SIGNAL HILL LODGE - Cape Town

Our 16 en-suite, air-conditioned bedrooms, each individually appointed in 4-star luxury, offer a blissful sanctuary from the rigours of traveling. Gourmet Malay fusion breakfasts are served in the restaurant where the sun streams in and views over the City bowl are scrumptious. Whether you¿re a business or leisure guest Signal Hill Lodge provides comprehensive conference, business and banqueting facilities making it the ideal venue for the most discerning palette. Facilities: Signal Hill Lodge offers an exquisite centralized setting, a few minutes outside the CBD. Attractions in close proximity include: Bo Kaap: Often included on general Cape Town cultural tours or visited on a tour of its own, the Bo Kaap is home to the oldest existing community in South Africa that has not been  

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subjected to forced removals. Previously called the ¿Malay Quarters¿, this area housed the many slaves brought out, mainly from Java, in the 17th and 18th centuries. Their attractive, brightly coloured, flat-roofed houses, decorative mosques and the sound of the muezzin calling over the city streets have remained relatively undisturbed for all this time. The major threat facing this attractive area is now not forced removal, but gentrification, as image conscious yuppies move into and renovate the lovely old buildings, taking advantage of the sea views and proximity to the city centre. The Bo Kaap Museum documents the history of the area, and a meal in one of the local restaurants is a culinary delight as well as a cultural experience. But there is more to culture than the stuff found in museums, in the Bo Kaap. Culture is about how people live ¿ how they organize their lives. So you can choose from a range of cultural tours. Most involve a drive out to one or more of the townships of Nyanga, Langa, Gugulethu, Crossroads or Khayelitsha, where you can see how local people live, visit historic sites mostly pertaining to the struggle against apartheid, shop in the open a