Cape Town (Globetrotter Travel Guide)

by PeterJoyce (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $4.27

  Designed for the visitor wanting to experience the best of Cape Town in a limited time period, this travel guide is written with the first-time visitor in mind. It recommends worthwhile sights and places of interest to visit using a three-star grading; advises on where to stay, eat and shop, and suggests enjoyable excursions and the best way to travel around. It highlights Cape Town's top attractions: Table Mountain; the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront; the Wine Routes through the Constantia Valley and the vineyards of the hinterland; scenic drives along the coasts; Chapman's Peak; and the white-sand beaches of the Peninsula's shoreline. The text contains travel tips, information panels, maps and charts which should enable visitors to make the most of the time available.

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $3.25

  The highly successful Globetrotter Travel Series, which includes Travel Guides, Maps and Road Atlases, presently covers more than 80 destinations worldwide. The Packs are excellent value, including both a guidebook and a softcover version of the fold-out Globetrotter map of the region, in a printed plastic wallet. The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips and recommendations, accompanied by colour photographs, charts and maps for the first-time traveller who wants to experience the major highlights that Cape Town has to offer. This travel book surpasses other guides in that it incorporates essential information in an easy-to-carry and easy-to-read format that is attractive and useful at the same time. It provides a visitor with an invaluable introduction to Cape Town by concisely highlighting the region's 'must see' areas in a practical and user-friendly format, thus encouraging the tourist to make the most of his/her available time. All the essential information you need to get around an unfamiliar region is compacted into useful and practical 'At-a-Glance' sections at the end of each chapter. The fold-out map of Cape Town is ideal for tourists and visitors. In addition to the main map of Cape Town, which highlights scenic routes, it features 3 detailed area maps and 2 town plans.