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NEAR AND FAR

CAPE TOWN

Karen Roos, founder of the Babylonstoren hotel in South Africa and The Newt hotel in Somerset, reveals her favourite places in the city

■ The perfect Cape Town day starts with a walk along the Sea Point Promenade that curves along the water’s edge, followed by coffee on a stoep (an open terrace) looking out over Table Mountain. The Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel (above left) is beautiful – almost all properties in Cape Town have mountain views. It is the backdrop to life here).

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