Places of interest in Cape Town

Cape Town encompass such a wide area from Muizenberg up to Houtbay and from Campsbay to Melkboschstrand that we will only focus on the most interesting areas. Following are some of the most visited areas in and around Cape Town.

City Bowl

Cape Town city centre is predominantly comprised of high-rise business buildings. None the less one can still find exquisite housing complexes between the few residential buildings. Since a couple of years

there are developments in apartments to get more people in the city.

Gardens

The Gardens is situated between Cape Town city centre and the foot of Table Mountain. Lovely houses and much greenery as the name “Gardens” suggest. Since a couple of years there is a development in restaurants and shops and that makes Gardens a good place to be. There is still a developing in Gardens and surrounding. Gardens is a very nice place for a coffee or a lunch with a lot of young people studing art, music, film etc etc. It is a so called “juppy-place”.

Bo-Kaap-Waterkant-Greenpoint

The historical Malay Quarter at Bo-Kaap hugs the slopes of Signal Hill and is close to the city centre.

The houses were built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries during the time that the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.) imported slaves in the early colonial days.

Waterkant- Greenpoint

The Waterkant and Greenpoint are still in development.

In the year 1996 the “city guide of lonely planet” wrote: “ The next outcrop of land west of the Waterfront is Greenpoint, a largely undeveloped area of reclaimed land with a stadium, a golf course and a large Sunday market”.

The Stadium, the Golf course (the oldest one in Cape Town) are not longer in the same position. The old Stadium is half demolished and the golf courses are partly removed. The Sunday Flea market, is still there on a small scale.The latest news of course is that Greenpoint was the place for the world-cup soccer 2010 with a brand new stadium. The new greens for the golg club are beautifull. The infrastructure is finished with new roads, cycle roads etc.etc. Cape Town, Greenpoint is ready for the international visitors!

Greenpoint and the Waterkant are also the places for fine restaurants, bars and day and night entertainment.

In Greenpoint there are a lot of new hotels, B&B and self-catering holiday apartments. It is in a walking distance of 6 min. to the city-Bowl, and 12 min. to the Waterfront. By car you are within 10 min. on the beautiful beaches of Clifton and Camps Bay.

Greenpoint Stadium.

Mouille-Point, Seapoint, Fresney,Bantry Bay.

Mouille-Point is situated on the rocky coast like the other areas. In Mouille-Point you find the old Lighthouse and some good apartments, to stay, as well as some good restaurants.

Following the coastline we enter Seapoint. In the past the entertainment suburb and the place for shopping etc. But when the Waterfront was there the function of Seapoint has changed. Nowadays there are a lot of shops and restaurants in the Mainstreet and Regent Street and there are much apartments buildings and hotels.

At the end of Seapoint we met Fresney and Bantry Bay. Also here a fine coastline with many hotels, luxuries apartments and a rocky coast.

Fresney Bantry Bay

Clifton and Camps Bay

Unless you like to buy a real estate and you have seriously deep pockets, the only reason to stay in Clifton is for its 4 beaches. They are beautiful. The water of the Atlantic Ocean is cold but the beaches and the surrounding is very popular.

That is the same for Camps Bay. In Camps Bay you will found restaurants and some shops but also here the beach is beautiful. It is like Saint Trope in Europe.

01-07-2011.