choice of distinctive restaurants, and it has an exquisite and easily accessible hinterland, with some of the world’s most attractive vineyards.

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