A large indoor play gym, Bizzy Bodies offers an active playtime for children aged from one to 12 years. The area is geared around getting the kids to run, climb, swing and...

The slightly sharp smell of molten metal is the first thing that hits you upon walking through the heavy doors of this contemporary foundry-cum-gallery housed in the former...

Watch out for kamikaze squirrels as you cruise towards the manor house at the end of the oak-flanked drive, with its views of hilly vineyards. Stroll the bucolic grounds to...

The weirdest-looking birds, with the longest eyelashes you've ever seen, live at this family-owned ostrich-breeding farm. Each of the 40 pairs have their own private outdoor...

Just down the road from the Planetarium, stands another eye-catching, domed beauty. This Edwardian building dedicated to all things bookish was created to cultivate a love of...

Not the best drive to take if you're a passenger prone to car sickness, this long and winding road starts in Hout Bay and bends in and out of the mountain about a hundred times...

Now a maritime mall-cum-heritage site, the brick-red octagonal clock tower was built in 1882 as the port captain's office, so he could check the comings and goings of the...

This golden child of the South African wine industry offers just about everything bar the partridge in the pear tree. Viticulturalist André Rousseau has been behind the success...

An arresting site on the city's foreshore, this colossal modern building has become an iconic Cape Town landmark in its relatively short lifespan of six years. The centre...

The Durbanville wine route features nine wine estates (some of them with top-notch restaurants), and since the valley's fertile terroir makes for award-winning sauvignon blanc,...

The time for the facelift of South Africa's oldest public space has finally arrived. R21 million has been forked out to repave and upgrade the previously run-down Grand Parade,...

If you get yourself kitted out in a hard hat and reflector vest you can take a guided tour of the construction site of this mammoth 70,000-seater stadium. There's a video at...

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, back in the day....

The former Cape Town residence of the state president, the gabled Groote Schuur ('Big Barn') was originally built in 1667 to serve as the VOC's granary before it was bought by...