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Discover the best hot chocolate in Cape Town, from rich Parisian-style treats to cosy café favourites perfect for winter days.

Cape Town winter dressing is all about versatility. Discover local fashion brands creating comfortable hoodies, quality basics, statement outerwear and timeless layers designed for the city's ever-changing weather. Here are a few of our favourites.

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Cape Town in winter has a very convincing sales pitch.

It starts with “just one more snooze”, then adds a blanket, something warm to drink, and the suggestion that maybe today doesn’t need to be that productive after all.

Here are a few ways to keep things moving this winter.

Winter in Cape Town calls for one thing above all else: something warm that gives you a real reason to stay at the table. The city’s curry scene has always delivered on that front, shaped by centuries of spice routes and culinary traditions that continue to influence the way Cape Town eats.

The best part? You don’t have to go far. Here are the spots worth making plans for this winter.

The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon starts in Green Point, moves through the southern suburbs, through Salt River and Woodstock, swings back through the CBD, the Company Gardens and Long Street, and finishes near the Sea Point promenade with the Atlantic.

This race is many things but it's also quietly one of the best neighbourhood tours in the city. Here's what you're actually running through.

Cape Town is not a city that suffers from a lack of things to do. If anything, it’s slightly overwhelming in the best way. On any given day, there are too many options – too many restaurants to try, too many places to see, too many plans you could be making.

There comes a moment in every Capetonian’s day when they fully accept that the weather isn’t going to improve.

You check it once, then again, just in case it’s changed its mind. It hasn’t. The mountain’s disappeared, the forecast is locked in, and the plans that felt solid the night before start to loosen around the edges.

Still, this is Cape Town. Rain doesn’t cancel the day; it just changes the format. And if you play it right, it’s a pretty good one.