Accomodation in Cape Town - why Green Point is Good

You're coming to Cape Town - which some of us in the Southern Hemisphere would say is the most beautiful, efficient and sophisticated city in Africa. Your choice of accomodation in Cape Town will play an important part of your experience of this lovely city.

Natural beauty, convenience and full functionality, good value and privacy are all inherent in the quality accomodation in Cape Town.

An area which in the past has often been overlooked with regards to holiday and corporate accomodation in Cape Town is Green Point.

Green point which incorporates a common, is situated on the edge of V&A Waterfront and Cape Town CBD and is being visibly upgraded on an ongoing basis.

The new 2010 World Cup Soccer stadium currently being completed in Green Point has encouraged new development and infrastructure upgrade in this up and coming area.

There weren't many reasons to frequent Green Point up until quite recently.

A visit to the Traffic Department (which is still located here) to settle parking fines did not endear Green Point to people.

If you were feeling a little gay or a lot gay then The Bronx bar was a reliable meeting place for gentlefolk.

And ladies would stand on display on the corners of streets with staid names such as St George's and Vesperdene.

All these factors made Green Point quite an unsavoury place - at least for tourists when choosing accomodation in Cape Town.

As a result of recent changes Green Point has become more slick and modernised while retaining its character.

Perfectly positioned within 5 minutes of the CBD of Cape Town and on the outskirts of the Waterfront development, developers have targeted Green Point as an ideal area for new developments, densification and renovation.This has opened up a large choice of accomodation in Cape Town for the holiday and business traveller.

As one moves west of Cape Town, along Somerset Road, the influence of the aflluent V&A Waterfront cannot be ignored.

The Waterfront Marina has reached saturation point with regards to hotel and residential development - some of the most exclusive and expensive accomodation in Cape Town is found here.

This has been cause for similar class of development to occur in Green Point on the Waterfront 's southern boundary.

And so Green Point became the next logical area to re-develop - upmarket all-suite hotels and modern apartment blocks have sprung up everywhere. Apartments in the Greenpoint area have become popular accomodation in Cape Town as a result of its excellent location.

These are excellent choices for accomodation in Cape Town as they offer better value than the Waterfront Marina by being on the outer edge of the Waterfront perimeter yet having fast direct access to all the Waterfront attractions.

And of course the security-conscious and high-tech V and A Waterfront lacks the aura of street-cred evident in Green Point.

Trendy shopping centres, good restaurants, lounge bars and coffee shops pepper the sidewalks and add to the unpretentious groove of Green Point.