Guidebook for Cape Town
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Mavericks Gentlemen's Club
68 Barrack StFor the naughtier side of life...
Entertainment & Activities
Strawberry picking! A lovely way to spend a few hours in the summer months (from October to December). There’s a restaurant and a bunch of wine farms nearby as well, so you can really pack in a day’s worth of ensuring you’re well fed and watered with tasty local victuals.
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Polkadraai Strawberry Farm
7603 La Provence RoadStrawberry picking! A lovely way to spend a few hours in the summer months (from October to December). There’s a restaurant and a bunch of wine farms nearby as well, so you can really pack in a day’s worth of ensuring you’re well fed and watered with tasty local victuals.
Very popular with tourists and for good reason - it's too easy to get up and down the mountain. Breathtaking views, restaurant on top. Better is to hike up and take a one-way ticket down.
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Table Mountain Aerial Cableway station
Pipe TrackVery popular with tourists and for good reason - it's too easy to get up and down the mountain. Breathtaking views, restaurant on top. Better is to hike up and take a one-way ticket down.
Haven't done it myself but I long to do so. They fly all year round when the winds are right - looks like incredible fun and the views must be breath-taking. Obviously.
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Parapax Tandem Paragliding - Cape Town
Signal Hill RoadHaven't done it myself but I long to do so. They fly all year round when the winds are right - looks like incredible fun and the views must be breath-taking. Obviously.
an old-school night at the bioscope, this is one of the few independent cinema houses in the country. It was opened by Princess Labia in 1949 and shows artsy films at a fraction of the price of commercial mall-based cinemas. Plus you can bring the wine you bought at the bar into the movie house…
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The Labia
68 Orange Stan old-school night at the bioscope, this is one of the few independent cinema houses in the country. It was opened by Princess Labia in 1949 and shows artsy films at a fraction of the price of commercial mall-based cinemas. Plus you can bring the wine you bought at the bar into the movie house…
Essentials
Great quality grocery store with everything you’ll need for your home away from home. Just down the road.
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Sorbet Cape Quarter
27 Somerset RdGreat quality grocery store with everything you’ll need for your home away from home. Just down the road.
Best Spar in Cape Town, great selection & quality of groceries
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Sea Point Spar
94 Regent RdBest Spar in Cape Town, great selection & quality of groceries
Shopping
Hip new building - full of bicycles, leather, coffee, art, clothing, design, sandwiches, skateboards, cold beer...good times.
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Woodstock Exchange
Albert RoadHip new building - full of bicycles, leather, coffee, art, clothing, design, sandwiches, skateboards, cold beer...good times.
Browse and buy records at a store at the forefront of record collecting in Cape Town (yes, it’s the one from the movie).
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Mabu Vinyl
285 Long StBrowse and buy records at a store at the forefront of record collecting in Cape Town (yes, it’s the one from the movie).
If markets are what you’re looking for, Cape Town makes it easy for you. It’s almost impossible to spend any time here and not end up at one. The Bay Harbour Market in Hout Bay is one of the better ones, a little more eclectic, a little less full of trendsters, lots of tasty food and interesting goodies, and it’s indoors, so it’s good for rainy days.
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Bay Harbour Market
31 Harbour RdIf markets are what you’re looking for, Cape Town makes it easy for you. It’s almost impossible to spend any time here and not end up at one. The Bay Harbour Market in Hout Bay is one of the better ones, a little more eclectic, a little less full of trendsters, lots of tasty food and interesting goodies, and it’s indoors, so it’s good for rainy days.
Entertainment & Shopping Complex, I used to believe that the Waterfront was just for tourists. It is touristy but great care has been taken to attract locals. I highly recommend a day here.
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V&A Waterfront
19 Dock RdEntertainment & Shopping Complex, I used to believe that the Waterfront was just for tourists. It is touristy but great care has been taken to attract locals. I highly recommend a day here.
One of my favourite book shops in the world - I've spent so many long and blissful hours in those leather couches downstairs, drinking coffee, eating muffins... These guys 'n gals know their game.
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the book lounge
71 Roeland StreetOne of my favourite book shops in the world - I've spent so many long and blissful hours in those leather couches downstairs, drinking coffee, eating muffins... These guys 'n gals know their game.
A visual / aesthetic / sensory delight! Do yourself a favour and visit this unique emporium set in an old church & school, showing both antique and new interior and garden goods.
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Delos
181 Albert RdA visual / aesthetic / sensory delight! Do yourself a favour and visit this unique emporium set in an old church & school, showing both antique and new interior and garden goods.
Arts & Culture
Opened in 1994, the year of South Africa’s democratic birth, the District Six Museum is dedicated to the people who were forcibly removed from what was a vibrant suburb on the city’s edge.
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Iziko leMuziyam yaseSix
25A Buitenkant StOpened in 1994, the year of South Africa’s democratic birth, the District Six Museum is dedicated to the people who were forcibly removed from what was a vibrant suburb on the city’s edge.
Beautifully converted from an old church into a theatre, there's always something fun or poignant on.
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I-Fugard Theatre
Beautifully converted from an old church into a theatre, there's always something fun or poignant on.
Great fun on a good night. Most plays have something to do with South Africa, and with food and drinks between acts, it's well worth an evening out.
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Itheatara ku-The Bay
Link StreetGreat fun on a good night. Most plays have something to do with South Africa, and with food and drinks between acts, it's well worth an evening out.
Stevenson Gallery
Contemporary South African Art.
Young South African Artists’ work at affordable prices, also with an online store.
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StateoftheART Gallery
50 Buitenkant StYoung South African Artists’ work at affordable prices, also with an online store.
Great South African art gallery - showing work from both established artists & some of South Africa's young guns. Paintings, Photography & Sculpture.
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Jan Royce Gallery
64 Church StreetGreat South African art gallery - showing work from both established artists & some of South Africa's young guns. Paintings, Photography & Sculpture.
A distinguished gallery showing established South African Artists.
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Everard Read CIRCA Gallery, Cape Town
A distinguished gallery showing established South African Artists.
Interiors and Art - a unique selection of top South African Art.
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EBONY/CURATED
67 Loop StInteriors and Art - a unique selection of top South African Art.
The Drinkery
Tiny Gallery in a great location.
Built inside an old transformed home, this exceptional gallery shows International & South African paintings and sculpture.
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Christopher Moller Gallery
7 Kloof Nek RdBuilt inside an old transformed home, this exceptional gallery shows International & South African paintings and sculpture.
A great gallery showing loads & loads of good South African Art.
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The Cape Gallery
60 Church StA great gallery showing loads & loads of good South African Art.
The AVA is an institution – showing only young up and coming South African artists.
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Area Code
The AVA is an institution – showing only young up and coming South African artists.
A new gallery showing some exciting contemporary work by new and established artists.
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99 Loop Gallery
99 Loop StA new gallery showing some exciting contemporary work by new and established artists.
Parks & Nature
A must-see. It’s a gorgeous as well as informative outing spent admiring the local flora at the foot of Devil’s Peak. There’s an aerial walkway that offers a fresh perspective on the gardens, a restaurant, and, in summer, weekly live music that’s a real sunshine-y, picnic-y, lazy-hazy-day treat.
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Isityalo SesiNkululeko SaseKirstenbosch
Rhodes DriveA must-see. It’s a gorgeous as well as informative outing spent admiring the local flora at the foot of Devil’s Peak. There’s an aerial walkway that offers a fresh perspective on the gardens, a restaurant, and, in summer, weekly live music that’s a real sunshine-y, picnic-y, lazy-hazy-day treat.
For the price of a bottle of water and packet of snacks (and maybe stiff calves) you can enjoy the incredible 360 degree views that the city’s second most iconic mountain offers. This is the most popular hike in the city.
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Lion's Head Hike
Signal Hill RoadFor the price of a bottle of water and packet of snacks (and maybe stiff calves) you can enjoy the incredible 360 degree views that the city’s second most iconic mountain offers. This is the most popular hike in the city.
A truly epic sunrise route to the top of Table Mountain – pretty gruelling and could take you up to four hours but it’s worth every breath!
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Skeleton Gorge / Nursery Ravine Hike
Nursery RavineA truly epic sunrise route to the top of Table Mountain – pretty gruelling and could take you up to four hours but it’s worth every breath!
Morning runs or walks through the Park and along the Promenade are an absolute joy.
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Iphondo laseGreen Point
1 Fritz Sonnenberg RdMorning runs or walks through the Park and along the Promenade are an absolute joy.
4th beach is the popular one, by a long shot. Younger crowd, lots of action. Easy parking and fewer steps than the others.
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Clifton 4th Beach hotel
Fourth Beach Promenade4th beach is the popular one, by a long shot. Younger crowd, lots of action. Easy parking and fewer steps than the others.
Of ‘The Famous Four’ gorgeous Clifton beaches, 1st beach is the one where those in the know go: it’s the most beautiful, with the most space. Parking can be tricky though.
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Clifton 1st
Of ‘The Famous Four’ gorgeous Clifton beaches, 1st beach is the one where those in the know go: it’s the most beautiful, with the most space. Parking can be tricky though.
Wonderful little beach for sunrise - loads of surfers, little kids to 'ou toppies', dogs everywhere, family vibes. If storms have washed up the kelp, can get a little messy...
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Long Beach
Wonderful little beach for sunrise - loads of surfers, little kids to 'ou toppies', dogs everywhere, family vibes. If storms have washed up the kelp, can get a little messy...
Long, gentle drive out of town and a beautiful place to go for a walk on the beach. This name is quite literal, come at sunrise and a quiet mist hugs the hills. Coffee in Simon’s Town...sorted.
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Misty Cliffs
Long, gentle drive out of town and a beautiful place to go for a walk on the beach. This name is quite literal, come at sunrise and a quiet mist hugs the hills. Coffee in Simon’s Town...sorted.
Unless you're a surfer, come here when the wind isn't blowing...and let this beach blow your mind! Vast, breathtaking and waves aplenty. One of my Top 3 Beaches of The World. Big call.
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Ibhishi le-Noordhoek
Unless you're a surfer, come here when the wind isn't blowing...and let this beach blow your mind! Vast, breathtaking and waves aplenty. One of my Top 3 Beaches of The World. Big call.
On an early sunny morning - the earlier the better - walking up here is one of the great joys of living in Cape Town. Truly spectacular and relatively easy to get up here from Constantia Nek.
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Constantia Nek Jeep Track
Constantia Nek Jeep TrackOn an early sunny morning - the earlier the better - walking up here is one of the great joys of living in Cape Town. Truly spectacular and relatively easy to get up here from Constantia Nek.
This semi-secret little beach has a beautiful little rock pool to cool yourself down in...and cool yourself you will, the water in Cape Town ain't warm...
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Saunders' Rocks Beach
This semi-secret little beach has a beautiful little rock pool to cool yourself down in...and cool yourself you will, the water in Cape Town ain't warm...
It may be the easiest route to hike up Table Mountain - but don't be deceived, you'll need to be relatively fit.
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Platteklip Gorge
Platteklip GorgeIt may be the easiest route to hike up Table Mountain - but don't be deceived, you'll need to be relatively fit.
You have to! You've come all this way down, might as well look over the edge. You'll be so glad you did.
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Cape Point
You have to! You've come all this way down, might as well look over the edge. You'll be so glad you did.
Sightseeing
Head up Wale Street into the neighbourhood that’s home to brightly coloured houses, steep cobbled streets and the delicious flavours of Cape Malay cooking. Stop in at the Bo-Kaap Museum, or take a cooking tour.
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Bo-Kaap
71 Wale StHead up Wale Street into the neighbourhood that’s home to brightly coloured houses, steep cobbled streets and the delicious flavours of Cape Malay cooking. Stop in at the Bo-Kaap Museum, or take a cooking tour.
Home to a Royal Naval Base that now belongs to the South African government. A quaint part of the peninsula, worth a stop on the way to Cape Point.
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Simon's Town Police Station
136 St George's StHome to a Royal Naval Base that now belongs to the South African government. A quaint part of the peninsula, worth a stop on the way to Cape Point.
A morning jog or evening walk is highly recommended and very popular among locals. Sunsets often are spectacular and it’s often sheltered from the wind in a way many other places aren’t. Restaurants & Bars just over the road.
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Sea Point
A morning jog or evening walk is highly recommended and very popular among locals. Sunsets often are spectacular and it’s often sheltered from the wind in a way many other places aren’t. Restaurants & Bars just over the road.
The oldest operating lighthouse in South Africa. You can walk to it through the Green Point Park and then enjoy the Promenade. Also offers great views when looking down the Atlantic coast.
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I-Green Point Lighthouse
100 Beach RdThe oldest operating lighthouse in South Africa. You can walk to it through the Green Point Park and then enjoy the Promenade. Also offers great views when looking down the Atlantic coast.
Muizenberg has such a rich history, especially in South African surf culture. Gentle rolling waves make it perfect for beginners and great fun for longboarders. Post-surf pull into Knead bakery...
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Muizenberg
Muizenberg has such a rich history, especially in South African surf culture. Gentle rolling waves make it perfect for beginners and great fun for longboarders. Post-surf pull into Knead bakery...
You haven't fully experienced Cape Town until you've driven the iconic Chapman's Peak. Pull over at the main viewpoint looking across Hout Bay, climb down the rocks to the little amphitheatre...
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Chapman's Peak Drive
1 Chapmans Peak DrYou haven't fully experienced Cape Town until you've driven the iconic Chapman's Peak. Pull over at the main viewpoint looking across Hout Bay, climb down the rocks to the little amphitheatre...