Category: Cape Town

Christmas Carols are a wonderful way to get into the Christmas spirit and are also a great way to spend some quality time with family and friends during the festive season. So pack your picnic baskets with delicious food and drinks, shake out your blankets, buy or make your own candles, and get ready for […]

Several members of the TravelGround team were proud to join the Avon Justine iThemba Walkathon to raise money and spread awareness for breast cancer in South Africa. The event took place in Cape Town on Sunday, 4 November 2012, with thousands of people creating a wave of pink along the Sea Point Promenade in the […]

With the balmy summer ahead of us, there are going to be plenty days spent stretched out on the beach, hoping to soak away our pale wintery layers. After a day spent in the sun and sand, there is no better way to end it off than by nursing a refreshing cocktail at a trendy […]

I was recently forwarded an email with a collection of old photographs that has been taken in Cape Town, including the above image of Cape Town Station. Aside from the location, no details were given as to the history of the photographs, so I can’t tell you when they were taken or by whom. Nevertheless, I […]

Dirty Dancing is coming to SA! DIRTY DANCING is coming to SA!! DIRTY DANCING IS COMING TO SA!!!! Cue girlie scream! Dirty Dancing, The Classic Story On Stage is the fastest selling theatre production in West End history and it’s opening at the Teatro at Montecasino in Johannesburg this Friday, 26 October 2012. Cue silly […]

Are you a self-proclaimed pizza lover? Do you love trying new things? If you answered yes to either of these, then you and I have something in common. I have always had a palate for pizza and a love for finding new places that offer the best in the business. And it’s usually the places […]

My evening at Richard’s Supper Stage has skyrocketed to my number one dinner theatre experience. I’ve seen several shows, but none quite like “Kaapse Stories from the Mother City”. From the moment I stepped up the staircase, appropriately bearing the names of District 6 streets, to the last clap of the standing ovation, I was […]

The annual Simon’s Town Penguin Festival is taking place this Saturday, 13 October 2012, in celebration of the delightful tuxedoed birds that have become such an icon of Simon’s Town. The Penguin Festival coincides with African Penguin Awareness Day and is hosted by SANCCOB, one of South Africa’s leading marine NPOs, and South African National […]