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                <title>Airport transfer: Taxis</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The taxi journey to the city centre should last no more than 20 minutes, but only use Touch Down Taxis, the company officially authorised by the airport. Shuttle buses run from both the domestic and international arrivals buildings and are available on-demand or pre-booked. The first passenger costs R120, then each additional passenger from the same group costs an extra R30.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Mail &amp; Guardian</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Try the entertainment guide in the Mail &amp; Guardian, a weekly paper]]></description>
                
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                <title>Mount Nelson</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Turn of the century building set in acres of greenery at the foot of Table Mountain. Their traditional afternoon teas are said to be formidable. Doubles are between R3,460 (low season) and R5,125 (high season). Luxury suites go from R8,030 (low season) up to R12,165 (high season).]]></description>
                
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                <title>Breakwater Lodge</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Once a prison, now cheap accommodation in a great setting, within walking distance of a multitude of bars, restaurants and shops. Doubles start at R460.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Victoria Junction</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Stripped brickwork and wireless internet in the rooms. Elegant bars, a gym and a narrow open-air pool. Doubles start at R1,000.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Savoy Cabbage</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[One of Cape Town’s best. Rustic food and good veggie options, which can be rare in South Africa. Have a drink afterwards at the Po-Na-Na bar upstairs.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Panama Jacks</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[An excellent seafood restaurant in the dock area. You have to book and even then you might have to wait, but it’s worth it. Around R120 per head.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Why South Africa is the way it is.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Ferryman’s Tavern</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Good value pub grub on the waterfront. Around R45 per head.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Table Mountain cable car</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Walk to the top, and buy a one-way ticket down (Adults: R60, children R30).]]></description>
                
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                <title>African Penguins</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[They can be seen at Boulders Beach.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Cape of Good Hope nature reserve</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[There are antelopes and plenty of birds, as well as ‘fynbos’, a fine-leaved plant kingdom unique to the southern tip of South Africa.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Seafood</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Obviously.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Cape Malay cuisine</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A distinctive blend of local ingredients and Asian cooking techniques invented by Malays who were brought to South Africa as slaves, generations ago. One example is “roties”, flat bread filled with spiced meat and vegetables.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Chapman’s Peak Drive</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Chapman’s Peak Drive, cut into the sheer mountainside, offers spectacular views of the sandy bays below, as well as the city by night. It was closed due to rockfalls, but is now open again.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Camps Bay</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The cliffs of the Twelve Apostles, a mountain range jutting from the flanks of Table Mountain, provide a spectacular backdrop. Take a bottle of white wine, and settle down on the fine white sand to enjoy a blissful view.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Wooden African carvings</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Such a cliche.]]></description>
                
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                <title>A case of South African wine</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[You’ll have fun deciding which one in the tasting rooms of the winelands around Stellenbosch and Paarl, a short drive from Cape Town.]]></description>
                
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                <title>District Six Museum</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[During apartheid, the multi-racial neighbourhood of District Six was bulldozed and its mixed-race population evicted to townships outside the city. This museum documents the joys of living in what was once one of the liveliest parts of Cape Town, as well as the injustice of white minority rule. Wonderful photographs of the city as it used to be.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Tank</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Blue-and-white decor with giant fishtanks set in the walls. Set in a busy complex of bars and restaurants, this is a good place to sip local wine, order sushi and people-watch.]]></description>
                
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