Guidebook for Cape Town
Food Scene
Lucky for you that there's a fabulous Food Lovers Market on the ground floor of Icon Building. You just have to pop down in the lifts and do your shopping. They have a deli counters with a salad bar and cooked food, loved by office workers. It gets busy at lunchtime!
Icon Building
24 Hans Strijdom AveLucky for you that there's a fabulous Food Lovers Market on the ground floor of Icon Building. You just have to pop down in the lifts and do your shopping. They have a deli counters with a salad bar and cooked food, loved by office workers. It gets busy at lunchtime!
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 and the architecture and eateries get more interesting the higher up the street you go.
207 locals recommend
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 and the architecture and eateries get more interesting the higher up the street you go.
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!
387 locals recommend
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!
Sightseeing
The cobbled streets of Greenmarket Square in the middle of town, is where Cape Town's rainbow nation is evident. Barter at curio stalls and people watch from cafes around the square.
244 locals recommend
Greenmarket Square
Longmarket StreetThe cobbled streets of Greenmarket Square in the middle of town, is where Cape Town's rainbow nation is evident. Barter at curio stalls and people watch from cafes around the square.
Robben Island is famous for being the prison where Nelson Mandela spent 18 out of 27 years incarcerated. Get a glimpse of life on this inescapable island. Mismanagement has marred some of its power, but most say it’s still worth it. Tel: 021 413 4201 or book online: www.robben-island.org.za/
395 locals recommend
Robben Island
Robben Island is famous for being the prison where Nelson Mandela spent 18 out of 27 years incarcerated. Get a glimpse of life on this inescapable island. Mismanagement has marred some of its power, but most say it’s still worth it. Tel: 021 413 4201 or book online: www.robben-island.org.za/
Parks & Nature
In the centre of Cape Town is part of the original gardens from the late 1600s with a replica of the vegetable garden that used to supply trading ships. Several museums and galleries line the edges of Company’s Garden and there’s a lovely restaurant too.
602 locals recommend
Company's Gardens
In the centre of Cape Town is part of the original gardens from the late 1600s with a replica of the vegetable garden that used to supply trading ships. Several museums and galleries line the edges of Company’s Garden and there’s a lovely restaurant too.
It takes 4½-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
950 locals recommend
Table Mountain Aerial Cableway
5821 Tafelberg RdIt takes 4½-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
1765 locals recommend
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
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
Shopping
Everyone spends some time in this vibrant tourist hub/working harbour; shopping, strolling, eating and boat tripping. There’s a great vibe with street performers and musicians. Do your curio shopping of top quality local arts and crafts in the brilliantly curated Watershed. Even locals buy their gifts here.
1951 locals recommend
V&A Waterfront
19 Dock RdEveryone spends some time in this vibrant tourist hub/working harbour; shopping, strolling, eating and boat tripping. There’s a great vibe with street performers and musicians. Do your curio shopping of top quality local arts and crafts in the brilliantly curated Watershed. Even locals buy their gifts here.
Entertainment & Activities
The Two Oceans Aquarium is so impressive that adults love it as much as children. Check out the jelly gallery and marine tunnel. Feeding times are: 12 & 2pm at the big tank and 11.30am & 2.30pm at the penguins. They have a great shop and good food in their waterside café.
419 locals recommend
Two Oceans Aquarium
Dock RoadThe Two Oceans Aquarium is so impressive that adults love it as much as children. Check out the jelly gallery and marine tunnel. Feeding times are: 12 & 2pm at the big tank and 11.30am & 2.30pm at the penguins. They have a great shop and good food in their waterside café.