Cape Town Travel Guide
Best Cooking Classes in the World, Tried and Tested
Learning to cook a dish from one of Asia’s best restaurants, mastering the art of making macarons in Paris, and cooking with a Countess in Venice are just a few of our picks of the [...]
Reflections on Cape Town
Having grown up in Australia during South Africa’s apartheid era, I became aware of what was going on there through the South African rugby team’s tour of Australia in 1971. I can remember, even as [...]
Wine Tasting on a Wine Tour in Cape Town’s Winelands
“We've been making Cape wine for three centuries, since 1659, and we’ve been exporting it to Europe since 1761,” our guide Carl tells us. “Wine is now our number one agricultural export, yet ironically South [...]
Price Check: a Cape Town Shopping List
This was our first visit to Cape Town so we didn’t have any expectations about what things cost or the cost of living generally, so we were surprised to find it fairly affordable, especially when [...]
A Local Guide to the Cape Town Music Scene
We’d heard a lot about South African music before coming to Cape Town and were eager to experience as much of Cape Town music as we could, so much so that Terence even signed up [...]
Local Tips on Staying Safe in Cape Town and Its Townships
Is Cape Town safe? Is it safe to visit the city’s townships? These are questions being asked following the recent murder of Anni Dewani after the taxi she and husband Shrien were in was carjacked [...]