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Old Sep 21, 2018 | 10:07 am
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On Waterfront's website you can see the description of each type, just move the picture and the description below changed.

https://www.radissonblu.com/en/hotel-capetown/rooms

Family Room
Approximate room size: 55 m2
Maximum number of guests: 2 adults and 2 children under 12 years, or 2 adults and 1 child 12 – 17 YearsOur ground floor Family Rooms, offer the amenities of a Standard Rooms plus several extras. Look out over the lawn to the Atlantic Ocean on your private terrace, while you enjoy a hot drink from the in-room NespressoŽ coffee machine. These rooms also have a sleeper sofa to accommodate children.

Please enjoy

  • Free high-speed, wireless Internet
  • NespressoŽ coffee machine
  • Private terrace
  • Super Breakfast Buffet

Junior Suite
Approximate room size: 75 m2 Maximum number of guests: 2 adults and 2 children under 12 years, or 2 adults and 1 child 12 – 17 yearsOur spacious Junior Suite have a private balcony, where you can enjoy looking out over the Atlantic Ocean or marina. These rooms also have a sleeper sofa to accommodate children.

Please enjoy

  • Free high-speed, wireless Internet
  • NespressoŽ coffee machine
  • Private balcony
  • Super Breakfast Buffet
We have NO CLUE there was a breakfast buffet included. FD also did not mention that. However later someone told me they were put into the Suite during the time when we were put in the tiny standard room because when they arrived at 11am, the suite was the only room available.... versus we arrived around 5pm... the FD struggled a long time to find us that tiny room because we had 4 days (2 accounts at 2-4-1).
So make sure you enquire about the brekkie benefits because a lot of properties do not extend this to award bookings (Radisson at Amsterdam Dam's Square location specifically put a note card on the table in the room - Business room from upgrade DOES NOT include free breakfast.)

Watch the weather - the first chance you have good weather without wind, go up Table Mountain because the cable car can stop service when wind speed is high. If you have what it take, you can hike up too but pay extremely careful attention to safety.
Earlier this year there was a very tragic accident that a guide and a rock climber fell to their death, and another climber was injured, stranded for hours before being rescued. People inside the cable car literally watched what was happening. The guide was a very experienced one, and the 2 female rock climbers also were experienced - the climbing was the main goal of their trip. Speculation was some equipment failures caused this tragedy.
Hiking up though, you do not have sheer up rock face, but the trail has some areas require both 4 limbs to use in order to get up.
Around the Table Mountain top there are many hiking trails, again, the wind would make huge difference - dont hike when it looks like it would become foggy! Trails would be invisible! They would send out fire alarm like alarms when conditions worsen to warn people.
[MENTION=32030]ellie[/MENTION] NZ

Agree on the evaluation of the hotels. Breakwater has super location, within stone throw from Radisson Waterfront, but the set up IS BAD.

Agree on Signal Hill drive. On our first visit in Jan 2015, the day we went up to Table Mountain for the sunset (it was during the annual several weeks at 50% after 6pm for sunset view), weather suddenly changed to super windy. For safety reason they decided to shut down the service much earlier than closing time so everyone was sent down in short order. Many, incl us, drove up Signal Hill - THAT has caused a huge traffic issue because the earlier goers parked on the side of the winding road as the lot at the top already full.
We went up again in Aug 2016 in morning time and hiked a little bit the loop around the top - you can see the stadium and Radisson Waterfront from the hill top. Nice hike. Lots of handgliding activities from the top, made it a good spot to take great pictures.
We did not go to Robson Island or Old Biscuit Mill (not our cup of tea). Only visit Winelands once because husband does not drink. We always visit Cape Peninsula on each trip, and hike a little bit. Cape of Hope can be super windy. I could not stand up on the rocks further towards the sea in one year.

There are a lot of upscale B&Bs at the "corridor" from Hermanus towards Ganbaii. Many of them concentrate at De Kelder, the tiny tiny neighborhood before you reach Ganbaii. Plenty are bookable on booking.com which I recommend as more than once their CS demonstrate they really care for their customers. The corporate culture from their days when the company was founded in Netherlands, seems to stay, despite it is being bought by Priceline for many years by now. Far better customer service than Expedia when you really need help.
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