Cape Town: South Africa's Tourism Hot Spot(a)|南非最热门的景点:开普敦

Cape Town: South Africa's Tourism Hot Spot

with a Troubled Past

by Brian Foden


Cape Town's scenic beauty attracts many tourists each year, but the city also has a history of segregation.


  Whether it's the amazingly breathtaking views, fabulous beaches, or unique experience of walking among penguins, the South African city of Cape Town has a lot to offer tourists. Listed as a must-see on numerous websites for Cape Town is Table Mountain, which overlooks the whole city and can be accessed by a scenic cable car ride. One of the added bonuses of taking the cable cars up to the top of the mountain is that they have revolving floors, allowing visitors great views of the city below. Once on top of the mountain, which is more than 1,000 meters at its highest point, visitors can take in more spectacular sights of South Africa's second-largest city.


  Besides Table Mountain, Cape Point, a narrow slice of land that has the distinction of being Africa's most southwesterly point, is another location that is popular with tourists and locals alike. Fabulous views await visitors to Cape Point, which is also remarkable for its diversity and richness of vegetation. For those wanting to see more South African flora, the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens is known as one of the Seven Magnificent Botanical Gardens of the World.


  Being a coastal city, Cape Town has some magnificent beaches. A rare treat for tourists is venturing to Boulders Beach Penguin Colony to see African penguins. These creatures are a treat to watch play on the beach, but are unfortunately endangered. Other options for visitors to Cape Town include the V&A Waterfront, the city's most visited spot, and a city tour on a double-decker bus with an open top and featuring more than 30 stops. Although it's a long distance from most places, Cape Town's beautiful setting between the ocean and mountains makes it a worthwhile journey.

 

南非最热门的景点:开普敦


开普敦的美景每年都吸引许多旅客前来,但这座城市也有一段种族隔离的历史。

  无论是令人叹为观止的景色、很棒的海滩或是走在企鹅群中的独特经验,南非的开普敦市有很多东西可以提供给游客。桌山是开普敦市内被许多网站列为必看的景点之一,它可以俯瞰整个开普敦市,而且游客可以搭乘观景缆车前往此处。搭乘缆车到山顶的其中一项附加好处就是缆车上有旋转式的地板,让游客可以观赏下方开普敦市的美景。到了山顶,高度有一千多公尺,是开普敦市的最高点,游客可以观赏这座南非第二大城市更壮丽的景色。


  除了桌山之外,好望角这片狭窄的陆地因位于南非最西南端而声名大噪,它是另一个相当受到游客及当地人欢迎的地方。好望角有着很棒的景色等待游客前来,而它也以其多样化及丰富的植物而不同凡响。对于那些想多看看南非植物的人而言,科斯坦伯斯植物园以世界七大壮观植物园之一而为人所知。


  作为一座沿岸城市,开普敦有一些很壮丽的海滩。对游客而言有一种很难得的享受,那就是冒险到博德斯海滩的企鹅生态保护区去看非洲企鹅。观赏这些动物在海滩上玩耍是一项乐事,但很可惜的是这些动物已濒临绝种。游客到开普敦其他的选择还包括了 V&A 海滨旅馆,它是该市最多人造访的景点,另外还可以搭乘露天双层巴士来趟城市之旅,其特色为沿途有三十多个停靠站。虽然从大多数地方到开普敦的距离都很远,但该市在海洋和山林间的美景让这趟旅程值回票价。

 

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