Guidebook for Cape Town
Parks & Nature
Table Mountain Hike
5821 Tafelberg RoadThe Company’s Garden is Cape Town’s green lung. This oasis right in the centre of the city is a favourite for both locals and tourists. The site is important historically, and is a thriving urban space where buskers strum guitars while office workers sun themselves over lunch hour. There is plenty to do, but here are our top six things to do when you visit.
In the you also find the Iziko Natural History Museum, South African Museum, South Africa Jewish Museum, St George Cathedral, The Slave Lodge Social History museum and cute squirrels...
And the Company’s Garden Restaurant with its outdoor seating area, interspersed with human-sized weaverbird nests to clamber in.
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Company's Gardens
The Company’s Garden is Cape Town’s green lung. This oasis right in the centre of the city is a favourite for both locals and tourists. The site is important historically, and is a thriving urban space where buskers strum guitars while office workers sun themselves over lunch hour. There is plenty to do, but here are our top six things to do when you visit.
In the you also find the Iziko Natural History Museum, South African Museum, South Africa Jewish Museum, St George Cathedral, The Slave Lodge Social History museum and cute squirrels...
And the Company’s Garden Restaurant with its outdoor seating area, interspersed with human-sized weaverbird nests to clamber in.
Food Scene
Try the African Sampler, complete with seven different types of game: Warthog ribs, Ostrich, alligator, etc.
Or for something more tamer: Fresh seafood, homemade pasta, healthy salads and all day breakfasts (til 16:30) .
Boozy milkshakes are also to be recommened.
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Arnolds Restaurant
60 Kloof StTry the African Sampler, complete with seven different types of game: Warthog ribs, Ostrich, alligator, etc.
Or for something more tamer: Fresh seafood, homemade pasta, healthy salads and all day breakfasts (til 16:30) .
Boozy milkshakes are also to be recommened.
Afternoon tea at the Belmond Mount Nelson is internationally acclaimed to be one of the best in the world. Conde Nast Europe and the U.K’s Sunday Times voted it the best in the world. Morning Tea Buffet R285, Afternoon or Evening Tea Buffet R365
Included in the high tea price is bottomless coffee and hot chocolate as well as a variety of teas, including hibiscus, mixed berry, Earl Grey Blue Flower, Oriental spice and so many more – so you can also make it an enjoyable day of tea-tasting. The experienced waiters present your tea in see-through tea pots and let you know how long the tea needs to brew before you take your first sip.
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Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel
76 Orange StAfternoon tea at the Belmond Mount Nelson is internationally acclaimed to be one of the best in the world. Conde Nast Europe and the U.K’s Sunday Times voted it the best in the world. Morning Tea Buffet R285, Afternoon or Evening Tea Buffet R365
Included in the high tea price is bottomless coffee and hot chocolate as well as a variety of teas, including hibiscus, mixed berry, Earl Grey Blue Flower, Oriental spice and so many more – so you can also make it an enjoyable day of tea-tasting. The experienced waiters present your tea in see-through tea pots and let you know how long the tea needs to brew before you take your first sip.
Coffee shop with a great rooftop bar that pumps on summer nights, when locals mingle with backpackers staying at the adjoining Once in Cape Town hostel. The leafy coffee shop downstairs has great people-watching opportunities.
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Yours Truly
73 Kloof StCoffee shop with a great rooftop bar that pumps on summer nights, when locals mingle with backpackers staying at the adjoining Once in Cape Town hostel. The leafy coffee shop downstairs has great people-watching opportunities.
Serves up a range of well-made, inventive breakfasts. Think coconut bread, perfectly poached eggs and buttery croissants. For the early-risers, breakfasts are half price before 9am. Manna is also open at night, serving some of the best ribs in town.
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Manna Epicure
4 Kloof StServes up a range of well-made, inventive breakfasts. Think coconut bread, perfectly poached eggs and buttery croissants. For the early-risers, breakfasts are half price before 9am. Manna is also open at night, serving some of the best ribs in town.
Artisan bakery/patisserie, part of a small chain, serving breakfast, light meals, coffee and cakes.
On Thursday ask for a Labia Movie deal for R150:
(2 X burgers 2 X movie tickets)
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Knead Bakery Kloof Street
50 Kloof StArtisan bakery/patisserie, part of a small chain, serving breakfast, light meals, coffee and cakes.
On Thursday ask for a Labia Movie deal for R150:
(2 X burgers 2 X movie tickets)
Georgian-style hilltop mansion with gardens housing restaurant with imaginative French/Italian menu.
Get Labia Movie voucher:
Mon/Tues: Societi bistro R110
(2 X pastas, 2 X movie tickets)
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Societi Bistro
50 Orange StGeorgian-style hilltop mansion with gardens housing restaurant with imaginative French/Italian menu.
Get Labia Movie voucher:
Mon/Tues: Societi bistro R110
(2 X pastas, 2 X movie tickets)
Mexican restaurant serving food tapas style - small servings on plates so you can order a lot of different ones to taste.
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EL Burro Taqueria Kloof Nek
Mexican restaurant serving food tapas style - small servings on plates so you can order a lot of different ones to taste.
Miller's Thumb
10B Kloof Nek RdSightseeing
City Sightseeing Cape Town
81 Long StArts & Culture
Situated in the City Gardens featuring art from the past and present.
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Iziko South African National Gallery
Government AvenueSituated in the City Gardens featuring art from the past and present.
A stunning new building caved out of old grain silos. Zeitz MOCAA collects, preserves, researches, and exhibits twenty-first century art from Africa and its Diaspora
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Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
South Arm RoadA stunning new building caved out of old grain silos. Zeitz MOCAA collects, preserves, researches, and exhibits twenty-first century art from Africa and its Diaspora
The Labia Theatre is the oldest independent art-repertory movie cinema in South Africa, showing foreign films, old movies, art and independent cinema.
Movie Meal Specials for Two
Vouchers first to be purchased at restaurants & thereafter exchanged for tickets at the Labia box office:
Mon/Tues: Societi bistro (ph 021 4242100) R110
(2 X pastas, 2 X movie tickets)
Wed/Sat/Sun: Diva Cafė Ristorante (ph 021 461 0013) R110
(Sun only after 4.00pm)
(2 X pizzas 2 X movie tickets)
Thurs: Knead (Kloof St) (ph 021 4241666) R150
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The Labia
68 Orange StThe Labia Theatre is the oldest independent art-repertory movie cinema in South Africa, showing foreign films, old movies, art and independent cinema.
Movie Meal Specials for Two
Vouchers first to be purchased at restaurants & thereafter exchanged for tickets at the Labia box office:
Mon/Tues: Societi bistro (ph 021 4242100) R110
(2 X pastas, 2 X movie tickets)
Wed/Sat/Sun: Diva Cafė Ristorante (ph 021 461 0013) R110
(Sun only after 4.00pm)
(2 X pizzas 2 X movie tickets)
Thurs: Knead (Kloof St) (ph 021 4241666) R150
Natural history & science museum, founded in 1825, with fossils, animals, human tools & clothing.
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Iziko South African Museum and Planetarium
25 Queen Victoria StNatural history & science museum, founded in 1825, with fossils, animals, human tools & clothing.
St. George's Cathedral
5 Wale StBishop Desmond Tutu's Cathedral.
The museum narrates the story of South African Jewry from its early beginnings.
An exclusive documentary film – "Nelson Mandela. A Righteous Man", is screened throughout the day
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South African Jewish Museum
88 Hatfield StThe museum narrates the story of South African Jewry from its early beginnings.
An exclusive documentary film – "Nelson Mandela. A Righteous Man", is screened throughout the day
Drinks & Nightlife
Whimsical madness. Table with swings for chairs and a festive environment. If you’re not just here for drinks, try the famed chilli-chocolate steak.
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The Bombay Bicycle Club
158 Kloof StWhimsical madness. Table with swings for chairs and a festive environment. If you’re not just here for drinks, try the famed chilli-chocolate steak.
A pub great for a more casual drink. Also a food menu that features a bit of everything: ribs, steaks, burgers, curry, pasta and snack baskets, which work better for busy evenings.
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Van Hunks
1 Upper Union StA pub great for a more casual drink. Also a food menu that features a bit of everything: ribs, steaks, burgers, curry, pasta and snack baskets, which work better for busy evenings.
Cocktails and tapas are the things to order at this high-end bar.
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Asoka Restaurant, Bar and Lounge
68 Kloof StCocktails and tapas are the things to order at this high-end bar.
Shopping
Cape Town's Long Street is regarded as the Mother City's creative spine:
Local fashion designer shops, vintage clothing shops, antique shops, african curio shops and intresting bars and restaurant to keep you going. Late night clubs...
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226 Long StreetCape Town's Long Street is regarded as the Mother City's creative spine:
Local fashion designer shops, vintage clothing shops, antique shops, african curio shops and intresting bars and restaurant to keep you going. Late night clubs...
Offers a wide range of health food and products.
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Wellness Warehouse Lifestyle on Kloof
50 Kloof StOffers a wide range of health food and products.
Housing Woolworths supermarket, Wellness Warehouse, restarants, Cash machines etc
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Lifestyle On Kloof
50 Kloof StHousing Woolworths supermarket, Wellness Warehouse, restarants, Cash machines etc