Time Out Cape Town: Winelands and the Garden Route
This increasingly popular destination features a heady mix of beautiful beaches, rural wine lands, and sizzling city life — all covered in detail by Time Out’s knowledgeable team of local journalists. This second edition contains a wealth of tips on enjoying Cape Town’s best food and drinks, and also includes information on local cheese farms, strawberry picking, cigar bars, and spots to watch the sun set. Color photos and maps throughout make the guide even more user-friendly…. More >>
As many other Time Out Guides, the Cape Town one didn’t let me down. It is a very reliable and updated source on best hotels in town, best shops, best restaurants, bars, and so on, for all budgets. I believe it enhanced greatly my experience of knowing new places. I took my Time Out Guides with me to NYC, New Orleans, Buenos Aires and Cape Town and I must say their recommendations rarely disapointed me. They also have a comprehensive session on tours, museums or sight seeing, but they are not the most complete in the market, though.
This book is fantastic. I used this book in conjunction with websites like http://www.cometocapetown.com (which handled my accommodation & car hire bookings) and I was fully equipped for an excellent holiday in South Africa. Can highly recommend, and like the rest of the time out series, this one doesn’t dissapoint.
I was skeptical about this book, particularly since I have no interest in the wine country. But with two five star reviews, I ordered it. I was amazed. Very well written. Covers everything. Great pictures. With our weight limits we will not take most of our guide books, but this one will accompany us.
I gave the book to my wife. She took a look at it and said something to the effect that it looked superficial. I urged her to read it and she immediately became a convert.
One of the best travel books I have read.
I spent a month in Cape Town and this guide was always by my side. Excellent guide with wonderful endearing side bars on locals-it gives you a great sense of Cape Town and its local flavour. All the sections are dead on. I found the dining and shopping extremely helpful with its guide to what is uniquely Capetonian. This is by far the best guide to Cape Town out now. The writers and contributors for this guide should be commended.