Cape Town Carnival weekend 18-20 March 2010

Bringing a touch of Rio to the streets of Cape Town with Rhythm, Roots and Boots. Cape Town Carnival will transform the streets of Cape Town into a sight to be seen with bright colours, costumes and larger-than-life floats on the weekend of the 18 to 20March 2010. After this inaugural event, themed "Rhythm, Roots and Boots, " the carnival will take place every year on the third weekend of March.

It will kick off with a star-studded fashion show led by South Africa's top designers and celebrity models. The next evening the fun will continue with street, beach and club parties, plus the Grand Carnival Ball at the CT ICC. On Saturday the highlight of the weekend will be a parade of five competing groups of performers, comprising a total of 10 000 artist and entertainers. It will be massive.

Come dressed up in your most fabulous, outrageous and festive costumes for the party of a lifetime. Watch Long Street come alive and party till the sun comes up. The best thing it is FREE!!!!!

Date: 18 March 2010 to 20 March 2010
Time: 10:00 until very late
Venue: Long Street
Location:Cape Town
Price: Free

Dear Thomas and Beach House Team,

We are back home to ( freezing ) Germany and want to take the oppurtunity to say Thank You for making our stay at Hout Bay so agreeable. Beach House is a wonderful place to relax, situated perfectly between Cape Town and other beautiful locations. we will recommend Beach House to all our friend that want to visit Cape Twon and we promise to come back next time.

Best Regards,

Sigrid & Ralf

The residents of two of Cape Town's most beautiful seaside suburbs, Hout Bay & Llandudno, have something new and to be very proud off : Their own local online TV channel.

Throught video-ad clips or sponsorships this is a platform to communicate with and entertain resident, businesses and prospective tourist. Providing all with an interactive platform with current news, entertainment programmes as well as events guide and a Who-isWho in Hout Bay.

Visit :- www.790tv.co.za

Good news everyone!!

Table Mountain Aerial Cableway has announced that it is extending its Family Winter Special until the end of October. This is to allow all families to celebrate the tourist icon's 80th birthday.

Visit their website for full special details in putting together your trip intineray.

Many of our guest enquire when the Cableway will open again. Good New... The Cableway reopen to the public on Monday August 17 following the annual maintenance.

" Table Mountains Cableway is required to do annual maintenance to meet the highest global cableway standards set by Swiss Governing Body for Cableways ( BAV ) " said the company in a media release on August 12.

Please keep in mind the Cableway operates weather permitting

ONLINE TICKET SALES

From August 17, table Mountain Aerial Cableway has introduced a ticketing system that allows visitors to purchase tickets online.

The new system avoids visitors having to wait in queues at the ticket office, letting them go straight to the cable car.

Online ticket are available from www.tablemountain.net and are valid for 7 days after purchase.

" We recently spent a week in this comfortable guest house with friendly, helpful hosts Thomas and Vick, plus staff....The situation is great as a base for exploring this delightful area, and has big advantage of being only a short walk from most of the important amenities. Also, as its name implies, its adjacent to a delightful beach."
" All the rooms are well equipped with comfortable beds and impressive views, especially the four upper level units which have an interconnecting wooden deck."

" We have no hesitation in highly recommending this excellent guest house and hope to return in the near future."

The full review as well as the 100% score can be viewed on Tripadvisor ( www.tripadvisor.com )posted by one of our guests from Salisbury in the UK.

Thank you for the great comment it was great having you as a guest at the Guest House

"Amazing -"
"The rooms are nice and well decorated. Very good quality for money with very friendly staff from the office to the kitchen. Beds were excellent and bedding top quality. Breakfast was sumptious, simply outstanding. Security and location, excellent. Would I stay here again? Definitely. Any requests were attended to immediately and they even did more."

This comment was posted online via SafariNow.com by Mr. Theo Wilken.

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