Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) might be surprised about many things in 2011, but he would not be surprised to hear this: Cape Town was voted the number one destination in tripadvisor's Travellers' Choice Awards.

In 1579 Drake declared it ‘... the fairest cape and the most stately thing we saw in the whole circumference of the globe’. We agree. We're not surprised either.

Cape Town recipe:

• One part Rio de Janiero
• One part San Francisco
• One part Monaco
• A dash of Malaysia
• The essence of Africa

Leave to mature on the tip of Africa.

Now imagine your Central Park is a 3,000 ft mountain and the Napa wine lands are in the suburbs - welcome to Cape Town! Now come and visit.

Cape Town on our website here.

See the Travelers' Choice 2011 results here.