Guidebook for Cape Town

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Guidebook for Cape Town

Shopping

"Most beautiful hand-crafted leather bags" according to Mari.
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Missibaba
227 Bree Street
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"Most beautiful hand-crafted leather bags" according to Mari.
Yet another small mall in the city (Lifestyle Village, my bad); everything from furniture, clothing, food and drink. All quite hip and bit expensive.
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Cape Quarter Mall
27 Somerset Rd
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Yet another small mall in the city (Lifestyle Village, my bad); everything from furniture, clothing, food and drink. All quite hip and bit expensive.
Vintage/raw denim store in the Cape Quarter. Worth checking out if you are in this area.
Edwin Jeans
27 Somerset Rd
Vintage/raw denim store in the Cape Quarter. Worth checking out if you are in this area.
My girlfriend said I should put this one; check out Phillipa Green's jewellery and other trinkets and goodies.
Olive Green Cat
76 Church St
My girlfriend said I should put this one; check out Phillipa Green's jewellery and other trinkets and goodies.
The storefront of designer and illustrator Heather Moore. Makes and sells all types of crafty wares for your home. Part of the Bree Street walk. Lots of other little stores in this area too.
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Skinny laMinx
16a Bree St
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The storefront of designer and illustrator Heather Moore. Makes and sells all types of crafty wares for your home. Part of the Bree Street walk. Lots of other little stores in this area too.
My favourtite bookstore in town run by people who love what they do. Part of the East City walkabout.
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the book lounge
71 Roeland Street
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My favourtite bookstore in town run by people who love what they do. Part of the East City walkabout.
The closest small mall on Kloof St, very central as you can walk further up Kloof after some shopping, or walk down into Long St.
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FNB Bank ATM Lifestyle On Kloof
60 Kloof St
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The closest small mall on Kloof St, very central as you can walk further up Kloof after some shopping, or walk down into Long St.
Small mall right next to a MyCiti busstop, good for pretty much everything: Woolworths Foods, PicknPay Groceries, delis, bookshops, gifts, clothes, toys, etc etc.
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Gardens Shopping Centre
Buitenkant Street
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Small mall right next to a MyCiti busstop, good for pretty much everything: Woolworths Foods, PicknPay Groceries, delis, bookshops, gifts, clothes, toys, etc etc.
Real organic meat of all sorts; as well as a wine bar. Go figure. Try the biltong (jerky) and droewors (dried sausage); otherwise continue looking at us strangely while we eat this all the time!
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Frankie Fenner Meat Merchants
81 Church Street
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Real organic meat of all sorts; as well as a wine bar. Go figure. Try the biltong (jerky) and droewors (dried sausage); otherwise continue looking at us strangely while we eat this all the time!
Fresh goods in the city, Half-price sushi after 15h00, also decent.
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Food Lover's Market
122 St Georges Mall
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Fresh goods in the city, Half-price sushi after 15h00, also decent.
The closest store - milk, bread, coffee and a couple of other treats (lasagne, sweet stuff etc). Grab some of the ice cream in the fridge to take home on a hot day!
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The Daily Deli
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The closest store - milk, bread, coffee and a couple of other treats (lasagne, sweet stuff etc). Grab some of the ice cream in the fridge to take home on a hot day!
The closest liquor store for beer and wine.
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Kloof Street
Kloof Street
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The closest liquor store for beer and wine.

Drinks & Nightlife

Cocktails with the it crowd.
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Orphanage Cocktail Emporium
227 Bree St
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Cocktails with the it crowd.
Voted as the world's trendiest bar; who knows. The nice thing about Tjing Tjing is that is (a) a rooftop bar and (b) it's downhill back home.
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Tjing Tjing
165 Longmarket St
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Voted as the world's trendiest bar; who knows. The nice thing about Tjing Tjing is that is (a) a rooftop bar and (b) it's downhill back home.
Another great bar just round the corner. Hotdogs, street-setting, interesting eclectic crowd. Gets packed after work.
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The Power & The Glory
13d Kloof Nek Rd
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Another great bar just round the corner. Hotdogs, street-setting, interesting eclectic crowd. Gets packed after work.
Hard, relentless clubbing - was really good in its day (or was that my day?). Hard to say; worth checking out the mayhem on a Friday night. Watch out for pickpockets!
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Fiction Bar
226 Long St
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Hard, relentless clubbing - was really good in its day (or was that my day?). Hard to say; worth checking out the mayhem on a Friday night. Watch out for pickpockets!
One of my favourite bar slash clubs in town. Always an interesting dj or act, always a good time. Don't miss finding your way to the rooftop for a great vantage point of Long St after dark.
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The Waiting Room
273 Long St
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One of my favourite bar slash clubs in town. Always an interesting dj or act, always a good time. Don't miss finding your way to the rooftop for a great vantage point of Long St after dark.
Great 'neighbourhood' bar. The name really gives it away, doesn't it. Good for watching a game or two, and also playing them if they have a games night on.
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SOUK
163 Long St
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Great 'neighbourhood' bar. The name really gives it away, doesn't it. Good for watching a game or two, and also playing them if they have a games night on.
Very lively bar and pub - a local landmark. Live music, young people, oldtimers, locals, tourists all mixing it up.
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Rafikis
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Very lively bar and pub - a local landmark. Live music, young people, oldtimers, locals, tourists all mixing it up.

Food Scene

Hipster biker coffee bar.
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The House of Machines
84 Shortmarket St
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Hipster biker coffee bar.
Coffee and Baked goods too. And lots of pretty people - as many of the local model agencies are based in this area.
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Jason Bakery
185 Bree St
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Coffee and Baked goods too. And lots of pretty people - as many of the local model agencies are based in this area.
Tapas Restaurant & Bar with excellent fish, octopus, calamari, chirizo and other treats. Great wine and beer selection. Watch the garlic! Check out SAM on the top floor while you are there.
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La Parada Bree Street
107 Bree St
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Tapas Restaurant & Bar with excellent fish, octopus, calamari, chirizo and other treats. Great wine and beer selection. Watch the garlic! Check out SAM on the top floor while you are there.
Unique family run cafe just round the corner: great coffee, sandwiches, lunches, smoothies, juices and baked goods too. All available for takeaway or sitdown.
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milk and honey
42 Hans Strijdom Ave
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Unique family run cafe just round the corner: great coffee, sandwiches, lunches, smoothies, juices and baked goods too. All available for takeaway or sitdown.
Interesting burger joint in an alley with ostensibly the 'best burgers/tacos in South Africa' (definitely the biggest). Deluxe Coffeeworks HQ in the back of the building.
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The Dog's Bollocks at YARD
6 Roodehek St
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Interesting burger joint in an alley with ostensibly the 'best burgers/tacos in South Africa' (definitely the biggest). Deluxe Coffeeworks HQ in the back of the building.
If you like seafood and it's worth driving out to Kalk Bay, walk around a bit & then have lunch or dinner here. Booking essestial. There is also a Harbour House in the Waterfront (same owners).
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Harbour House Kalk Bay
Main Road
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If you like seafood and it's worth driving out to Kalk Bay, walk around a bit & then have lunch or dinner here. Booking essestial. There is also a Harbour House in the Waterfront (same owners).
Another cool clothing/apparel store in the Cape Quarter.
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Loading Bay
30 Hudson St
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Another cool clothing/apparel store in the Cape Quarter.
Great food, amazing location - but a little bit pretentious. See what one can achieve with too much money.. ;)
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Grand Africa Café & Beach
Granger Bay Boulevard
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Great food, amazing location - but a little bit pretentious. See what one can achieve with too much money.. ;)
OK, it's not a bungalow - it's just called that. Upmarket afterwork meeting and greeting with the jetset crowd. Definitely worth going a drink or two. A bit dressy sometimes.
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The Bungalow
3 Victoria Rd
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OK, it's not a bungalow - it's just called that. Upmarket afterwork meeting and greeting with the jetset crowd. Definitely worth going a drink or two. A bit dressy sometimes.
Have a coffee and see town from an entirely different angle - looking down on the CBD, the harbour framed by the mountain in the back. Take a cab or bus up; too steep to walk all the way.
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The Sidewalk Cafe
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Have a coffee and see town from an entirely different angle - looking down on the CBD, the harbour framed by the mountain in the back. Take a cab or bus up; too steep to walk all the way.
Lovely little restaurant right up in Vredehoek (the windiest neighbourhood in town). Pizza, steak, etc. Say hi to Larry for me.
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The Woodlands Eatery
8 Breda St
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Lovely little restaurant right up in Vredehoek (the windiest neighbourhood in town). Pizza, steak, etc. Say hi to Larry for me.
Fresh, green, organic food in an amazing setting. Can recommend the chicken salad.
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Birds Catering
127 Bree St
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Fresh, green, organic food in an amazing setting. Can recommend the chicken salad.
Burgers, beers, coffee and hipsters. Nice and central to the upper Bree Street walk.
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Clarke's Bar & Dining Room
133 Bree St
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Burgers, beers, coffee and hipsters. Nice and central to the upper Bree Street walk.
My favourite burger place. They were the first gourmet burger joint in town, and still up there. Don't miss out on this - nice stop walking up or down Long Street.
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Royale Eatery
20 Vineyard Road
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My favourite burger place. They were the first gourmet burger joint in town, and still up there. Don't miss out on this - nice stop walking up or down Long Street.
Great little restaurant around the corner in the middle of Church St, part of the art-walk, small antiques market, galleries, etc, etc. Side outside and take in the sounds and sights.
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Cafe Mozart
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Great little restaurant around the corner in the middle of Church St, part of the art-walk, small antiques market, galleries, etc, etc. Side outside and take in the sounds and sights.
Sushi and other asian foods in an amazing, dark, modern, stark setting.
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Haiku Cape Town CBD
58 Burg St
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Sushi and other asian foods in an amazing, dark, modern, stark setting.
Indian food!
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Bukhara Cape Town CBD
33 Church Street
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Indian food!
Interesting 'steampunk' interior, good coffee and co-working space available should you want a desk for the day.
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Truth Coffee Roasting
36 Buitenkant St
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Interesting 'steampunk' interior, good coffee and co-working space available should you want a desk for the day.
Best coffee in town, and it's round the corner. Pick up a bag of roasted beans for home use while you are there.
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Deluxe coffeeworks Church Street
25 Church St
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Best coffee in town, and it's round the corner. Pick up a bag of roasted beans for home use while you are there.
Best coffee in town, and it's round the corner. Pick up a bag of roasted beans for home use while you are there.
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Deluxe Coffeeworks
171A Buitenkant St
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Best coffee in town, and it's round the corner. Pick up a bag of roasted beans for home use while you are there.
For meatlovers - lovely Karoo lamb and more.
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Black Sheep Restaurant
104 Kloof St
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For meatlovers - lovely Karoo lamb and more.
Nice little coffee shop on the way to or back from the park.
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Cafe Puka
2 Brunswick Rd
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Nice little coffee shop on the way to or back from the park.
Best steaks in the neighbourhood. You might have to call them and book!
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Miller's Thumb
10B Kloof Nek Rd
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Best steaks in the neighbourhood. You might have to call them and book!
Great little burger spot very close by. Kid-friendly too.
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Hudsons, The Burger Joint
22 Kloof Street
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Great little burger spot very close by. Kid-friendly too.
Closest sushi spot run by one of the most 'revered' sushi chefs in the country.
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Takumi Sushi
3 Park Road
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Closest sushi spot run by one of the most 'revered' sushi chefs in the country.
Cool little restaurant tucked away in Kloof St.
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Asoka Restaurant, Bar and Lounge
68 Kloof St
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Cool little restaurant tucked away in Kloof St.
Our favourite restaurant for a nice Sunday breakfast - the kids love it here.
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Cafè Paradiso
110 Kloof St
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Our favourite restaurant for a nice Sunday breakfast - the kids love it here.
Very child-friendly - and fairly affordable - seafood restaurant close to home. Nice outside area in the back.
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Ocean Basket
75 Kloof St
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Very child-friendly - and fairly affordable - seafood restaurant close to home. Nice outside area in the back.
Eastern and fusion foods. Great views.
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Saigon
Kamp Street
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Eastern and fusion foods. Great views.
The original Melissa's on Kloof St - stock up with everything else you need for home-cooking!
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Khadim's Coffee Shop
68 Church St
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The original Melissa's on Kloof St - stock up with everything else you need for home-cooking!
Cute little shop/eatert hidden away just off Kloof St.
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Tamboers Winkel
3 De Lorentz St
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Cute little shop/eatert hidden away just off Kloof St.
Crazy little restaurant half-way up the mountain. Booking essential.
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The Bombay Bicycle Club
158 Kloof St
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Crazy little restaurant half-way up the mountain. Booking essential.

Everything Else

Laundry. And a bar. Seriously.
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I LOVE MY LAUNDRY
37 Buitenkant St
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Laundry. And a bar. Seriously.
Local gallery underpinning the recent young, contemporary art revival scene in Cape Town. Run by Justin and Cameron; they also head up the Neighbourgoods Market further down the road too.
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WHATIFTHEWORLD
16 Buiten St
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Local gallery underpinning the recent young, contemporary art revival scene in Cape Town. Run by Justin and Cameron; they also head up the Neighbourgoods Market further down the road too.
The world-famous 'Pink Lady' of Cape Town - go for the high tea in the afternoon. You might even bump into the odd celebrity or two.
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Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel
76 Orange St
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The world-famous 'Pink Lady' of Cape Town - go for the high tea in the afternoon. You might even bump into the odd celebrity or two.
AKA 'The German Butcher up in Kloof St' - good, local meats of all sorts.
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Gardens Continental Butchery
120 Kloof St
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AKA 'The German Butcher up in Kloof St' - good, local meats of all sorts.

Sightseeing

Well worth spending an hour or two gazing at the fish. Gets a bit busy though, in particular over school holidays. Good starting point to explore the Waterfront from.
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Két óceán akvárium
Dock Road
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Well worth spending an hour or two gazing at the fish. Gets a bit busy though, in particular over school holidays. Good starting point to explore the Waterfront from.
The oldest cathedral in Southern Africa. Also the closest stop for the 'Hop-on, Hop-off City Sightseeing Red Buses'; really worth doing on day 1.
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St. George's Cathedral
5 Wale St
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The oldest cathedral in Southern Africa. Also the closest stop for the 'Hop-on, Hop-off City Sightseeing Red Buses'; really worth doing on day 1.
I'd almost say skip the wineroute and spend an afternoon at Babylonstoren. Owned by the richest couple in SA; amazing farm, incredible restaurant. You can even stay over if you can afford it.
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Babylonstoren
Klapmuts - Simondium Road
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I'd almost say skip the wineroute and spend an afternoon at Babylonstoren. Owned by the richest couple in SA; amazing farm, incredible restaurant. You can even stay over if you can afford it.
Our version of Central Park, I think. Squirrels, birds, trees and a couple of ponds - great for an afternoon escape if one is needed.
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Company's Gardens
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Our version of Central Park, I think. Squirrels, birds, trees and a couple of ponds - great for an afternoon escape if one is needed.
African arts and crafts. Very touristy. Watch out for pickpockets and the odd drug dealer trying to sell you weed. Lots of spots to eat and drink all around the square, as well as secure banking.
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Greenmarket tér
Longmarket Street
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African arts and crafts. Very touristy. Watch out for pickpockets and the odd drug dealer trying to sell you weed. Lots of spots to eat and drink all around the square, as well as secure banking.
Everyone who lives in or near Seapoint goes for a walk, run, swim or cycle here at some point of the day. Walk around to Clifton, or back to town via Greenpoint Park and the fanwalk.
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Sea Point Promenade
Beach Road
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Everyone who lives in or near Seapoint goes for a walk, run, swim or cycle here at some point of the day. Walk around to Clifton, or back to town via Greenpoint Park and the fanwalk.
Very popular over season. One of those 'seen and be seen' types of place.
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Shimmy Beach Club
12 S Arm Rd
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Very popular over season. One of those 'seen and be seen' types of place.

Entertainment & Activities

OK, so the Waterfront has everything: bars, restuarants, high-end retail, movies, boat trips, chopper flips and more. Don't miss Willoughbys for sushi, and/or the Cape Town Fish Market.
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Victoria & Alfred Hotel
Dock Road
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OK, so the Waterfront has everything: bars, restuarants, high-end retail, movies, boat trips, chopper flips and more. Don't miss Willoughbys for sushi, and/or the Cape Town Fish Market.
Local hotel that lets the locals come for a swim too - good place to cool off after a long day.
The Cape Milner
2 Milner Rd
Local hotel that lets the locals come for a swim too - good place to cool off after a long day.

Arts & Culture

Left of the center clubbing and live music experience in the East City. Very young, very cool, very loud.
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The Assembly
61 Harrington Street
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Left of the center clubbing and live music experience in the East City. Very young, very cool, very loud.
Cool little theatre down in the East City. Check what's on while you are here, might be something good.
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Fugard Színház
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Cool little theatre down in the East City. Check what's on while you are here, might be something good.