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Travel Guide to Cape Town, South Africa

Cape Town is one of the most attractive resorts of the world. Wonderful architecture, mild climate, high quality service and widest choice of entertainments – here are the main reasons why thousands of tourists choose Cape Town as their rest destination. Each year tenths of new buildings appear on the territory of the city. These are hotels, restaurants, trading centers and so on. In Cape Town you can see wonderful historical monuments just near modern buildings. The citizens of Cape Town carefully keep their history and take good care of the historical heritage of the region.
In Cape Town are located numerous famous places of interest that simply cannot be neglected if you visit this place. Start your observation of the city from the central park. Here you can see the building of parliament, the residence of the local government and one of the main religious sights of Cape Town – Saint George Cathedral. The building of the mayor’s house stores the exhibition of Art Museum. Here you can see the works of modern painters. While walking along Long Street, you can find numerous antiquity shops, real Turkish baths and magnificent mosques Noorel Nameida Msque and Pink Palm Tree Mosque. Here is also located the most popular art museum in the city – Cape Town Art Gallery that exhibits the works of modern African painters. International tourists can also find it entertaining to visit the only museum in Africa devoted to Russian art. The museum is named Marvol Museum.
You can enjoy magnificent landscapes during your excursion to Cape of Good Hope. There really many tourist routes here and each one of them is entertaining and interesting. Nightlife fans will find much pleasure in visiting various night clubs and discos. You can also visit one of restaurants and have meals on a spacious terrace under the starry sky.
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Cape Town: Major facts

Number of inhabitants 3.4 mln. (2007 census)
Local currency Rand, R1 = 100 cents
Working hours Monday-Friday 9:00-17:00
Saturday 9:00-13.00
Malls Daily 9:00-19:00
Banks
Monday-Friday 9:00-15:30
Saturday 9:00-11:00
Related sites http://www.tourismcapetown.co.za
http://www.capetown.gov.za
http://www.CapeTownMagazine.com
Major newspapers and journals The Cape Argus
The Independent
City Vision
Cape Business News
Cape Review
Emergency telephone numbers Common emergency 107

Police 10111
Ambulance 10177

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