Frommer’s travel guides have selected Cape Town as one of the top twelve destinations , described as ” value picks that’ll wow you”, reports www.sagoodnews.co.za

The publishers write about Cape Town:  “South Africa is gearing up to host the worlds best football (or soccer, if you’re from the U.S.) teams during the 2010 World Cup, and Cape Town promises to have one of the grandest venues for the event. Get here before the crowds do to take advantage of a spruced-up city. Truthfully, though, the city has one big advantage: Cape Town, the oldest city in southern Africa, is regularly heralded as one of the most beautiful on earth. The massive sandstone bulk of Table Mountain, often draped in a flowing “tablecloth” of clouds, forms an imposing backdrop, while minutes away, pristine sandy beaches line the cliff-hugging coast where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet. You can visit African Penguin colonies at Boulders Beach along False Bay or take the ferry to Robben Island, the former prison home to political prisoners such as Nelson Mandela.”

The other destinations on the Frommer’s top list are Belfast, Berlin, Waiheke Island in New Zealand, Istanbul, Cambodia, Cartegena in Columbia, Lassen Volcanic National Park in Alberta in Canada, the Civil Rights Trail from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama in the USA, Saggara in Egypt, Washington DC, and Waterston Lakes National Park  in Alberta in Canada.