Guidebook for Cape Town
Drinks & Nightlife
20 taps and 99 bottles, plus live music, in a spacious beer hall with a balcony and outside terrace.
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BEERHOUSE on Long
223 Long St20 taps and 99 bottles, plus live music, in a spacious beer hall with a balcony and outside terrace.
Intimate watering hole specialising in gins from around the world & craft cocktails.
54 locals raden deze aan
Mother's Ruin Gin Bar
219 Bree StreetIntimate watering hole specialising in gins from around the world & craft cocktails.
Rooftop bar set in a 200-year-old house. Enjoy cocktails and tapas beneath Chinese lanterns...
226 locals raden deze aan
Tjing Tjing
165 Longmarket StRooftop bar set in a 200-year-old house. Enjoy cocktails and tapas beneath Chinese lanterns...
Food Scene
Plant-based menu. Perfect for vegans and people with food allergies...
38 locals raden deze aan
Planet Bar
8 Buiten StPlant-based menu. Perfect for vegans and people with food allergies...
Chic, bustling haunt offering specialty pastries, breads, hot breakfast dishes & gourmet coffee.
338 locals raden deze aan
Jason Bakery
185 Bree StChic, bustling haunt offering specialty pastries, breads, hot breakfast dishes & gourmet coffee.
Relaxed cafe with terrace for coffee, gourmet sandwiches and design-your-own pizza, with live music.
70 locals raden deze aan
YOURS TRULY
175 Long StRelaxed cafe with terrace for coffee, gourmet sandwiches and design-your-own pizza, with live music.
Quirky cafe that's a steampunk world of pipes and old metal, with gourmet, home-roasted coffee.
425 locals raden deze aan
Truth Coffee Roasting
36 Buitenkant StQuirky cafe that's a steampunk world of pipes and old metal, with gourmet, home-roasted coffee.
Galbi Restaurant
19 Bloem StKorean barbeque
La Parada Bree Street
107 Bree StSpanish tapas
Little Ethiopia Restaurant
76 Shortmarket StBeautifully decorated Ethiopian restaurant...
Arts & Culture
African museums of excellence that empower and inspire all people to celebrate and respect our diverse heritage.
305 locals raden deze aan
Iziko South African Museum and Planetarium
25 Queen Victoria StAfrican museums of excellence that empower and inspire all people to celebrate and respect our diverse heritage.
The museum charts the history of the Jewish community in South Africa, starting with the story of those impoverished refugees seeking to escape persecution in Eastern Europe, beginning in the 1800s, and who built up a community that commanded influential positions in the commercial, political and social life of their adopted country.
44 locals raden deze aan
South African Jewish Museum
88 Hatfield StThe museum charts the history of the Jewish community in South Africa, starting with the story of those impoverished refugees seeking to escape persecution in Eastern Europe, beginning in the 1800s, and who built up a community that commanded influential positions in the commercial, political and social life of their adopted country.
The Slave Lodge was built in 1679 as the slave lodge of the Dutch East India Company. It is believed that up to 9000 slaves, convicts and the mentally ill lived in the building between 1679 and 1811.
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Iziko Slave Lodge
Wale StreetThe Slave Lodge was built in 1679 as the slave lodge of the Dutch East India Company. It is believed that up to 9000 slaves, convicts and the mentally ill lived in the building between 1679 and 1811.
With some 200 square meters of state of the art gallery space, the Michaelis Galleries host a wide range of temporary exhibitions throughout the year. Regular collaborations with alumni and local and international visual arts organisations bring noteworthy art shows to these venues. As a result, the galleries have hosted such important projects as prints by world-renown South African artist William Kentridge and work by British Turner Prize winner Steve Mc Queen.
Michaelis Collection
With some 200 square meters of state of the art gallery space, the Michaelis Galleries host a wide range of temporary exhibitions throughout the year. Regular collaborations with alumni and local and international visual arts organisations bring noteworthy art shows to these venues. As a result, the galleries have hosted such important projects as prints by world-renown South African artist William Kentridge and work by British Turner Prize winner Steve Mc Queen.
The District Six Museum, established in December 1994, works with the memories of the District Six experience and with that of forced removals more generally.
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District Six Museum
25A Buitenkant StThe District Six Museum, established in December 1994, works with the memories of the District Six experience and with that of forced removals more generally.
The Bo-Kaap Museum, situated in the historic area that became home to many Muslims and freed slaves after the abolition of slavery, showcases local Islamic culture and heritage. The Bo-Kaap itself is well worth a visit. Colourful houses, steep cobbled streets, the muezzin’s calls to prayer, and children traditionally dressed for Madrassa, add to this unique Cape experience.
226 locals raden deze aan
Iziko Bo Kaap Museum
71 Wale StThe Bo-Kaap Museum, situated in the historic area that became home to many Muslims and freed slaves after the abolition of slavery, showcases local Islamic culture and heritage. The Bo-Kaap itself is well worth a visit. Colourful houses, steep cobbled streets, the muezzin’s calls to prayer, and children traditionally dressed for Madrassa, add to this unique Cape experience.
Collects, preserves, researches, and exhibits twenty-first century art from Africa and its Diaspora. Launching on 22 September 2017.
482 locals raden deze aan
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art
South Arm RoadCollects, preserves, researches, and exhibits twenty-first century art from Africa and its Diaspora. Launching on 22 September 2017.
Shopping
Greenmarket Square in the heart of Cape Town is where artists and traders meet from all corners of the African continent to sell their wide range of fabrics, sculpture, art and beadwork. Visitors to the square are sure to enjoy the vibrant atmosphere and pick up great bargains as souvenirs of their African adventure.
244 locals raden deze aan
Greenmarket Square
Longmarket StreetGreenmarket Square in the heart of Cape Town is where artists and traders meet from all corners of the African continent to sell their wide range of fabrics, sculpture, art and beadwork. Visitors to the square are sure to enjoy the vibrant atmosphere and pick up great bargains as souvenirs of their African adventure.
Shopping, tourist attraction, restaurants, aquarium, boat trips, local design, museums and more...
1951 locals raden deze aan
V&A Waterfront
19 Dock RdShopping, tourist attraction, restaurants, aquarium, boat trips, local design, museums and more...
Boutique specialising un upmarket local design...fashion, accessories, jewellery, etc.
Merchants on Long
34 Long StBoutique specialising un upmarket local design...fashion, accessories, jewellery, etc.
Essentials
Laundry On Long
210 Long StOpenn from 8am - 7pm daily.
Consisting of a coffee shop, art gallery and wine distribution agent, I Love My Laundry on Buitengracht Street is both nothing you'd expect from a laundromat!
55 locals raden deze aan
I LOVE MY LAUNDRY
37 Buitenkant StConsisting of a coffee shop, art gallery and wine distribution agent, I Love My Laundry on Buitengracht Street is both nothing you'd expect from a laundromat!
High quality food - fresh or readymade. You can't go wrong!
78 locals raden deze aan
Woolworths Adderley Street
Adderley StreetHigh quality food - fresh or readymade. You can't go wrong!
Olsens Pharmacy
129 Long StVirgin Active Foreshore - Health Club
17 Rua Bartholomeu Dias PlainVirgin Active Health Club Long Street
21 Lower Long StreetCityROCK Cape Town
9 Milner StRock-climbing gym
Parks & Nature
Kabelbaanstation Tafelberg
5821 Tafelberg Rd