Regarded as the start of the ever-growing-in-popularity Cape West-Coast, Melkbosstrand is something of a village, although many regard it as a suburb of Cape Town given that it is a mere 35 kilometres outside of the city centre. Melkbosstrand is a favourite with locals and offers hours of beach stolling, surfing, sunsets to put most sunsets to shame, and the much photographed view over Table Mountain and Robben Island. Melkbosstrand is nonetheless an ideal and extremely pretty base from which to explore both Cape Town and the West Coast, particularly as the Durbanville winelands are close by and the Boland Mountains, offering a number of wonderful day trips through valleys hung with vines, blue skies for most of the year and mountains looming in the background. The villages of Darling (think 'darling' town tucked in amongst vines and home to Evita se Perron; theatre you mustn't miss!), Malmesbury (the largest town in the Swartland known for its wine and grain farms), and even Riebeek-Kasteel and Riebeek-West if you're prepared to travel a little further, are all within easy range of Melkbosstrand and well worth the effort. Melkbos is renowned for its seafood, which is served at a number of local restaurants. The area also has golf courses, Ratanga Junction theme park, Grand West Casino, Canal Walk shopping centre and the seasonal wild flowers of the west coast. Melkbosstrand is 40 minutes away from Cape Town Internation airport and only 30 minutes from Cape Town CBD.
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