Posted by: travelhouseuk on: November 5, 2008
Tucked at the foot of Table Mountain and overlooked by the majestic Twelve Apostles, the impossibly trendy Camps Bay is Cape Town’s most exclusive resort. It has some of the most sought-after, and expensive real-estate in Africa, and regularly attracts celebrities and film shoots. Luxurious houses with glistening swimming pools climb up the mountainside, while [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 28, 2008
Seeped in history, Essaouira is one of Morocco’s most atmospheric and inviting coastal towns. It’s been a trading base for well over 1,000 years, dealing in everything from slaves and rare purple dye to tea and sardines, and its medina, fortified by the Portuguese in the 15th century, is still a thriving commercial centre, full [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 24, 2008
Immortalised in the film of the same name, Casablanca has, for many, a romantic, mystical appeal. In reality, however, modern-day Casablanca is a city with little time for romance; it’s a contemporary, dynamic urban sprawl of lively boulevards and noisy traffic jams. Its port, which grew steadily under French colonialism in the first half of [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 7, 2008
With swaying palms and soft, white sand caressed by glittering, turquoise water, Diani Beach has many of the ingredients of the perfect tropical holiday destination. It is deservedly popular, and as one of Kenya’s premier Indian Ocean resorts, it has a large and still-growing assortment of hotels and restaurants, some of them extremely luxurious by [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 7, 2008
With swaying palms and soft, white sand caressed by glittering, turquoise water, Diani Beach has many of the ingredients of the perfect tropical holiday destination. It is deservedly popular, and as one of Kenya’s premier Indian Ocean resorts, it has a large and still-growing assortment of hotels and restaurants, some of them extremely luxurious by [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 6, 2008
Bamburi Beach is an unpretentious resort that is wholly devoted to tourism. Its host of hotels, restaurants, clubs and tour companies ensure that visitors are well catered for over a stay of a week or two. While the beach may not be Kenya’s best, it is still attractive, and it lies close to the well-protected [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 6, 2008
The longest-established of the resorts fringing The Gambia’s sun-bleached Atlantic coastline, Kololi is a mixed bag of dignified, low-rise hotels and rustic guesthouses jumbled together with tourist-trap restaurants and brash nightspots. The quarter known as the Senegambia area, a development hotspot, is the hub of The Gambia’s mainstream tourist industry; in peak season its main [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 4, 2008
The Gambian capital is a low-key city with a distinctively tropical flavour. Situated right at the mouth of the River Gambia, it was settled by the 19th century colonial British; from this strategic base they controlled the lucrative river trade. Today, the everyday activity around Banjul’s intercontinental port is as frenetic as ever, and the [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 3, 2008
Tucked away on a low cliff between the mouth of the River Gambia and the Atlantic Ocean, Bakau is a small, densely populated coastal town with a good scattering of pleasant hotels. Its western and eastern enclaves, Fajara and Cape Point, are well-to-do havens for diplomats, professionals and expats, while central Bakau (home to fishermen, [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: September 30, 2008
Originally a little fishing village, Sharm el-Sheikh has developed into a well-equipped tourist resort and is still in a state of continual expansion. Sunny weather, a plethora of charter flights, world famous scuba-diving sites, the luxury of five-star hotels, shopping and entertainment make it one of the most important tourist resorts in the Red Sea.On [...]
