Bishops Court - Cape Town
Clifton, possibly Cape Town's most glamorous beach, has four adjoining coves where you wind down stairways among luxurious bungalows to white sands. Tangas, bikinis and sun-bathing are more the order of the day than swimming here, as the water is often icily cold. This is definitely the place to be if you want to meet attractive people, to be seen in their hoards on the first and second beaches in particular.
The four small beaches of Clifton are inter-linked by giant granite boulders and the trendy 4th beach is the busiest with beautiful people playing volleyball, frisbee, strolling or sunbathing. It is wonderfully sheltered here from the summer south-east wind but not many people actually brave the icy water. Yachts, speed boats and jet skis come and play in the bay and it has the atmosphere, if not the warm water, of a Mediterranean resort.
