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Cape Town has several notable cultural attractions. The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, built on top of part of the docks of the Port of Cape Town, is now one of the city's most popular shopping venues, with several hundred shops and the Two Oceans Aquarium.

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DISCOVER CAPE TOWN: Bantry Bay, Bo Kaap, Camp's Bay, Chavonnes Battery, Company's Garden, Devil's Peak, Hout Bay, Lion's Head, Robben Island, SAS Somerset, Signal Hill, Simon's Town, Table Bay, Table Mountain, Two Oceans Aquarium, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront,

BANTRY BAY Bantry Bay is an affluent suburb of Cape Town situated on the slopes of Lion's Head and overlooking a rocky coastline, Western Cape Province, South Africa. It was originally called Botany Bay after a botanical garden that was planted here for the cultivation of medicinal herbs. The name was changed during World War I ...

BO KAAP The Bo-Kaap is an area of Cape Town, South Africa formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is quintessentially a Township, situated on the slopes of Signal Hill above the city centre and is an historical centre of Cape Malay culture in Cape Town. The Nurul Islam Mosque, established in 1844, is located in the area ...

CAMP'S BAY Camps Bay is an affluent suburb of Cape Town. In summer it attracts a large number of foreign visitors as well as South Africans looking for a beach holiday. It is renowned for its white sandy beaches fringed by palm trees and has a trendy nightlife. The first residents of Camps Bay were the San (Hunter Gatherers) and the Goringqhaique ...

CHAVONNES BATTERY The Chavonnes battery was a fortification protecting Cape Town, South Africa. Built in the early 18th century, it has served many purposes but is now a museum. The battery was one of the Fortifications of the Cape Peninsula linked to the Castle of Good Hope. It was built in 1714-1725 by the Dutch East India Company ...

COMPANY'S GARDEN The Company's Garden is a park located in central Cape Town. The park was originally created in the 1650s by the region's first European settlers and provided fertile ground to grow fresh produce. It is watered from the Molteno Dam on the lower slopes of Table Mountain, using water from the mountain's springs ...

DEVIL'S PEAK Devil's Peak is part of the mountainous backdrop to Cape Town. When looking at Table Mountain from the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, or when looking at the standard picture postcard view of the mountain, the skyline is from left to right: the spire of Devil's Peak, the flat mesa of Table Mountain, the dome of Lion's Head and Signal Hill ...

HOUT BAY Hout Bay is a popular tourist attraction among both local and international visitors. There are a variety of restaurants in the village as well as two hotels, many bed and breakfasts and self-catering accommodation where visitors can stay. The harbour is a worthwhile visit, as there are spectacular views of the bay and boat rides to Duiker Island and around the Sentinel ...

LION'S HEAD Lion's Head is a mountain located in Cape Town, South Africa, between Table Mountain and Signal Hill. Lion's Head peaks at 669 metres above sea level. The peak forms part of a dramatic backdrop to the city of Cape Town and is part of the Table Mountain National Park. The suburbs of the city surround the peak and Signal Hill on almost all sides ...

SAS SOMERSET The SAS Somerset was a Bar-class Boom Defence Vessel of the South African Navy, originally built by Blythe Shipyard and commissioned as HMS Barcross in 1941. It is now used as a museum ship, on the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront since 2 September 1988, and is the is the only Boom Defence Vessel remaining in the world ...

SIGNAL HILL Signal Hill aka Lion's Rump, is a landmark flat-topped hill located in Cape Town, next to Lion's Head and Table Mountain. The hill is also known as 'The Lion's Flank', but this term is obsolete. Together with Lion's Head, Signal Hill looks like a lion sphinx. Signal flags were used to communicate weather warnings as well as anchoring instructions to visiting ships ...

SIMON'S TOWN Simon's Town (Afrikaans: Simonstad), is a town in South Africa, near Cape Town which is home to the South African Navy. It is located on the shores of False Bay, on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula. For more than two centuries it has been an important naval base and harbour, first for the Royal Navy and now the South African Navy ...

TABLE BAY Table Bay (Afrikaans Tafelbaai) is a natural bay on the Atlantic Ocean overlooked by Cape Town (founded 1652) and is at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula, which stretches south to the Cape of Good Hope. It was named because it is dominated by the flat-topped Table Mountain. Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to explore this region in 1486 ...

TABLE MOUNTAIN Table Mountain (Afrikaans Tafelberg) is a flat-topped mountain in the Western Cape, South Africa that overlooks Cape Town. The main face is approximately three kilometres from side to side. The shape of the rear of the mountain is much more complex than one might imagine when looking at it from the front ...

TWO OCEANS AQUARIUM The Two Oceans Aquarium is an aquarium located at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa. The aquarium contains seven exhibition galleries with large viewing windows: Atlantic Ocean Gallery, Holcim Activity Centre, Cape Fur Seal Exhibit, I&J Predator Exhibit, Indian Ocean Gallery, Kelp Forest Exhibit, and Sappi River Meander Exhibit ...

VICTORIA & ALFRED WATERFRONT The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in the historic heart of Cape Town's working harbour is South Africa's most-visited destination, having the highest rate of foreign tourists of any attraction in the country. Situated between Robben Island and Table Mountain and set against a backdrop of sea and mountain views ...

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