Cape Town

In 1503 Portuguese explorer Antonio de Silva said of Cape Town
"Never before have the seas of this world taken me to a shore so beautiful. Here I experienced a certain familiarity, an inexplicable mutual understanding. Here I will stay. This will become my home."

It is a quote that aptly sums up the passion which many a visitor to Cape Town has experienced on beholding the famous Table Mountain landmark and the beautiful beaches, bays and mountains that is Cape Town.
Cape Town is situated on the Southern tip of Africa and was colonized by both the Dutch and English and therefore has strong European roots. Being South Africaís oldest city, it is locally known as the Mother City.

She is one of the most beautiful Cities in the World with a cosmopolitan air that boasts an infrastructure to match most first world cities. Her natural beauty is unrivalled and the diversity of her culture adds to her interest and ambience.

She is also the gateway to the Capeís famous World Heritage sites, Robben Island, Cape Point, Table Mountain and beyond to the historical Homesteads of the Cape Winelands. With her breathtaking beaches, surfing, sailing and fishing, Cape Town is a water sportsmanís paradise.

Cape Town, is like an oasis with a mild Mediterranean climate with warm dry summers and cool wet winters, which is in contrast to the rest of Southern Africa, where the rainy season is in summer. It is the climate that makes Cape Town unique and home to some world famous vineyards.

Inland, beyond the Hottentot Holland mountain range, the landscape is semi desert (The Karoo). In spring the Karoo is covered for hundreds of square miles with Namaqualand daisies, these flowers come in hundreds of colours, opening only in the day theyí follow the sun from East to West until evening. They attract visitors from all over the globe.

South Africa is in the same time zone as Germany and is 2 hours ahead of the UK (1 hour in summer time), which is extremely convenient for Corporate Executives and other business people who need to keep in touch with their European offices.

More than 20 major airlines from 52 countries fly direct to Cape Town International Airport on a regular basis bringing in over one million international tourists annually. Direct flights from Europe to Cape Town include, Lufthansa from Frankfurt, KLM from Amsterdam, Virgin Atlantic from London, British Airways from London, as well as South African Airlines to and from all of these destinations.

Cape Town is a stop over for most of the famous round the world yacht races including the Volvo round the World race and BT challenge as well as being a port of call for all major ocean liners including the luxurious QE2.
The business language in South Africa is predominantly English and the business infrastructure is highly sophisticated with telephone and communication systems, banking and financial systems, air and road transport, office and retail space, internet and e-mail facilities comparable if not better than in most European cities.

In South Africa we drive on the left hand side of the road as in the UK.
The most important factor to most European investors looking for a second or third home is that South Africa is in the Southern Hemisphere and therefore has opposite seasons to Europe. Our summer is your Winter.