Views from Cape Point Nature Reserve |
Over 39,000 readers
of the UK’s Telegraph newspaper have voted Cape Town, South Africa, the Best
City in the World again… for the seventh year running!
V&A Waterfront Cape Town South Africa |
The Telegraph joked
that its readers are “nothing if not loyal”, adding “astute too… for the beauty
of Cape Town… runs deep”.
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Kirstenbosch Gardens - Cape Town South Africa |
Describing Cape Town, the Telegraph
said: “Set off in almost any direction and you are rewarded with undulating
mountain peaks, slopes carpeted in the world’s richest floral kingdom, fertile
valleys riven by amber streams, and wind-clipped plains producing unexpected
culinary gems.”
Penguins - Simonstown Cape Town South Africa |
The newspaper said “the greatest city
in the world is a coastal gem, lying in the shadow of a cloud-hugged mountain.
Here wine flows, penguins waddle and – not too far away – majestic beasts
roam.”
Some of the highlights of holidaying
in Cape Town, mentioned by the Telegraph, include Kogelbaai Nature Reserve
and Clarence Drive, Boulders Beach
Penguins, Kirstenbosch
Gardens, the Winelands,
Cape Point, the Bo-Kaap, Table Mountain and
the V&A
Waterfront (where Siya Kolisi will be switching on the Christmas lights soon!).
It's nearly Christmas time again! V&A Waterfront Cape Town |
The Top 5 Cities in the World
(according to Telegraph readers) are: Cape Town, Vancouver (Canada), Kyoto
(Japan) which is a new listing in the Top 20, Sydney (Australia) and St
Petersburg (Russia). See the Telegraph’s full list here.
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Sunset from Camps Bay Cape Town South Africa |
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