{"id":9133,"date":"2026-01-07T11:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/9133\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T11:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:13:10","slug":"visitors-urged-to-enjoy-cape-town-without-breaking-the-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/9133\/","title":{"rendered":"Visitors urged to enjoy Cape Town without breaking the bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">With January demands putting added pressure on the finances of many households, Cape Town Tourism says enjoying the Mother City doesn&#8217;t have to cost a cent.<\/p>\n<p>It has launched a guide to budget-friendly local tourism as part of its &#8220;My Cape Town&#8221; campaign, which invites Capetonians to share their favourite low-cost activities.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson Briony Brookes has endorsed nature&#8217;s cost-free joys like park picnics, a day at the beach and a family hike up Signal Hill.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With January budgets under pressure after the festive season, we are reminding you that enjoying the city doesn&#8217;t have to be expensive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brookes adds that Cape Town also offers low-cost luxury for January budgets.<\/p>\n<p>She says neighbourhood markets, heritage sites and wine tastings can come at much lower prices than expected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can still pack a picnic, head to the beach, enjoy a scenic walk or spend a relaxed morning at a local market, all without overspending,&#8221; Brookes added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With January demands putting added pressure on the finances of many households, Cape Town Tourism says enjoying the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[397,398,403,400,399,401,96,402,406,405,404,131],"class_list":{"0":"post-9133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-ewn","9":"tag-ewn-news","10":"tag-ewn-south-africa","11":"tag-eye-witness-news","12":"tag-eyewitness-news","13":"tag-latest-news","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-news-today","16":"tag-prime-media-plus","17":"tag-primedia-plus","18":"tag-primedia","19":"tag-south-africa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}