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          News from The Cape, South Africa
        
        
          Steenberg’s restaurants win prestigious
        
        
          2011 food and wine awards.
        
        
          Situated just 20 minutes
        
        
          fromCape Town city centre,
        
        
          The Steenberg Hotel is a 5
        
        
          star boutique property in
        
        
          the beautiful Constantia
        
        
          Valley. It is also now proud
        
        
          holder
        
        
          of
        
        
          two
        
        
          new
        
        
          American Express Platinum
        
        
          Card Fine Dining Awards - cementing its reputation as
        
        
          one of the Cape’s top gourmet and wine destinations.
        
        
          Out of 78 South African restaurants, Catharina’s received
        
        
          this accolade for the 14th year, whilst trendy cellar door
        
        
          restaurant Bistro Sixteen82 made its debut onto this
        
        
          coveted list. Catharina’s also received a 6th top score in
        
        
          the 2011 Diners ClubWine list Awards.
        
        
          Together with their teams, Executive Chef Garth Almazan
        
        
          at Catharina’s and Brad Ball at Bistro Sixteen82 ensure that
        
        
          a 5-star gourmet food and wine experience is offered at
        
        
          Steenberg.  Dating back to 1682, with its buildings
        
        
          declared a National Monument, Steenberg offers
        
        
          luxurious accommodation, amazing views, an award
        
        
          winning winery and restaurants, a lavish spa and an 18-
        
        
          hole Championship golf course!
        
        
          www.steenberghotel.com
        
        
          Australian superstar Kylie Minogue recently wow-ed
        
        
          South African audiences with her Aphrodite Live
        
        
          World Tour.  During her visit she did the “locomotion”
        
        
          in style – travelling on the World’s Leading Luxury
        
        
          Train – The Blue Train, from Pretoria to Cape Town.
        
        
          “What a beautiful way to arrive in CapeTown,”said the
        
        
          star. “To end this epic adventure in such a beautiful
        
        
          place is just magical.”  -
        
        
          www.bluetrain.co.za
        
        
          Kylie does “Locomotion”Blue Train
        
        
          Style in South Africa
        
        
          There are many reasons to visit Fancourt on South Africa’s
        
        
          popular Garden Route – including a brand new one! The
        
        
          original 140-year old Manor House has been meticulously
        
        
          remodelled to reflect its heritage and the classic tradition
        
        
          of a bygone era, whilst offering the indulgence and
        
        
          sophistication of a world-class, 21st century hotel.  Guests
        
        
          have full access to the Fancourt Estate’s facilities as well as
        
        
          complimentary airport transfers, 24-hour butler service, a
        
        
          heated pool, bar, library and lounge – and newly
        
        
          transformed fine dining restaurant Henry White’s.
        
        
          www.fancourt.co.za
        
        
          The new 18-suite, 5-star boutique hotel
        
        
          “The Manor House at Fancourt” , George
        
        
          22
        
        
          July marks an exciting time of year in Franschhoek on
        
        
          the CapeWine Routewith the celebration of all things
        
        
          French to commemorate the fascinating French-
        
        
          Huguenot legacy of this historical town!  Embrace the
        
        
          gourmet capitals passions in life – freedom, food,
        
        
          wine, music and merry-making!
        
        
          Mont Rochelle, just a stone’s throw from the town
        
        
          centre, offers a fantastic Bastille Festival Weekend
        
        
          Package for 14-15 July 2012 including 2 nights in a
        
        
          luxury room, with day tickets to attend the festival with
        
        
          entry to the food and wine Marquee plus transfers
        
        
          between the festival and the hotel to ensure the wine
        
        
          tasting can be enjoyed fully!  It also includes a Bubbly
        
        
          Breakfast to get guests into the festive spirit!
        
        
          www.montrochelle.co.za
        
        
          Mont Rochelle’s July 2012 Bastille day
        
        
          celebrations in the CapeWinelands
        
        
          Cape Town
        
        
          (Constantia)
        
        
          Franschhoek
        
        
          George
        
        
          To Pretoria
        
        
          All 4 properties combine perfectly to create the ultimate
        
        
          “Fairest Cape Wine and Dine Escape”! Contact now for
        
        
          your own personally-packaged itinerary!