Western Cape Article - South African Vacations

CAPE TOWN CENTRALCape Town TourismPinnacle BuildingCorner Burg & Castle Streets, Cape Town, 8000.PO Box 1403, Cape Town, 8000.Tel: +27 (0) 21 426 4260Fax: +27 (0) 21 426 4266E-mail: info@cape-town.orgWebsite: http://www.cape-town.orgCape Town extends over a very large area and its many suburbs each have a uniquecharacter. Some are so big that they could be regarded as individual cities. The northernsuburbs include Goodwood, dating from 1905, Parow with its carillon of 12 bronze bellsthat play their melodies twice daily and Bellville, which offers more than its share ofrestaurants and shopping malls.The southern suburbs are Rosebank, with the Irma Stern Museum of South African Art,Observatory where the SA Astronomical Observatory is located, Newlands, Wynberg with itsheritage of eighteenth-century architecture and Constantia, home of the Wine Museum andthe Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden.ADVENTURE AND SPORTAbseiling, paragliding: The cool breeze lifts paragliders gently from Lion’s Head over the citycentre and abseilers often use Table Mountain as their starting point.36