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Full-colour throughout, The Rough Guide to Cape Town, the Winelands and the Garden Route is the ultimate travel guide to one of the world's most captivating regions. With 30 years experience and our trademark 'tell it like it is' writing style Rough Guides cover all the basics with practical, on-the-ground details, as well as unmissable alternatives to the usual must-see sights. At the top of your to-pack list, and guaranteed to get you value for money, each guide also reviews the best accommodation and restaurants in all price brackets we know there are times for saving, and times for splashing out.
In The Rough Guide to Cape Town, the Winelands and the Garden Route:
- Over 50 colour-coded maps featuring every listing
- Area-by-area chapter highlights
- Top 5 boxes
- Things not to miss section
Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Cape Town, the Winelands and the Garden Route.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I think you are often either a Lonely Planet person or a Rough Guide person and I definitely fall into the latter camp. That said, even I was wary of taking just this little book for our holiday rather than a more complete guide to South Africa. I needn't have worried. This had everything we needed; clearly and concisely spelt out, with the cafe and restaurant guide being particularly up to date and helpful.
It's obviously hard with a city, such as Cape Town to have everything in the order you might like, but the order here worked fine for us. We also found Cape Town much easier to navigate than we had envisaged and the RG remained our only map. Where the book was particularly good however, was in its coverage of the surrounding area. The Winelands and Garden Route are beautiful and you could easily be overwhelmed and not really know how best to spend your time, but we found the RG informative and appropriately helpful in spelling out what was worth a visit and what not.
My only suggestion would be that it could benefit from a few more photos since we were completely unprepared for how beautiful the area is. Had I seen photos before I would have been much more enthusiastic about going! So, I'd recommend a trip and if you're going, this neat little book - packed with information, but small enough to be squirrelled away when you want to be discreet - is all you need.
It's obviously hard with a city, such as Cape Town to have everything in the order you might like, but the order here worked fine for us. We also found Cape Town much easier to navigate than we had envisaged and the RG remained our only map. Where the book was particularly good however, was in its coverage of the surrounding area. The Winelands and Garden Route are beautiful and you could easily be overwhelmed and not really know how best to spend your time, but we found the RG informative and appropriately helpful in spelling out what was worth a visit and what not.
My only suggestion would be that it could benefit from a few more photos since we were completely unprepared for how beautiful the area is. Had I seen photos before I would have been much more enthusiastic about going! So, I'd recommend a trip and if you're going, this neat little book - packed with information, but small enough to be squirrelled away when you want to be discreet - is all you need.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My wife and I always discuss whether LP is better than RG and this book made me make up my mind - Lonely Planet is better!
I am tired of using a guide which insists on using hand drawn maps rather than an actual map of the places you want to visit (as LP does). It just makes navigating in a new place very hard (and potentially dangerous).
On numerous occasions in this book, they would mention something, then fail to put it on the map and fail to even show the street it was on, on the map - how is that "guiding" you?
This guide also has an annoying way of sectioning the book by area (standard for any guide), but then collating all the accomodation and restaurants/bars in a separate section at the back of the book - so you end up having to cross reference all the time.
Anyway, to summerise - this "guide" will leave you feeling frustrated.
I am tired of using a guide which insists on using hand drawn maps rather than an actual map of the places you want to visit (as LP does). It just makes navigating in a new place very hard (and potentially dangerous).
On numerous occasions in this book, they would mention something, then fail to put it on the map and fail to even show the street it was on, on the map - how is that "guiding" you?
This guide also has an annoying way of sectioning the book by area (standard for any guide), but then collating all the accomodation and restaurants/bars in a separate section at the back of the book - so you end up having to cross reference all the time.
Anyway, to summerise - this "guide" will leave you feeling frustrated.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
Good, funny and recommended book. I really liked it. Perfect little partner for your Cape town travel. Lacks loads of pictures but concentrates on informative and useful text.
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Excellent Guide to CAPE TOWN and the WINE AND GARDEN ROUTES
Good maps, concise information on all areas in this beautiful part of South Africa.
Restaurants and hotel information is clearly set out.
A must for your holiday.
Restaurants and hotel information is clearly set out.
A must for your holiday.
Published 5 months ago by pojm
Helped us have an amazing trip
We found this guide to be really useful, easy to navigate around and contained a good amount of information. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Alan R
The Rough Guide to Cape Town, The Winelands & The Garden Route
I found this book very useful.Its not the most wonderful book ever written about CT but it does give one an idea of what to do and what to see which is all I expect from a guide.
Published 10 months ago by Gavin Walker
Useful background
Good general guide. Prices have gone up quite a lot since this edition was published so be prepared to dig deeper in your pockets.
Published 12 months ago by Cassiopeia
great guide
Just back from SA and this guide as with all RGs was really good. It arrived quickly in good condition and half price -great
Published 19 months ago by Claudia Moir
Not Impressed
Sent for this, but returned as not impressed. Way too wordy with hardly any picture backup. Maps left a lot to be desired as did advice about innoculations. Read more
Published 23 months ago by A. J. Ward
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