Attractions IN Gardens
Museums
Bertram House
One of the Iziko stable of museums, Bertram House is the only remaining red brick Georgian style house in Cape Town. Originally built as a residence, the building became a museum when it was restored in 1984. If you are even vaguely interested in vintage ...
Landmarks / Memorials / Miscellaneous / Museums
Cape Town's East City
Cape Town's East City is known, interchangeably, as the East City, the East City Precinct, and the fringe. Others, still, know it as lower Gardens. But this part of the Mother City's central city is in the process of a rebirth. Some have hailed it as a ...
Landmarks / National Monuments
Cape Town's Ubuntu Tree
Also known as Nokuphila, which means 'place of the healing mother, where people gather for health and wellness' in Xhosa, Cape Town's Ubuntu Tree lies just off Kloof Street in the city bowl. The landmark tree is endowed ...
Attractions AROUND Gardens
Landmarks
Adderley Street
Adderley Street, the next street north west, runs parallel to St George's Mall. It starts at the Foreshore and ends in Government Avenue, an oak-tree lined street, running along the boundary of the Company's Garden. There is a flea market on the Adderley ...
Landmarks / Yacht Clubs
Cape Grace Marina
The Cape Grace Marina, nestled in the heart of Cape Town’s iconic V&A Waterfront, offers a world-class docking experience in one of the city’s most exclusive settings. Surrounded by the vibrant energy of the Waterfront and framed by the majestic backdrop ...
Memorials / Museums / Religious
Cape Town Holocaust Centre
Serving as a place of remembrance for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust between 1933 and 1945 when over six million Jews were murdered, the Cape Town Holocaust Centre lies on ‘Museum Mile' in the centre of the city. Fundamental to the ...
Entertainment / Shopping
Cape Town Shopping
For the international Tourist, shopping in Cape Town is relatively inexpensive due to the favourable exchange rate and comparatively low production costs. For the Tourist, jewellery is particularly inexpensive and as many of South Africa's most talented ...
Landmarks / Museums / National Monuments
Castle of Good Hope
A unique combination of history, fine wine, traditional food, military ceremonies and craftsmanship awaits you at this pentagonal fortification. Built between 1666 and 1679, the Cape Town Castle is the oldest surviving building in South Africa. The ...
National Monuments
Centre for the Book
The Centre for the Book, as its name suggests, promotes a culture of reading, writing and publishing in local languages. It's the National Library's outreach arm and aims to increase access to books for all. The Centre for the Book lies not far from the ...
Landmarks
Church Square
Church Square lies on the corner of Parliament and Spin streets, just south-west of St George's Cathedral and the Slave Lodge. The little cobbled square, though perhaps not much to look at, has only recently been reclaimed from its former role as a ...
Landmarks / National Monuments
Company's Garden
The Company's Garden is a large public park and botanical garden set in the heart of Cape Town, home to a rose garden, Japanese garden, fish pond and aviary. Roaming Company Gardens, past the back of Parliament and Tuynhuys, the President's official ...
Lakes / Dams / Landmarks / Miscellaneous
Dams on Table Mountain
There are five dams on top of the table top, accessible via a number of hikes up the mountain. The dams - The Woodhead, Hely-Hutchinson, De Villiers, Alexandria and Victoria - are all on the mountain's back ...
Landmarks
De Tuynhuys
Tuynhuys, the office of the state President and closed to the public, witnessed one of the most important turning points in South African history when FW de Klerk announced from its steps, on 18 March 1992, that South Africa had ‘closed the book on ...
Shopping
Diamond Works
Diamond Works is Cape Town's finest jewellery experience. Established in October 2001, the idea was to create a jewellery destination whereby tourists could learn about the art of diamond cutting, witness the make up of jewellery pieces and see and ...
Museums
District Six Museum
When the apartheid government swooped on District Six, Cape Town in 1965, forcibly removing its occupants and declaring the area a "whites-only" zone, the rich fabric of an impoverished but vibrant community was torn to shreds. Over 60 000 people were ...
Mandela Route / Landmarks / Entertainment / National Monuments
Grand Parade
Grand Parade, as its name suggests, served as a military parade ground for many years and as a stage for public participation, be it as a venue for major political rallies or flea market stalls. Its greatest claim to fame, however, is that it was where ...
Miscellaneous / Landmarks / Shopping
Greenmarket Square
You cannot visit Cape Town and not visit one of its oldest markets, set on a cobbled square between Short and long Market Streets. This is where Capetonians have been buying their clothing, jewellery, sandals, crafts and nick-nacks for years, and, whilst ...
Landmarks / Shopping
Heritage Square
Heritage Square is one of Cape Town's most successful urban renewal projects. It lies right at the heart of the city flanked by Hout, Buitengracht and Shormarket streets, just off the now fashionable foodie destination of Bree ...
Landmarks / Mandela Route
Houses of Parliament
The city of Cape Town, despite not being the capital of South Africa, is home to South Africa's Parliament - Cape Town is the legislative capital, whilst the seat of government is in Pretoria, the administrative capital - which is one of the biggest draw ...
Mountain Reserves / Landmarks
Lion's Head
Lion's Head is flanked by Table Mountain and Signal Hill, and was so named by the first Dutch explorers, who arrived in Cape Town in the 1600's and were of the opinion that the mountain and Signal Hill together resembled a lion in the crouching position ...
Landmarks / Miscellaneous
Long Street
Long Street could be described as the funkiest and loudest street in Cape Town, bustling with markets and boerewors roll stands during the day and hosting parties of all kinds once the sun sets. Once the vintage clothing shops and designers alleys are ...
Lakes / Dams / Landmarks
Molteno Reservoir
The Molteno Reservoir is a 200 000 kilolitre water storage facility just above De Waal Park in Oranjezicht. It's the city's oldest water reservoir and still in service. It's also rather pretty; the locals like to jog around its ...
Landmarks / Miscellaneous
Noon Day Gun
Up on Signal Hill at 12:00 exactly every day, a cannon is fired. Accurate to the nearest millisecond, it booms over the Mother City, Table Mountain in the background, yet never ceases to surprise even long-term Capetonians, and certainly has visitors ...
Museums / National Monuments
Rust en Vreugd
Rust en Vreugd (rest and joy) is an ornate 1778 townhouse on the outer limits of Buitenkant Street (in an area that would have been on the 'outer edge' of Cape Town when it was built), generally considered the best example of 18th century urban ...
Heritage Routes / Landmarks / Miscellaneous
Slave's Walk
At the top end of Upper Buitenkant Street, close to St Cyprian's School, is what was once known as Slave's Walk. This is a particularly historical nook of Cape Town. St Cyprian's, the independent, Anglican girls' school, was founded in 1871 and moved ...
Museums / Religious
South African Jewish Museum
The South African Jewish Museum stands on what is considered Cape Town's ‘museum mile' in the centre of town - neighbour to the Old Synagogue, the first to be built on South African soil - the Great Synagogue, and the Albow Centre where the Cape Town ...
Museums
South African Museum
The oldest museum in sub-Saharan Africa, the South African Museum (SAM) has been adding to their collections for nearly 200 years and was established in 1825. Collections here range from fossils to insects and fish found as recently as a week ago; there ...
Museums
South African National Gallery
Lying in the Company Gardens, opposite the South African Museum on Government Avenue, the South African National Gallery houses some of the most beautiful collections of South African, African, British, French, Dutch and Flemish art in South Africa. The ...
Landmarks / Religious
St Martini Evangelical Lutheran Church
Established by German immigrants in 1861, St Martini is the first German Lutheran Synod in South Africa. It was built when the Lutheran Church split and a new church, called St Martini the Evangelical Lutheran Church, was erected in Long Street, where it ...
Mandela Route / Landmarks / Religious
St Mary's Cathedral
The Cathedral of St Mary of the Flight into Egypt, known simply as St Mary's Cathedral, is a beautifully imposing building on Roeland Street within walking distance of The Company's Garden and a couple of blocks away from the ...
Landmarks / National Monuments
The Hurling Pump
The Hurling Pump is one of the only remaining historical water pumps in Cape Town. You'll find it on the corner of Prince and Sir George Grey Streets, a little piece of surviving history from the the late 19th century when ...
Landmarks / National Monuments
The Old Granary
The beautiful building on Buitenkant Street, known simply as the Granary, or the Old Customs House, is well over 200 years old and part of the city's heritage. Designed by the French-born South African architect and ...
Landmarks / National Monuments
The Saffron Pear Tree
The over 360 year old sweet saffron pear tree is an old Dutch pear that arrived way back in Van Riebeeck's time. Its Latin name is Pyrus communis, which makes it one of the original varieties of pear. It must be a good variety ...
Landmarks / Memorials
We are Still Here Monument
We are still here is a monument outside the Central Library on Longmarket pedestrian mall. It is both disturbing and moving. Almost hidden along the leafy byway, the mosaic framed art piece displays copies of advertisements that appeared in the Cape ...
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Religious
Al-Azhar Masjied
The Al Azhar Mosque is an Islamic mosque in District Six, Cape Town. It holds the same name as a rather resplendent more-famous mosque in Cairo, Egypt but what it lacks in minarets, it makes up for with position, for the mosque of Cape Town lies ...
Landmarks / Religious
Auwal Masjid
The mosque that stands at the top end of Dorp Street, in amongst the brightly painted houses of the Bo-Kaap (almost diagonally behind the Bo-Kaap Museum), is South Africa's oldest mosque - established in 1794, during ...
Landmarks / Miscellaneous / Shopping
Bree Street
Bree Street is the epitome of what Cape Town has to offer, with everything from fine dining to designer bars and organic food restaurants. It is the road's width and extraordinary architecture that has formed the backdrop to the resurgence of interest ...
Landmarks / Mandela Route / Miscellaneous
Cape Town City Hall
On Cape Town's Grand Parade stands an imposing Italian Renaissance-style Edwardian building constructed from honey limestone. Cape Town's City Hall took five years to complete, after the laying of its cornerstone in 1900. Its lower walls and plinths use ...
Airports / Landmarks
Cape Town International Airport
Cape Town International Airport is the base from which millions of international travellers begin their exploration of this uniquely beautiful country. It is the second largest airport in South Africa, second only to the OR Tambo International Airport in ...
Landmarks / Memorials
Cissie Gool Memorial
Zainunnisa 'Cissie' Gool was the only woman to serve on Cape Town's City Council at a time when she did not have the right to vote, representing District Six between 1938 and 1951. She was said to be a woman way ahead of her time, and was known as Cape ...
Nature Reserves
Deer Park
One may be forgiven for thinking that Deer Park is the little children's park attached to the Deer Park Café at the top end of Deerpark Drive West. But actually this is Rocklands Road Park, the fenced, community-maintained public ...
Miscellaneous
Erf 81 Tamboerskloof Farm
Erf 81, or Tamboerskloof Farm, lies between the gentrified suburb of Tamboerskloof and the Cape Malay suburb of the Bo-Kaap, a ramshackle collection of buildings and grounds that are home to geese, chickens, dwarf goats, the ...
Religious
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St George
Not the more-famous Anglican St George's Cathedral at the top end of Adderley Street, this lesser-known, but no less beautiful, ‘other' St George's Cathedral (also known as the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St George) lies ...
Landmarks / Religious
Groote Kerk
What strikes you, as you look at the oldest church in the country, is how modern it seems, given its three hundred and thirty odd years. Which is as it should be, considering that all that remains of the original is the old tower (walk a little ways down ...
Gardens as a destination
Also in the neighbourhood
Bo Kaap, Cape Town Central, De Waterkant, Devils Peak, Foreshore, Higgovale, Highlands Estate, Kloof Nek, Oranjezicht, Roggebaai, Salt River, Tamboerskloof, V&A Waterfront, Vredehoek, Walmer Estate, Woodstock, Zonnebloem
Staying Overnight
La Grenadine Petit Hotel
La Grenadine Petit Hotel is an elegant guest house tucked away in the heart of Cape Town. A magnificently restored 19th-century farm building set...
Belvedere House
Belvedere House offers upmarket, luxury accommodation in a renovated Victorian home located in Oranjezicht, just over 2km from the centre of Cape...
Harrow House
Harrow House offers holiday accommodation in a number of units in Gardens, Cape Town. All units have a patio and make use of the swimming pool. E...
Tintagel Guesthouse
Tintagel Guesthouse is a Victorian villa located near the centre of Cape Town catering for discerning holidaymakers who appreciate high quality a...
Edgy on Bree
Edgy on Bree is a self catering holiday apartment in Gardens and has a master bedroom furnished with a Queen-size bed. The bedroom has a sliding ...
Polana Court 12
Polana Court 12 is a second floor holiday apartment located in a secure complex in on Kloof Street with Table Mountain views. The apartment accom...
Tom's Guest House
Tom's Guest House is very quietly and centrally located in a small street, just below Table Mountain. You will find the beautifully renovated vil...
Floreal House
Sweeping views of Table Mountain, the Harbour and Table Bay grace this friendly lodge where the emphasis is on personalised hospitality. Each of ...
The Taj Studios
The Taj Studios offers Cape Town Central accommodation in the same building as the Taj Cape Town hotel. These classically elegant self catering s...
The Cape Colonial
The Cape Colonial is an established Guest House in a residential area at the foot of Table Mountain and has been in operation since 1996. It is a...
Mountain Manor Guest House
Mountain Manor Guest House dates back to 1852 and has been carefully restored to it's original splendour. The Manor is located in the shadow of t...
Studio On Hope
Studio On Hope is a self catering studio apartment offering accommodation in Gardens, Cape Town. This is the perfect temporary home for business ...
P4 Albany Court
P4 Albany Court is a light, bright fully furnished and equipped holiday apartment accommodating two guests only. The Studio offers spacious livin...
Four Rosmead
Four Rosmead is situated on the slopes of Table Mountain in the select residential suburb of Oranjezicht in Cape Town. This small boutique hotel ...
Buxton Villa
Buxton Villa is a self-catering holiday home in Gardens set in the heart of Cape Town. Dwarfed by the majestic Table Mountain, this stylish yet i...
Number 5 Guest House
Offering views of Table Mountain, Number 5 Guest House is set in a historical building, located in a quiet street and just two minutes walk from ...
Perspectives 306
Perspectives 306 is a clean and spacious self-catering holiday apartment in Cape Town in the secure Perspectives building in the heart of the cit...
Kloof Street Hotel
Kloof Street Hotel is situated in the popular Kloof Street, close to Cape Town central and a number of top attractions. It also has a shared work...
Manella On Kloof
Manella On Kloof is a two bedroom apartment offering accommodation in Gardens at the heart of the bustling City Centre, the ideal temporary home ...
Cactusberry Lodge
With all the charm of an old Victorian townhouse in a quiet residential area but the comforts of today's world - Cactusberry Lodge offers Bed & ...
332 The Square
332 The Square is a spacious and modern apartment on Old Town Square in Gardens. The secure complex features a pool, gym and retail shops. The se...
The Cedar 105
The Cedar 105 is a apartment situated in the sought-after area of Gardens. With modern finishes throughout and breathtaking views, you are guaran...
129 On Kloof Nek
129 on Kloof Nek offers self catering accommodation in Higgovale, one of the most beautiful areas of Cape Town with stunning city and harbor view...
6 on Scott
Centrally located in the heart of cosmopolitan Gardens, Cape Town, you will find Six on Scott, a beautiful, heritage listed Victorian guesthouse....
Uptown Retreat
Uptown Retreat is a spacious, contemporary holiday home situated in the heart of Gardens, Cape Town. The house, offers accommodation with a swimm...
Kelvin Cottage
Kelvin Cottage is a renovated 100-year-old cottage that offers charm, and comfort in a quirky Afro-chic style. It is the perfect option for indep...
iKhaya Lodge
iKhaya meaning 'the home' in Xhosa, is located on Dunkley Square and offers dramatic views of Table Mountain. Our 11 en-suite bedrooms and 6 self...
Ashanti Lodge Gardens
Located at the foot of Table Mountain, Ashanti Lodge Gardens is your gateway to Cape Town. Well-known for our superb facilities, outstanding serv...
5 Camp Street Luxury Self-catering
Upmarket, serviced, self- catering units (one or two bedrooms en-suite) for holiday rental. Each unit is tastefully furnished with a mixed betwee...
One Thibault 1517
One Thibault 1517 is a studio apartment located on the fifteenth floor of the One Thibault apartment building, strategically situated in Cape Tow...
Oranjezicht Haven
Discover the epitome of urban tranquillity in the heart of Cape Town at Oranjezicht Haven, an inviting apartment offering accommodation in Oranje...
Cape Hideaway
Located in the charming suburb of Tamboerskloof, Cape Hideaway provides accommodation for two guests. The activities and attractions of Cape Town...
Welgelegen Boutique Guest House
Welgelegen Boutique Guest House offers accommodation in a tranquil and quiet corner of Oranjezicht in two Victorian houses - just a short walk fr...
Redbourne Hilldrop
Set in Oranjezicht on the upper slopes of Table Mountain, Redbourne Hilldrop boasts stunning views of Cape Town and the harbour, as well as the m...
The Cedar 204
The Cedar 204 is a studio apartment situated in the sought after Gardens area in the centre of Cape Town. This Cape Town holiday apartment offers...
Ashanti Guesthouse
Ashanti Guesthouse is located in Gardens. The Cape Town guesthouse is close to the vibrant nightlife of Green Point, the promenade and secluded b...
iGadi House Boutique Hotel
This enchanting guest house, steeped in history, welcomes guests with its quintessential charm, seamlessly blending vintage architectural element...
The Cedar 101
The Cedar 101 is a gorgeous studio holiday apartment in Cape Town situated in the Gardens area of the City Bowl. The unit accommodates two guests...
Lezard Bleu Guest House
Lezard Bleu Guest House, where Chris and Niki offer accommodation facilities for those who enjoy being spoilt. Situated at the foot of the 1,000 ...
Cape Cadogan Boutique Hotel
The Cape Cadogan Boutique Hotel is the epitome of discreet distinction and is well known for its comfortable, luxurious atmosphere. Cape Cadogan ...
Acorn House
Set on the slopes of Table Mountain, Acorn House is a National Monument (Sir Herbert Baker design) and a haven of serenity offering up-market acc...
Three Boutique Hotel
The Three is centrally located in the heart of City Bowl on the slopes of Table Mountain. We are located in a lovely quiet are and are just 10 mi...
Rosedene Guest House
Perched high above Table Bay and offering views of the bustling city and harbour lights as well as picture perfect views of the mountain. Minutes...
Villa Bianca
Villa Bianca offers luxury accommodation in Oranjezicht, close to the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. All suites are offered on a bed & breakfast ba...
Langholm 45 on Kloof
Welcome to Langholm 45 on Kloof, a charming apartment offering accommodation in Cape Town's vibrant Kloof Street. This classic Cape Town-style pr...
Cape Riviera Guesthouse
Situated in the picturesque Cape Town suburb of Oranjezicht, you will find Cape Riviera offering accommodation in a luxury guest house, with pano...
Mimosa Court
Mimosa Court 2 is an urban sanctuary located in the heart of Gardens, Cape Town. This one-bedroom apartment seamlessly combines modern amenities ...
Hippo Boutique Hotel
Find yourself in the hub of Cape Town's café culture (and just about 5 minutes from everything and everywhere else) when staying at this hip bout...
Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel
The luxurious Belmond Mount Nelson, undoubtedly the most famous hotel in Cape Town, is synonymous with Cape hospitality. Set in beautiful gardens...
Esperanza Guest House
Situated on the slopes of Table Mountain, this lovely Victorian mansion offers lovely accommodation in Cape Town in and boasts beautiful views of...
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