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With more than 400 shops to choose from, Canal Walk is Africa's largest and most exciting retail and entertainment centre, offering the most compelling, comparative shopping experience under one roof on the continent.

It has however been designed to offer more than just an unbeatable shopping experience. From its breathtaking architecture to the live events and promotions staged regularly in its state-of-the-art promotions court, to its 40 restaurants, coffee shops and pubs, Canal Walk has been designed to entertain.

For more Info visit www.canalwalk.co.za.

Chapman's Peak drive is one of the world's most spectacular drives. The 10-km stretch of road between Noordhoek and Hout Bay is dramatic and dizzyingly beautiful.

The road clings to the mountainside, with a narrow retaining wall separating you from a sheer drop into the sea - 600 metres down at its highest. The road was built (1915-1922) by Italian prisoners of war.

It was closed for renovations in January 2000, and re-opened in December 2003.

Sir Cecil John Rhodes is one of the most dazzling personalities of South African history. He came to South Africa in 1870 and began working as a speculative digger on the diamond fields in Kimberley.

In 1880 he established the De Beers Mining Company, and 8 years later formed De Beers Consolidated Mines. From then on Cecil Rhodes used his financial power mainly for political influence.

He was Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890-1896. Rhodes died in 1902 and was buried in Zimbabwe (former Rhodesia - named after him!).

The Memorial sits below Devil's Peak where Rhodes placed a wooden seat from which he could look out over Table Bay to the north, False Bay to the south and the Hottentots Holland Mountains to the east.

There are many spectacular beaches around Cape Town, and some of the most beautiful are only a few minutes away from the city centre. All of them have soft white sand and are set in very scenic locations amongst huge boulders.

Get a nice bottle of wine or grab a six pack of Windhoek Lager (our favourite), some snacks and head down to one of Clifton's four decadent beaches to watch the african sun set over the mighty Atlantic Ocean.

Take a stroll on Bloubergstrand for that classic view of Table Mountain and Robben Island across the Table Bay.

The name Blouberg (blue mountain) derives from a blue haze which often hangs over the mountain. The beach also ranks high with board sailors, surfers and kite boarders.

At night one can see the lights of the Mother City against the backdrop of Table Mountain.

For nearly 400 years, Robben Island, 12 kilometers from Cape Town, was a place of banishment, exile, isolation and imprisonment.

It was here that rulers sent those they regarded as political troublemakers, social outcasts and the unwanted of society. Nelson Mandela spent 27 years of his life in exile on Robben Island.

Today it's a famous tourist attraction. In 1999 the island was declared a World Heritage Site. The Robben Island Museum departure point, ticket office and curio shop is at the Clocktower, Nelson Mandela Gateway, V&A Waterfront.