During the day, unwind with a light meal from Café Bascule, which is open until 4pm, and soak up the gorgeousness of the yachts in the marina and the view...
Cape Grace Hotel, West Quay Road
There's something incredibly endearing about these creatures. Maybe it's their unrefined singing voices that resemble those of braying jackasses (hence the...
Kleintuin Road
The Brass Bell has been around for just about forever and you really can't get closer to the water than this - the waves literally break over the wall. The...
Main Road
Cape Town's longest-running gay and lesbian bar and dance club, Bronx's recent relocation across the road has in no way detracted from its popularity....
22 Somerset Road
At the tip of the Southern Peninsula lies verdant Cape Point. The vast, beautiful Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve was declared part of the Cape World...
Cape Point
In the east side of the city, and part of an urban renewal development, City Hall has undergone some recent renovations. The Edwardian building, originally...
Darling Street
A symbolic bell silently stands testimony to the slaves who tilled and toiled away in what was once a veggie garden providing sustenance for scurvy-stricken...
Government Avenue

Celebrating the wealth of artistic talent to be found in South Africa, this budget boutique hotel caters for independent travellers and is a haven of...
134 Long Street
The original Cape Town Italian deli is crammed with mouthwatering food and deli products from floor to ceiling. A cheese and meat counter does a roaring...
103 Main Road
Given that this has to be one of the most beautiful and architecturally interesting city squares in the southern hemisphere, no trip to Cape Town is...
Cnr Shortmarket and Burg streets
Founded in 1685 and South Africa's first vineyard, Groot Constantia Estate was the grape-stomping ground of Simon van der Stel, first governor of the Cape,...
Groot Constantia Road
The permanent collection dedicates space to British, Dutch, Flemish and South African art spanning the centuries, interspersed with traditional African...
Government Avenue
In 1913 a professor Pearson, then chair of botany at the South African college, set about developing this vast botanical garden into what it is today - one...
Rhodes Drive
Yet another multi-award-winner in the Constantia Uitsig stable, this swanky restaurant, with chef Luke Dale-Roberts at the helm, wows foodies from across...
Constantia Uitsig
Since it opened in 1899, the city's undisputed grande dame has played host to a slew of dignitaries and stars and it continues to be a hotel of choice for...
76 Orange Street