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Durbanville, in the North West of Cape Town, is a fantastic place for a long scenic drive where you will find yourself surrounded by the many hills cultivated into wine farms that the area is known for. Guests of our Clifton and Camps Bay Cape Town luxury accommodation may drive for 15-20 minutes while guests of our Hout Bay luxury accommodation Cape Town may drive for up to 25 minutes to reach Durbanville but it is well worth it. Among these numerous wine farms, you will find the Durbanville Rose Garden, where visitors are encircled by literally thousands of rose bushes.

This colourful spectacle consists of 4500 rose bushes of which there are 500 varieties strategically speckled across the 3,5 hectare property in a pleasing landscape design. Visitors to the Durbanville Rose Garden can choose to examine trial beds where international nurseries test new roses, or delight in the beds of miniature roses. Be sure to find the gazebo that houses the ‘Fairest cape’ rose.

Visitors can also spend the day learning about antique roses which have been planted around graves in the past, medal winning roses as well as floribundas and climbers. Then, after a hard day of roses viewing, relax in the tea garden immersed in the colourful spectacle of the garden.

Guests of our Cape Town luxury villas may be interested to know that the first rose bushes were planted in the garden in 1979 and the first test beds were dug in 1981. The garden is open to visitors from sunrise to sunset and tea is held in the clubhouse every Sunday afternoon between May and October. There are four workers who lovingly maintain the garden, while ‘Friends of the Rose Garden’ club offer their own skills and expertise to the workers.

Guests of our luxury accommodation will find the Durbanville Rose Garden located along the well known Durban Road in Durbanville. Be sure to bring a bouquet of fresh roses home with you to compliment your stylishly decorated Cape Town luxury villa.
 

Cape Town’s prime venue for conferences, exhibitions, trade shows, concerts, balls and other large scale events, if you have attended a conference in Cape Town, the chances are that it was at the Cape Town International Convention Center.

The Convention Center, called the CTICC for short, opened in 2003 as an initiative which partnered the City of Cape Town, the government of the Western Cape and Business Cape in a venture to attract tourism and business to the Cape. Its 11200 square meters of exhibition space are designed to be divided into multiple venues by soundproof partitions, allowing several large events to take place in the center at once. There are also two auditoriums that are ideal for events that require the use of major technology and both seat up to 600. The Convention Center also has a 2000 square meter ballroom and catering is conveniently available on the premises.

The CTICC is suitably situated in the central business district, close to many of our Cape Town luxury accommodation.  While our Cape Town luxury villas are situated in some of the most tranquil areas in the city, they are all positioned close to major roads and highways, ensuring that driving to the city center for business will not take too long. The CTICC also has many smaller offices and boardrooms available should you require a professional space during your stay in one of our luxury accommodation. 

If you are staying in Cape Town for pleasure, be sure to pop in to the Marimba Restaurant and cigar bar at the CTICC, a privately owned African themed restaurant which offers live entertainment. If you happen to be staying in your Cape Town luxury villa in February, do not miss the Design Indaba, a trade show of local design and craft that displays trends in the industry and offers fashion shows by top local designers and much more, it takes place in February.