At Bantry Bay and Clifton, the houses and apartments cling precariously to the cliff-side, almost as they do on the Riviera or in Hong Kong. It is hard to find a building plot as big as a pocket handkerchief, and if you do it is likely to be well-nigh perpendicular. Sky-high property prices prove the immense popularity of the coastal stretch from Bantry Bay to Camps Bay and Bakoven. Yet for centuries, these sought after, fought-for beauty spots were the least developed part of Cape Town's surrounding. Van Riebeeck and his successors were interested in vegetables, not vistas; and they made their homes in the loamy soils of the Liesbeeck valley. The majestic rocks and delicate fynbos along the Atlantic coastline were left undisturbed.
- ISBN10 1919833234
- ISBN13 9781919833231
- Publish Date 30 October 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 November 2008
- Publish Country ZA
- Imprint Compress
- Format Paperback
- Pages 176
- Language English