Holidays 2026

SouthWest_Addicks said:

DA9 said:

I will be in Frankfurt for a couple of days at the end of January, my partner is a spuds ST holder and has a ticket for their champions league game at Eintracht Frankfurt, I will be watching in a bar.
On the day of the game in the morning we will be visiting Bad Nauheim and Ray Barracks which is where Elvis lived and his barracks where he soldiered for the 17-18 months he was in the army (1958-1960)

My mates and i have been loads of different England away matches, club away matches in Europe etc and we all agree without doubt the area around Frankfurt station is the biggest hole in Europe. 

R0TW said:

SouthWest_Addicks said:

DA9 said:

I will be in Frankfurt for a couple of days at the end of January, my partner is a spuds ST holder and has a ticket for their champions league game at Eintracht Frankfurt, I will be watching in a bar.
On the day of the game in the morning we will be visiting Bad Nauheim and Ray Barracks which is where Elvis lived and his barracks where he soldiered for the 17-18 months he was in the army (1958-1960)

My mates and i have been loads of different England away matches, club away matches in Europe etc and we all agree without doubt the area around Frankfurt station is the biggest hole in Europe. 

With DA9 serving an apprenticeship in the doom and gloom (Horse and Groom), this will be like having a pint in Hampstead 

CheshireAddick said:

JohnBoyUK said:

CheshireAddick said:

We're heading to Cape Town in March for my birthday. Any suggestions for trips, restaurants etc would be great fully appreciated. We are doing research ourselves but would welcome any suggestions from your experiences. 

Some people have said how dangerous the place is and obviously we will be vigilant but again any experience with this would be appreciated too. 

Cheers

We went last Easter (for the second time) and out there again for a wedding in the next 18 months (I'm doing the photography woo hoo!)

Restaurants, got a whole heap to give you, depending on what you like/don't like.

Day trips - we hired a driver with a minibus and he was bloody brilliant (who was recommended by our AirBnB host!)  I'd thoroughly recommend him as he can take you on a number of tours, including all the way over to Stellenbosch so you can go and enjoy the wine tasting without having to worry about driving.

You need to go and do the coast drive, go to see Chapman's Peak (one hell of a road to drive built into the cliffs), then onto the Cape Peninsular and the Cape of Good Hope, then Boulders beach to see the Penguins.

We stayed in Camps Bay.  Its the real 'posh/glamour' part of Cape Town, equivalent of Malibu using a LA reference.  An Uber into central Cape Town, 15 mins away was working out about £3-4 at the absolute most.  Ubers ridiculously cheap.  One day we decided to go back to Stellenbosch direct from the V&A waterfront one lunchtime as the weather was poor and it cost us £35 return which was staggeringly cheap.

Its virtually impossible to spend money in Cape Town/South Africa.  We went as a party of 9, 2 families of 2 adults and 2 young kids and the Mother In Law (we went for her 80th!). All of us sitting down in a michelin standard restaurant with 3 courses, 3-4 bottles of the most expensive wine on the menu and some beer and G&Ts was coming out at £200-250 for all of us.  It's bonkers its so cheap.  Its obviously expensive to get there but bloody hell its as cheap as chips when you are there.

You might want to check out Newlaands if you're into your cricket.
The Cape Town Aquarium is good if the weather is naff.  You get to see Sharks!
The V&A harbour is worth a look around.

The national parks are good (as mentioned above).

My favourite restaurant recommendation to give you is the Pot Luck Club.

Wine tasting... you cannot go Cape Town without going Stellenbosch, you need to go to Boschendal, the wine and food is awesome.   You need to go the Delaire Graff estate without fail.  Beyond all else, the view of the mountains you get from the car park cant be bettered anywhere.  The wine is stunning and so is the food.  If you want a purely wine tasting without any of the faff and the best wine anywhere in South Africa, go to Meerlust.  You sit in a courtyard and its so quiet you can here a pin drop.  The Meerlust Rubicon is the best red wine you will taste anywhere in the world.

Something else to consider.  Safari.  If you arrange it before you go, there are a number of private game drives within driving distance of Cape Town. It'll mean you have an early start one morning, (usually about 4-5am for a 2hr drive) but its well worth it.  We went Aquila when we was there last time and it was great.  Not as good as the safari we spent 4 days on the Eastern Cape 7 years beforehand but it was very good, the kids and the MIL saw everything that day apart from the Cheetahs.

If you want some details of restaurants, the driver etc, just drop me a DM, more than happy to help.

(oh meant to say, safety-wise, as long as you stick to the main areas and don't go off piste and rely on Ubers, you'll be absolutely fine.  Treat it like you would treat London!)

Thank you JohnBoyUK.

Your response is much aappreciated, a lot to think about. If its ok with you I will send you a DM and get some more details from you.

Again, many thanks it is appreciated. Cheers