Guidebook for Cape Town
Drinks & Nightlife
The top end of Long Street comes alive when sensible people are thinking of going to sleep! It has bars on first floor balconies (great for street-watching), restaurants and nightclubs. Keep your valuables safe from opportunists!
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Long Street
Long StreetThe top end of Long Street comes alive when sensible people are thinking of going to sleep! It has bars on first floor balconies (great for street-watching), restaurants and nightclubs. Keep your valuables safe from opportunists!
Parks & Nature
It takes 4-minutes to the top of Table Mountain in the rotating cable car or 2½ hours on the quickest hiking route up. Going up Table Mountain is Cape Town’s biggest MUST DO! To avoid queues, pre-book your ticket and check the weather on: www.tablemountain.net or call the Weather line: 021 424 8181
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TABLE MOUNTAIN CABLEWAY
It takes 4-minutes to the top of Table Mountain in the rotating cable car or 2½ hours on the quickest hiking route up. Going up Table Mountain is Cape Town’s biggest MUST DO! To avoid queues, pre-book your ticket and check the weather on: www.tablemountain.net or call the Weather line: 021 424 8181
Kirstenbosch is one of Cape Town’s most visited attractions because of its tranquillity and unique flora with a Table Mountain backdrop. Go to a Summer Sunday Afternoon Concert and picnic on the grass while enjoying top local and international musicians. Tel: 021 799 8783. Ticket office: 021 799 8782
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Jardí Botànic Nacional Kirstenbosch
Rhodes DriveKirstenbosch is one of Cape Town’s most visited attractions because of its tranquillity and unique flora with a Table Mountain backdrop. Go to a Summer Sunday Afternoon Concert and picnic on the grass while enjoying top local and international musicians. Tel: 021 799 8783. Ticket office: 021 799 8782
Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope is the furthest south-west you can go in Africa – next stop Antarctica! Look at the watery horizon and see the world curve. Look for ostrich, zebra & antelopes on the way. There’s a restaurant with amazing views and great hikes and beach coves - don’t let the baboons steal your picnic!
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Cape Point
Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope is the furthest south-west you can go in Africa – next stop Antarctica! Look at the watery horizon and see the world curve. Look for ostrich, zebra & antelopes on the way. There’s a restaurant with amazing views and great hikes and beach coves - don’t let the baboons steal your picnic!
Sightseeing
Experience history, wine and Cape cuisine at Cape Town’s oldest wine estate. It has Isiko Museum status and the ticket price includes visiting the old manor house, museum and a jolly fine wine tasting, where you take the glass home. www.grootconstantia.co.za
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Groot Constantia
Groot Constantia RoadExperience history, wine and Cape cuisine at Cape Town’s oldest wine estate. It has Isiko Museum status and the ticket price includes visiting the old manor house, museum and a jolly fine wine tasting, where you take the glass home. www.grootconstantia.co.za
Experience history, wine and Cape cuisine at Cape Town’s oldest wine estate. It has Isiko Museum status and the ticket price includes visiting the old manor house, museum and a jolly fine wine tasting, where you take the glass home. www.grootconstantia.co.za
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Robben Island
Experience history, wine and Cape cuisine at Cape Town’s oldest wine estate. It has Isiko Museum status and the ticket price includes visiting the old manor house, museum and a jolly fine wine tasting, where you take the glass home. www.grootconstantia.co.za
Spend at least a day in the mountainous Winelands of Stellenbosch, Paarl & Franschhoek. Hundreds of historic wine estates offer tastings, cellar tours and food. To avoid drinking and driving, hire a driver/guide or take the amazing-value Cape Comoot shuttle to Franschhoek http://capecomoot.com - 076 066 5107.
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Stellenbosch Wine Routes
47 Church StSpend at least a day in the mountainous Winelands of Stellenbosch, Paarl & Franschhoek. Hundreds of historic wine estates offer tastings, cellar tours and food. To avoid drinking and driving, hire a driver/guide or take the amazing-value Cape Comoot shuttle to Franschhoek http://capecomoot.com - 076 066 5107.
Shopping
Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope is the furthest south-west you can go in Africa – next stop Antarctica! Look at the watery horizon and see the world curve. Look for ostrich, zebra & antelopes on the way. There’s a restaurant with amazing views and great hikes and beach coves - don’t let the baboons steal your picnic!
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V&A Waterfront
19 Dock RdCape Point and the Cape of Good Hope is the furthest south-west you can go in Africa – next stop Antarctica! Look at the watery horizon and see the world curve. Look for ostrich, zebra & antelopes on the way. There’s a restaurant with amazing views and great hikes and beach coves - don’t let the baboons steal your picnic!
Entertainment & Activities
The Two Oceans Aquarium is so impressive that adults love it more than children. Check out the jelly gallery and walk through the marine tunnel. Be there at feeding time: 12 & 2pm at the big tank and 11.30am & 2.30pm at the penguins. They have really great souvenirs in the shop and food at their waterside café.
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Aquari de Dos Oceans
Dock RoadThe Two Oceans Aquarium is so impressive that adults love it more than children. Check out the jelly gallery and walk through the marine tunnel. Be there at feeding time: 12 & 2pm at the big tank and 11.30am & 2.30pm at the penguins. They have really great souvenirs in the shop and food at their waterside café.
Arts & Culture
South African Museum: This fascinating museum has a full-size whale skeleton, along with other oddities. It's located at the top of Company's Gardens and not many people know that you can park in the museum grounds if you display your ticket. And your entry ticket also allows you free entry to the SA National Gallery just across the gardens!
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Iziko South African Museum and Planetarium
25 Queen Victoria StSouth African Museum: This fascinating museum has a full-size whale skeleton, along with other oddities. It's located at the top of Company's Gardens and not many people know that you can park in the museum grounds if you display your ticket. And your entry ticket also allows you free entry to the SA National Gallery just across the gardens!
Artscape is the main theatre of Cape Town with several stages, so you are likely to find something on. The Cape Town City Opera and Ballet perform here, along with many plays and musicals.
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Artscape Theatre Centre
Artscape is the main theatre of Cape Town with several stages, so you are likely to find something on. The Cape Town City Opera and Ballet perform here, along with many plays and musicals.
Food Scene
Bree Street has so many restaurants and cafes that you just have to walk from bottom to top and stop at one that takes your fancy. The eateries are interspersed with offices and businesses but it gets more interesting the higher up you go.
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Bree Street
Bree StreetBree Street has so many restaurants and cafes that you just have to walk from bottom to top and stop at one that takes your fancy. The eateries are interspersed with offices and businesses but it gets more interesting the higher up you go.