{"id":88556,"date":"2013-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:51:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:51:13","slug":"chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate pedicure at Bastien Gonzalez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelstartstg.wpenginepowered.com\/?attachment_id=28626\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28626\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-28626\" src=\"https:\/\/travelstartmu.wpenginepowered.com\/zablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/photo1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a>A lovely view while having a pedicure&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You would be forgiven for thinking that now that the weather is starting to turn, Cape Town doesn\u2019t have as much to offer as in the summer months. Sure, the beach is less appealing when the days are shorter, and the wind makes suntanning a little less likely, but that doesn\u2019t mean the Mother City is closing up shop for the season. Not at all.<\/p>\n<p>Autumn and winter are when all the best specials come out to play\u2026 One of these is the <strong>Bastien Gonzalez chocolate pedicure<\/strong> at their Pedi:Mani:Cure Studio at the One&amp;Only Hotel. They\u2019ve called it a chocoholic delight, and as a certified chocoholic, I am happy to report it lives up to the name.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, when you\u2019re shown into your treatment room (with beautiful views out over the swimming pools of the One&amp;Only), your therapist will offer you a bowl filled with delicately wrapped chocolates, to nibble on as your feet are pampered. If you haven\u2019t had a Bastien Gonzalez pedicure before, you are in for a treat. They believe in curing the feet of any problems, rather than just making them smell and feel nice, so this is a one-hour treatment that can last for weeks. The therapists are all personally trained by Bastien Gonzalez himself, and you can tell. Using gentle but effective methods to shape the nails, smoothe the feet and treat both the toenails and the skin, you will literally walk out of there with a new pair of feet.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not the most wonderful part. The most wonderful part is the warm paraffin wax with cocoa and vitamin E that gets massaged into your feet and legs, filling the treatment room with the heavenly scent of chocolate\u2026 I did warn you I was a chocoholic!<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re running a chocoholic manicure and pedicure special until the end of May, so don\u2019t hesitate to appreciate one of the finer things in Cape Town this Autumn\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lovely view while having a pedicure&#8230; You would be forgiven for thinking that now that the weather is starting to turn, Cape Town doesn\u2019t have as much to offer as in the summer months. Sure, the beach is less appealing when the days are shorter, and the wind makes suntanning a little less likely, but that doesn\u2019t mean the Mother City is closing up &#8230; <a title=\"Chocolate pedicure at Bastien Gonzalez\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Chocolate pedicure at Bastien Gonzalez\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":88557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_destination_ratings":[],"_destination_review_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chocolate pedicure at Bastien Gonzalez - Travelstart Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chocolate pedicure at Bastien Gonzalez - Travelstart Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A lovely view while having a pedicure&#8230; You would be forgiven for thinking that now that the weather is starting to turn, Cape Town doesn\u2019t have as much to offer as in the summer months. Sure, the beach is less appealing when the days are shorter, and the wind makes suntanning a little less likely, but that doesn\u2019t mean the Mother City is closing up ... Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Travelstart Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-04-16T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-04T13:51:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/photo1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brandon Mlilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brandon Mlilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Brandon Mlilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0c92c48c805c2d5ebd15bafa2395fa16\"},\"headline\":\"Chocolate pedicure at Bastien Gonzalez\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-04-16T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-04T13:51:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":349,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/photo1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Lifestyle\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\\\/\",\"name\":\"Chocolate pedicure at Bastien Gonzalez - Travelstart Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/photo1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-04-16T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-04T13:51:13+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/photo1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/photo1.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chocolate pedicure at Bastien Gonzalez\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Travelstart Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Travelstart Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/logo.svg\",\"width\":147,\"height\":35,\"caption\":\"Travelstart Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0c92c48c805c2d5ebd15bafa2395fa16\",\"name\":\"Brandon Mlilo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/85747dfa7c29be6c5eab5afe41b9a4d31b3db20961febcb45650400a9bc94a62?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/85747dfa7c29be6c5eab5afe41b9a4d31b3db20961febcb45650400a9bc94a62?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/85747dfa7c29be6c5eab5afe41b9a4d31b3db20961febcb45650400a9bc94a62?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brandon Mlilo\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.travelstart.co.za\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/brandonm\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chocolate pedicure at Bastien Gonzalez - Travelstart Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chocolate pedicure at Bastien Gonzalez - Travelstart Blog","og_description":"A lovely view while having a pedicure&#8230; You would be forgiven for thinking that now that the weather is starting to turn, Cape Town doesn\u2019t have as much to offer as in the summer months. Sure, the beach is less appealing when the days are shorter, and the wind makes suntanning a little less likely, but that doesn\u2019t mean the Mother City is closing up ... Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/","og_site_name":"Travelstart Blog","article_published_time":"2013-04-16T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-04T13:51:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/photo1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Brandon Mlilo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Brandon Mlilo","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/"},"author":{"name":"Brandon Mlilo","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0c92c48c805c2d5ebd15bafa2395fa16"},"headline":"Chocolate pedicure at Bastien Gonzalez","datePublished":"2013-04-16T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-04T13:51:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/"},"wordCount":349,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/photo1.jpg","articleSection":["Lifestyle"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/","url":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/","name":"Chocolate pedicure at Bastien Gonzalez - Travelstart Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/photo1.jpg","datePublished":"2013-04-16T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-04T13:51:13+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/photo1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/photo1.jpg","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/chocolate-pedicure-at-bastien-gonzalez\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chocolate pedicure at Bastien Gonzalez"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/","name":"Travelstart Blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#organization","name":"Travelstart Blog","url":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/08\/logo.svg","width":147,"height":35,"caption":"Travelstart Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/0c92c48c805c2d5ebd15bafa2395fa16","name":"Brandon Mlilo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85747dfa7c29be6c5eab5afe41b9a4d31b3db20961febcb45650400a9bc94a62?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85747dfa7c29be6c5eab5afe41b9a4d31b3db20961febcb45650400a9bc94a62?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85747dfa7c29be6c5eab5afe41b9a4d31b3db20961febcb45650400a9bc94a62?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Brandon Mlilo"},"url":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/author\/brandonm\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}