Places to see in Cape Town

Cape Town is a port city on South Africa’s southwest coast, on a peninsula beneath the imposing beautiful Table Mountain. Slowly rotating cable cars climb to the mountain’s flat top, from which there are magnificent views of the city, the busy harbour and boats heading for Robben Island, the prison that once held Nelson Mandela, which is now a living museum.

Cape Town City – Long Street

Bar hopping, night clubs, interesting restaurants and funky clothing stores are what you can expect on Long Street. Cape Towns City’s most vibrant street is worth exploring, night and day. If you have walked up to an appetite just pop into any of the local restaurants

Table Mountain Aerial Cableway

The best views of Cape Town are seen from the top of Table Mountain. The Cableway takes you up to the top of the mountain in under 5 minutes and the cable car’s rotating floor ensure that all visitors get a 360-degree aerial view of all the beautiful surroundings. The 65-passenger cable car runs from Tafelberg Road to the top of Table Mountain. To date, the Cableway has transported more than 27 million visitors. A million visitors from all over the world use the Cableway annually.

V&A Waterfront

The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town is situated on the Atlantic shore, Table Bay Harbour, the City of Cape Town and Table Mountain. Discover the wonder of the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. Here you can work, live, eat and play, all with breathtaking views of Table Mountain and the ocean all around you.

Robben Island

Robben Island is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometres west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa. The name is Dutch for “seal island. For nearly 400 years, Robben Island, 12 kilometres from Cape Town, was a place of banishment, exile, isolation and imprisonment.

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