Guidebook for Cape Town
Food Scene
Excellent menu including pizzas, burgers, pasta, linefish. It's within walking distance of our home and the welcome there is always warm.
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Lime Tree Cafe
Excellent menu including pizzas, burgers, pasta, linefish. It's within walking distance of our home and the welcome there is always warm.
Quirky decor, thoroughly South African menu, the views of Kalk Bay and the great food make it a favourite of ours. Try the South African milk tart and the pork belly - sheer heaven. You can get there easily by train - it's across the road from Kalk Bay station.
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Lekker Kalk Bay Cape Town South Africa
106 Main RdQuirky decor, thoroughly South African menu, the views of Kalk Bay and the great food make it a favourite of ours. Try the South African milk tart and the pork belly - sheer heaven. You can get there easily by train - it's across the road from Kalk Bay station.
Stunning views over Muizenberg beach from this casual but trendy restaurant. Good place for drinks as well as meals. They will even store your surfboard!
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Live Bait Muizenberg
Sidmouth RoadStunning views over Muizenberg beach from this casual but trendy restaurant. Good place for drinks as well as meals. They will even store your surfboard!
This is a great market - we go here to eat a variety of delicious treats. Salad Lover sells salads to eat there or take away, and Rudi's sausages have to be tasted. You can also get craft beers, coffee, biltong, ice-cream, baked goods and other foods to eat on the spot or bring home. Great fresh veggies, a nice environment, some local grafts / gifts. Wednesdays from 3pm - 8pm and Saturday mornings too.
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Earth Fair Food and Shopping Market
Timour Hall RoadThis is a great market - we go here to eat a variety of delicious treats. Salad Lover sells salads to eat there or take away, and Rudi's sausages have to be tasted. You can also get craft beers, coffee, biltong, ice-cream, baked goods and other foods to eat on the spot or bring home. Great fresh veggies, a nice environment, some local grafts / gifts. Wednesdays from 3pm - 8pm and Saturday mornings too.
A good spot to get lunch if you're shopping at Constantia Village. Great fresh choices, a relaxing environment. It gets very popular.
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tashas Constantia
Spaanschemat River RoadA good spot to get lunch if you're shopping at Constantia Village. Great fresh choices, a relaxing environment. It gets very popular.
Lovely location on the beach at Muizenberg, sit down restaurant and take away baked goods. Love the interiors - this used to be a cinema once-upon-a-long-ago ... Daytime only.
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Knead Bakery
82 Beach RdLovely location on the beach at Muizenberg, sit down restaurant and take away baked goods. Love the interiors - this used to be a cinema once-upon-a-long-ago ... Daytime only.
Cheap as chips - you don't get fresher seafood than this! Very informal setting inside Kalk Bay harbour, a small selection of very fresh fish. Good stop if you're in the harbour taking photos of the fishing boats. You can also buy fresh fish directly from the harbour, and you should see the local Cape fur seals at the same time. Easily accessible by train too.
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Kalky's Fish & Chips
Cheap as chips - you don't get fresher seafood than this! Very informal setting inside Kalk Bay harbour, a small selection of very fresh fish. Good stop if you're in the harbour taking photos of the fishing boats. You can also buy fresh fish directly from the harbour, and you should see the local Cape fur seals at the same time. Easily accessible by train too.
A winery perched high on the mountainside - stunning views, good sushi and other food options. Very photogenic - don't miss the bathrooms ...
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Beau Constantia
1043 Constantia Main RdA winery perched high on the mountainside - stunning views, good sushi and other food options. Very photogenic - don't miss the bathrooms ...
Sightseeing
The oldest wine farm in the Cape, there are beautiful photo opportunities of rolling vineyards and the manor house itself. We've been for the wine-and-chocolate tasting more often than we should admit, and the restaurant Simons is good, too. A very photogenic stop. Ample parking, does get touristy in the summer. No entrance charge means you can explore for free.
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Groot Constantia
Groot Constantia RoadThe oldest wine farm in the Cape, there are beautiful photo opportunities of rolling vineyards and the manor house itself. We've been for the wine-and-chocolate tasting more often than we should admit, and the restaurant Simons is good, too. A very photogenic stop. Ample parking, does get touristy in the summer. No entrance charge means you can explore for free.
Beach! Great for a walk, a swim, or a surfing lesson from Gary's Surf Shop. Well supplied with restaurants, an open-air 'gym' and the iconic painted beach houses you see on the postcards. Sunset is behind the mountain, not over the ocean, but you get stunning scenes of pink and orange sandflats as the surf recedes if you go there at sunset. It can be windy, take a wrap, and don't walk after dark.
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Muizenberg Beach Club
165 Main RdBeach! Great for a walk, a swim, or a surfing lesson from Gary's Surf Shop. Well supplied with restaurants, an open-air 'gym' and the iconic painted beach houses you see on the postcards. Sunset is behind the mountain, not over the ocean, but you get stunning scenes of pink and orange sandflats as the surf recedes if you go there at sunset. It can be windy, take a wrap, and don't walk after dark.
Parks & Nature
A great spot for a walk, anything from a stroll on the boardwalk to a proper hike to Elephant's Eye. You can picnic in the park. Wonderful views over the whole south peninsula, from the back slopes of Table Mountain to the False Bay coast from Muizenberg right round to the Strand.
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Silvermine Dam
A great spot for a walk, anything from a stroll on the boardwalk to a proper hike to Elephant's Eye. You can picnic in the park. Wonderful views over the whole south peninsula, from the back slopes of Table Mountain to the False Bay coast from Muizenberg right round to the Strand.
Seeing Cape Town from the top of Table Mountain is a must-do ... if you're not a hiker, taking the cable car is easy. Check online for their sunset specials offered in the shoulder season - big discounts. South Africa travellers: a cable car ride is free on your birthday :)
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I-Table Mountain Aerial Cableway
5821 Tafelberg RdSeeing Cape Town from the top of Table Mountain is a must-do ... if you're not a hiker, taking the cable car is easy. Check online for their sunset specials offered in the shoulder season - big discounts. South Africa travellers: a cable car ride is free on your birthday :)
Beautiful botanical gardens - good for walkers who want to explore the lower slopes of the back table of Table Mountain, but also good for unfit strollers like me ;) The Summer Sunset concerts on Sunday evenings throughout the summer offer a good line-up of South African musical talent and book up early - take a picnic or buy one there and enjoy.
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Isityalo SesiNkululeko SaseKirstenbosch
Rhodes DriveBeautiful botanical gardens - good for walkers who want to explore the lower slopes of the back table of Table Mountain, but also good for unfit strollers like me ;) The Summer Sunset concerts on Sunday evenings throughout the summer offer a good line-up of South African musical talent and book up early - take a picnic or buy one there and enjoy.
Stunning long white beach - horserides and long walks. No shop at the beach so take water. If you're ebnergetic, visit the wreck of the Kakapo, about three quarters of the way along the beach. Dog-friendly so expect to meet dog walkers. Very photogenic, lots of fresh air.
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Ibhishi le-Noordhoek
Stunning long white beach - horserides and long walks. No shop at the beach so take water. If you're ebnergetic, visit the wreck of the Kakapo, about three quarters of the way along the beach. Dog-friendly so expect to meet dog walkers. Very photogenic, lots of fresh air.
A must-see -- the most south westerly point of the continent. You can spend anything from an hour to a day here. If you have time, walk up to the lighthouse, or walk along the boardwalk and down to the Cape of Good Hope. We always see ostriches in the park, and sometimes spot eland too. A gift shop and restaurant is available. A good stop combined with stopping at Simons Town's Boulders Beach to see the penguins, and perhaps finishing in Kalk Bay ...
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Cape Point
A must-see -- the most south westerly point of the continent. You can spend anything from an hour to a day here. If you have time, walk up to the lighthouse, or walk along the boardwalk and down to the Cape of Good Hope. We always see ostriches in the park, and sometimes spot eland too. A gift shop and restaurant is available. A good stop combined with stopping at Simons Town's Boulders Beach to see the penguins, and perhaps finishing in Kalk Bay ...
Arts & Culture
Quirky little theatre where you can reserve dinner and drinks before the show.
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The Kalk Bay Theatre
Main RoadQuirky little theatre where you can reserve dinner and drinks before the show.
A museum celebrating the lives of the residents of the District Six community, a mixed-race community that was forcibly removed from their homes under apartheid laws. Guides are all former residents .
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Iziko leMuziyam yaseSix
25A Buitenkant StA museum celebrating the lives of the residents of the District Six community, a mixed-race community that was forcibly removed from their homes under apartheid laws. Guides are all former residents .
A fun night out - an intimate theatre in the city centre and the bar / restaurant downstairs is quirky. Check online for listings.
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Alexander Bar, Café & Theatre
76 Strand StA fun night out - an intimate theatre in the city centre and the bar / restaurant downstairs is quirky. Check online for listings.
Shopping
Close (5 mins by car), convenient, a range of shops including Woolworths, Pick and Pay, a bookstore, two coffee shops, biltong shop, a beautician and several restaurants.
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Constantia Village
Close (5 mins by car), convenient, a range of shops including Woolworths, Pick and Pay, a bookstore, two coffee shops, biltong shop, a beautician and several restaurants.
Everything Else
A little fishing village that now has many little shops, restaurants, and a fishing harbour to explore. Many of our restaurant recommendations are in Kalk Bay. The Harbour House restaurant offers amazing food with a view you can't beat, but it's not a cheap option.
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Kalk Bay
A little fishing village that now has many little shops, restaurants, and a fishing harbour to explore. Many of our restaurant recommendations are in Kalk Bay. The Harbour House restaurant offers amazing food with a view you can't beat, but it's not a cheap option.