Simons Town offers the best holiday accommodation in Cape Town, South Africa, including Self Catering, B&B's, and Hotels, Camping and Backpackers. Simon's Town has stunning views in the most beautiful environment of the Cape Peninsula. Nestled on False Bay within easy distance of Cape Town International Airport, our village is rich in history, character, atmosphere and warmth. Our neighbours are whales, penguins and seals with world heritage status bird life, fishing and the beauty of Table Mountain and Cape Point.
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Hosting a web page or listing on simonstown.com
simonstown.com offers listing, linking, and hosting facilities: website listings comprise a 60 - 80 word description of your service or business including full contact details, and a suitable picture or logo. Depending on requirement these listings can feature links to your hosted pages or your own website. Listings are available at 3 pricing structures dependent on whether you are hosting pages with us, linking to an external site, or listing only. All three have a 'once-off' listing fee of R250 and all have an annual hosting fee depending on the service required. Development costs for new hosted pages varies depending on time required and is usually +/-R800. Please email the webmaster any queries you may have or call him on 082 501 8930.
COSTS ARE:
HOSTING-
 R42.00 per month A minimum period of 12 months: R554
You have a your own web site page and it's hosted here on our server it is linked to from the listing.
LINKING- R33.00 per month A minimum period of 12 months: R436
You have a your own existing web site somewhere else and we link to it from the listing.
LISTING- R20.00 per month A minimum period of 12 months: R264
There is no web site, just the information on the listing.
All follow these formats:
All carry the following components:

  • title (business name)
  • short and concise description (max 80 words)
  • thumbnail graphic (88*66) denoting business logo or establishment
  • street or postal address
  • telephone, fax and/or mobile number
  • email address
  • the web page link is activated by either clicking on the client's business name and on the thumbnail graphic

It will look a bit like this:
Top Quality House
Click Here To Open The Members Web PageConverted from a hole in the ground to this modern 7 star guest house/B&B/backpacker/hotel you cannot fail to have the best holiday of your life in Simon's Town. Voted "Best Holiday Destination in the Known Universe" by the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy in the 2010 edition.
Contact : Ford Prefect
4075 St George's Street, Simon's Town 7975 555 1234

If you wish to host pages on simonstown.com please follow these guidelines:
Please look at listings and pages already present on simonstown.com and decide where best for your product or service to appear. If you were providing "Bed & Breakfast" services your listing would naturally appear under "Accommodation, Bed & Breakfast." By perusing the listings you can see the format and the type of information that is preferred for your own listing. Visit the other hosted pages within any section to see a broad example of layout or the types of information presented. Using previous listings and hosted pages as a guide, gather the information, pictures or artwork necessary for your own hosted page.

Enquiry Form facilities: Enquiry forms are a standard feature of our Accommodation listings and are included in a "Hosted" page fee. Other enquiry forms may require custom development; please consult the webmaster regarding these.

Best method:
• Visit the relevant area or section on simonstown.com to discover what is "the norm."
• Prepare your text, gather your materials: photos, text content, descriptions.
• Prepare a Word document or email the text and attach the photos.
• When sending pictures note that screen resolution on the www is 72dpi.
• Email the webmaster who will contact you by return email.

Notes and small type:
Site listings are displayed in the following order:

  • Hosted pages
  • Linked pages
  • Listing only

Listings are further divided alphabetically with "A" towards the top. Note that simonstown.com is aware of the inherent unfairness of this system however it has been shown to make little difference where on the listing you appear. The top may even be detrimental (people tend to scroll down as the page loads!) Pages on simonstown.com are fully indexed by the search engines drawing visitors to our site and your web pages. Our internet traffic figures are verification of this, so host or list with us in full confidence that your listing or pages are reaching the widest possible audience; especially those visitors with an interest in Simon's Town!