Capetonians have long known that Cape Town is a special place, and sometimes the world recognises this too: CNN International have just released their Top Ten Most Loved Cities and Cape Town is listed alongside such giants as Barcelona, New York and Paris. This is how they described their choice; “How does an unwondrously flat, [...]
Cape Town is full of some of the best views – from sweeping, rugged mountains to azure blue oceans. These are Cape Grace blogger Carrie Hampton’s personal favourites. What are yours? – The view of Muizenberg Beach from Boyes Drive never fails to take my breath away. The vast expanse of beach and rhythmical waves [...]
Those of us who live in Cape Town know that this statement is true, but can Cape Town Tourism convey this new marketing strategy to the world and encourage more people to come and find it out for themselves? This is what the new global marketing campaign, revealed by Cape Town Tourism CEO Mariëtte du [...]
Talking about the weather is daily ritual in Cape Town and reputations can be won or lost predicting what the next day will bring. That’s why seasoned paragliders usually say, “wait and see,” when asked where they will take off the next day. The weather at 34º south can provide just about every season in [...]
We are nearing a time where dramatic changes in climate and consciousness (and even total devastation) are predicted by the Mayan calendar. There are signs in certain spiritual places that point to such ancient wisdoms and Table Mountain is believed to be one of them. One man who has a deep connection with Table Mountain [...]
Imagine the surprise of Table Mountain National Park management when they were informed on 30th October 2005 that a 2m deep weir on the cable car road, was full of fat goldfish; the kind that most people keep in a bowl and are who most certainly not native to the mountain streams and dams of [...]
A man waved his wife and friends goodbye as they took off from the V&A Helipad for a flip around the peninsula. When asked why he didn’t go with them he said, “I won’t go on a boat because I can’t swim, so I won’t get into that helicopter because I can’t fly!” That kind [...]
At the beginning of the 20th century the top of Table Mountain had not yet been conquered by mechanical means. But an ingenious plan by a Norwegian engineer caught the imagination of some eminent businessmen and construction began in 1926. The City Council gave a 99 year lease for the top cable station at a [...]
Keep your eyes on this Gracevine and you will be exposed to a whole host of stories, information and pearls of wisdom about Cape Town and Cape Grace, that you never knew you needed to know. For example, in November you will find out why Cape Town is the perfect Feng Shui city and how [...]