Cape Town: City Bowl named one of the 50 coolest neighbourhoods in the world in 2018!

According to British travel magazine Time Out, Cape Town's City Bowl is one of the 50 coolest neighbourhoods in the world in 2018. The magazine compiled the list by surveying more than 15,000 people around the world as well as its local editors and writers. Ranked on #21, the City Bowl is described as beeing "home to some of the country’s finest restaurants" and as "the perfect base to visit Cape Town's better known attractions or hit up beaches, farmers’ markets or the V&A Waterfront".

Time Out recommends The Dog's Bollocks at YARD (6 Roodehek St) for outstanding burgers, Outrage of Modesty (88  Shortmarket St) for cocktails, the Zeitz MOCAA (Silo District, S Arm Road, V&A Waterfont) for a dose of contemporary African art and the Cape Heritage Hotel in Bree St. to stay at.

To check out the full list of Time Out's top 50 coolest neighbourhoods in the world in 2018, click here.

Backpackers in South Africa: Penthouse on Long in Cape Town

update (17 July 2014): Sad, super sad news... Penthouse on Long will be closing at the end of July 2014! [more]

Its been a while since we last featured a backpackers, or hostel, on our blog. Well, today's hostel is truly one of the great backpacker spots in Cape Town. Penthouse on Long has been around for years and has build up a reputation of being one of the top hostels in the city. Located right on Longstreet, actually six floors above Longstreet, the hostels offers mixed dorms, a girl only dorm, private rooms, double & twin rooms, a triple room, a family room and, of course, a roof top bar, from which you have 360 degree views of Cape Town, both day and night. WiFi is available at Penthouse on Long, as well as a 24-Hour reception, a safe-deposit box, a laundry service, bicycle rental and much more.

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Longstreet, Cape Town, South Africa

Longstreet is the heart of Cape Town's backpacker scene - awesome backpackers, restaurants, pubs & bars. The place to be in Cape Town if you are looking for a jol, rather than tranquility...

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Cape Town's Longstreet on a lazy afternoon

The video was filmed from the upper balcony at Longstreet Backpackers on Longstreet in Cape Town. The background song "Atmosphere" is played by South Africa's virtual busker Tristan Waterkeyn. You can download the song and the whole album "Hay Day" for free on his website! Click here for more info!

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