The West coast attraction of South Africa, Cape Town is close to L’agullas, which is located on the most south point of the African continent. This most wonderful scenic and spectacular part of the world is famous for its most miraculous Table Mountain. Cape Town’s climate is moderate, being a coastal city. It also experiences very strong seasonal winds and rainfall during the winter. The attitude of the residents of this place is of late back nature, which can controvertibly be called as the Cape cultural heritage.
The History Of Cape Town
Bartolomeus Dias arrived at the Cape in 1488 and named it “The Cape of Storms”, which was then later named as “The Cape of Good Hope’. Ten years after, Vasco de Gama came to the Cape and from this time onwards the Portuguese acquired Eastern trade and the Europeans became well known to the Khoi-Khoi. It can be said that this was the reason for the Cape’s cultural diversity. Jan van Riebeek, in 1652, established a permanent settlement at the Cape, which was like a halfway station for ships to get fresh water and food. It also helped doing trade with the East. The Cape needed slaves because the crops that were planted to give us food were to be taken care of so the imported slaves made an enormous contribution to the Capes diverse cultural heritage.
Tourism
The Cape has a good variety of ethnic music, along with African dancers, which can be witnessed at the St George’s Mall. There one can find good traditional African music performed with instruments such as bongo drums, xylophones and flutes. On the first day of January the streets of Cape Town will be filled with rich cultural activity of the “Kaapse Klopse” or Coon Carnival. This annual parade consists of 20,000 people who will dance and sing, performing traditional tunes to start the New Year on a positive note. This time of the year is famous for the singing of the Cape’s Malay choirs and many church choirs, which forms a distinct part of the music and cultural heritage of Cape Town.
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Architecture And Robben Island
British, Dutch and contemporary African architecture form Cape Town’s foundation. The city’s Dutch heritage is reflected in traditional Cape-Dutch buildings, while its African residents (who typically cannot afford expensive residences) have managed to create innovative living spaces from unexpected designs and materials. This eclectic African style is often known as “shack chic”. Visitors to Cape Town can enjoy a scenic cruise to Robben Island, where political prisoners were held throughout South Africa’s apartheid years. In fact, Robben Island was home to Nelson Mandela for more than a quarter-century. Mandela later went on to become the nation’s president. Robben Island was also home to many other anti-apartheid activists and visitors today can visit the on-site museum, which honors the courage of those who fought for freedom.
The Castle Of Good Hope And Table Mountain
The most important tourist spot is the castle of good hope and Table mountain. The castle, being the oldest stone building in South Africa is situated in Cape Town city centre, forms the Western Cape’s military headquarters and has a wonderful museum and a good restaurant. Table mountain provides an exciting, popular cable car service for the tourists to reach a restaurant at the top of the mountain and to enjoy the beautiful view while dining on the mountain.
Cape town is a city with lot of tourist attractions. Getting a cheap flight into Cape Town is just as easy getting the attractive rates on their car hire deals.The city is also known for its variety of lodges, hotels, bed and breakfast houses, and back packers. The city will suit any type of tourist as it supports different type of people, food, and music and of course variety architecture.
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