Sunny Side Up ; Once Associated with Apartheid, Alcohol and Gambling, Sun City Is Now a Glittering Symbol of the New South Africa

Evening Standard - London › February 28, 2005

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WHEN I first came here I thought it was the most beautiful building I had ever seen," said Tessa, one of Sun City's aptly sunny staff. She's referring to The Palace of the Lost City, the most opulent of all Sun City's hotels.

Outrageously extravagant, dripping with crystal, enormous animal sculptures and faux elephant horns propping up the glass ceilings, the Palace is a remarkable feat of imagination, expense and engineering.

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Sunny Side Up ; Once Associated with Apartheid, Alcohol and Gambling, Sun City Is Now a Glittering Symbol of the New South Africa

Turrets, adorned with antelope gargoyles, ascend airily from various wings of the building, the fine dining room "floats" on an infinity pool and a massive chandelier hangs in the main dining court (so large that the roof had to be built around it). The building is so spectacular that the manage...

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