Western Cape Article - South African Vacations

Cape Town, the Southern Peninsula, Blaauwberg, Helderberg, city of Tygerberg andOostenberg form the Cape Metropole, an extended city. These areas in turn consist ofdifferent suburbs and villages. In addition to its exuberant natural beauty, the city also hasmany sophisticated shopping malls, street markets, theatres and restaurants, as well as avast array of places of historical, architectural and aesthetic interest.The Cape Metropole Tourism is committed to preserving the area’s natural heritage and hasadopted an environmental programme to improve and promote environmental practices, aswell as to increase environmental awareness within the travel and tourism industry.35