In this beautiful city even transient
visitors can't help but devote a few million brain cells to storing images of
its grandeur: its striking Table Mountain backdrop, its glorious beaches and
enchanting vineyards, its rugged landscapes, its strange and wonderful plants
and animals. Cape Town is famed for its hospitality. Its mix of trendy
hostelries match up favourably to those in any other cosmopolitan city. There's
a lively cultural scene, particularly when it comes to music, which seems to
pervade every corner of the city. The people are open-minded and the mood
relaxed.
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Cape Town - South Africa
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B&B, Hotels and Hostels in Cape Town - South Africa
Hardly a week goes by in Cape Town without some event or celebration happening somewhere in the city and its immediate surroundings, from outdoor arts performances in January to Carols by Candlelight in the Company's Gardens in time for Christmas. The weather is not really a critical factor in deciding when to visit Cape Town. Great extremes of temperature are unknown, although it can be relatively cold and wet for a few months in winter. One of the Cape's most characteristic phenomena is the famous Cape Doctor, a south-easterly wind that buffets the Cape and lays Table Mountain's famous 'tablecloth' (a layer of cloud that covers the City Bowl). It can be a welcome breeze in summer, but it can also be a wild gale, particularly in spring. When it really blows you know you're clinging to a peninsula at the southern end of Africa, and there's nothing between you and Antarctica.
Cape Town is a popular gay destination and it features a prominent gay infrastructure often gay-owned and/or managed. A list of other popular gay and lesbian destinations world round has been included here