General Information

Cape Town

The paternal presence of Table Mountain, the pristine coastline with its white sandy beaches, the magnificent countryside with its bountiful rivers, vleis and dams, the award winning wine farms of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek and the unique flora kingdom, together with the warm summer climate and friendly community, makes Cape Town perfect for any holiday.

Following its discovery by European explorers in the late 15th century, it became increasingly important as the gateway to the East, prompting the Dutch to establish a permanent settlement in 1652.

Weather

The weather is generally mild with relatively long days throughout the year. Summer temperatures in December to February range from around 15 to 27 degrees Celsius (60 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit), while in the winter months of June to August average temperatures are between 7 to 20 degrees Celsius (45 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit).

Currency

The local currency is the Rand (100 cents). The largest bank note denomination is R200

Transport

There are a large variety of reliable car hire operators available in Cape Town – please consult reception for assistance in this regard.

Should you opt not to drive, there are transfers and a metered taxi service available at the hotel.

Century City Information

Century City, a 250 hectare city within a city at the heart of the greater Cape Town metropole, combines office, residential, retail and leisure opportunities on an unprecedented scale in an integrated environment that responds to the lifestyle demands and priorities of today's society.

Security
Century City as a whole has adopted a zero tolerance approach towards crime and has gone all out to create a safe and secure environment.
A sophisticated wireless CCTV surveillance solution to provide effective security, traffic monitoring and fast response on common areas has been installed to cover the common areas at Century City. The system includes a wireless communications network which utilising state of the art rotating and fixed cameras linked to digital video recorders.
A centralised control centre for Century City is manned 24 hours a day by a highly trained team of security officials ready to respond to any situation. The control room, which is the nerve centre of Century City, is in radio contact with our team of security personnel throughout Century City. The security officials patrol on foot, on bicycle and in both marked and unmarked response vehicles.
Furthermore, certain precincts in Century City are also boom-controlled and manned 24 hours a day.
In addition to the above, all road-based public transport vehicles (buses and minibus-taxis) travelling to Century City, must use Century City's public transport interchange off Ratanga Road. In this manner, road safety is enhanced by the elimination of extraneous public transport services through the site. Public transport within the city is via an internal shuttle service that continuously travels Century Boulevard and is managed by the Century City Property Owners' Association

High Street Living comes to Cape Town

A unique and exciting new development, the Colosseum, is bringing sophisticated highstreet living to Century City changing the way people live, work and play in this burgeoning new urbanist environment.

To meet the dictates of a modern, vibrant lifestyle restaurants and coffee shops spill out onto the pavement, interspersed with boutique shops and support service providers to provide ideal daytime meeting places and evening respites after a hard day's work.

The shops are tenanted to complement the broad range of facilities on offer at the neighbouring Canal Walk shopping centre.
Tenants include Woolworths Food, News Café, Vida e, Harleys Gents Hair, Chatz Cellular; 3@1 (postal and business communications store), Tres Joli beauty salon an upmarket wine boutique, Mama Roma restaurant and Property World, the official on-site agents for residential property at Century City.