Guidebook for Cape Town

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Guidebook for Cape Town

Food Scene

Authentic local cuisine. Try the Mnqushu - Africa's version of polenta, and don't miss the crayfish samoosas. While most of Cape Town feels a bit european, here you really feel like you're in Africa.
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Cafe Ganesh
38 Trill Rd
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Authentic local cuisine. Try the Mnqushu - Africa's version of polenta, and don't miss the crayfish samoosas. While most of Cape Town feels a bit european, here you really feel like you're in Africa.
Rated as one of Cape Town's best burger spots. Craft beer available. A very popular Observatory drinking spot. Great place to meet the locals.
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Jerry's Burger Bar Observatory
123 Lower Main Rd
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Rated as one of Cape Town's best burger spots. Craft beer available. A very popular Observatory drinking spot. Great place to meet the locals.
Best pizzas in Observatory. Cosy atmosphere. Great value.
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Ferdinando's Pizza
205 Lower Main Rd
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Best pizzas in Observatory. Cosy atmosphere. Great value.
Great sushi and also a range of hot asian dishes. Sit at the conveyor belt and watch the sushi chef, or at the tables in the back. Nice relaxed, friendly vibe.
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1890 House Sushi and Grill
40 Trill Rd
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Great sushi and also a range of hot asian dishes. Sit at the conveyor belt and watch the sushi chef, or at the tables in the back. Nice relaxed, friendly vibe.
Hipster bar, good music, good coffee, good food - breakfasts, burgers, sandwiches, salads. Also serve a ranger of craft beers.
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Hello Sailor
86 Lower Main Rd
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Hipster bar, good music, good coffee, good food - breakfasts, burgers, sandwiches, salads. Also serve a ranger of craft beers.
2nd hand bookshop and a coffeeshop
Blab Cafe
74 Lower Main Rd
2nd hand bookshop and a coffeeshop

Essentials

All your groceries, decent bakery, good veggie section.
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Kwikspar - Observatory
67 Station Rd
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All your groceries, decent bakery, good veggie section.
Closest place to get your groceries, but you won't find everything - not very sophisticated tastes, no parmesan cheese for example. But good for general groceries.
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Pick n Pay Family Observatory
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Closest place to get your groceries, but you won't find everything - not very sophisticated tastes, no parmesan cheese for example. But good for general groceries.
A large, well-equipped hospital, just 5 minutes' walk. This is where the world's first heart transplant happened.
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Groote Schuur Hospital
Main Road
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A large, well-equipped hospital, just 5 minutes' walk. This is where the world's first heart transplant happened.

Drinks & Nightlife

A variety of bands and comedy acts appearing regularly. Also a popular bar to hang out in and meet the locals.
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Obviouzly Armchair Backpackers and Pub
135 Lower Main Rd
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A variety of bands and comedy acts appearing regularly. Also a popular bar to hang out in and meet the locals.

Parks & Nature

Join me on one of my regular mountain walks. Most evenings I walk up to the blockhouse, about an hour’s walk.
King's Blockhouse
Join me on one of my regular mountain walks. Most evenings I walk up to the blockhouse, about an hour’s walk.
There are many great routes all around the mountain for keen walkers and I have some guidebooks if you’re interested.
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Table Mountain (Nature Reserve)
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There are many great routes all around the mountain for keen walkers and I have some guidebooks if you’re interested.
Boulders beach, near Simonstown, is home to a colony of African Penguins. This is one of the few sites where this vulnerable bird can be observed at close range, wandering freely in a protected natural environment. This is a good day trip which you can do by train. A return train ticket is R33 and the gate fee at Boulders Beach is R65.
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Boulders plaža
Kleintuin Road
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Boulders beach, near Simonstown, is home to a colony of African Penguins. This is one of the few sites where this vulnerable bird can be observed at close range, wandering freely in a protected natural environment. This is a good day trip which you can do by train. A return train ticket is R33 and the gate fee at Boulders Beach is R65.
The most south-westerly tip of Africa, where the Indian and Atlantic oceans meet. A Natural World Heritage Site, it's a nature reserve with buck, baboons and zebra, as well as 250 species of birds. Stunning beaches too - if you like the idea of an unspoiled beach on a stretch of wild coast with buck nearby on the dunes. Great for walking or swimming if the weather is good. R125 entrance fee (children 2–11 pay R65)
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Cape Point
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The most south-westerly tip of Africa, where the Indian and Atlantic oceans meet. A Natural World Heritage Site, it's a nature reserve with buck, baboons and zebra, as well as 250 species of birds. Stunning beaches too - if you like the idea of an unspoiled beach on a stretch of wild coast with buck nearby on the dunes. Great for walking or swimming if the weather is good. R125 entrance fee (children 2–11 pay R65)

Sightseeing

Take a ride to the top of Table Mountain, one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. A return ticket is R240 (R115 for children under 18). You could also take a one-way ticket (R125) and walk up or down. Visit http://www.tablemountain.net for details and to buy tickets.
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Žičara Stola planine
5821 Tafelberg Rd
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Take a ride to the top of Table Mountain, one of the new Seven Wonders of the World. A return ticket is R240 (R115 for children under 18). You could also take a one-way ticket (R125) and walk up or down. Visit http://www.tablemountain.net for details and to buy tickets.
Bo-Kaap has a fascinating history. Many of the residents are descendants of slaves from Malaysia, Indonesia and various African countries, who were imported to the Cape of Good Hope by the Dutch during the 16th and 17th centuries. The slaves were known as “Cape Malays” (which is not essentially true as most of the residents are not entirely of Malaysian descent). However the term has stuck and Bo-Kaap is also known today as the Cape Malay Quarter. The best place to discover the history of the area is the quaint Bo-Kaap Museum (+27 21 481 3939). It’s open from 10h00 to 17h00 from Monday to Saturday. Tickets cost R10 for adults, R5 for students and pensioners and children aged 16 and under may visit free of charge.
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Bo-kaap
71 Wale St
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Bo-Kaap has a fascinating history. Many of the residents are descendants of slaves from Malaysia, Indonesia and various African countries, who were imported to the Cape of Good Hope by the Dutch during the 16th and 17th centuries. The slaves were known as “Cape Malays” (which is not essentially true as most of the residents are not entirely of Malaysian descent). However the term has stuck and Bo-Kaap is also known today as the Cape Malay Quarter. The best place to discover the history of the area is the quaint Bo-Kaap Museum (+27 21 481 3939). It’s open from 10h00 to 17h00 from Monday to Saturday. Tickets cost R10 for adults, R5 for students and pensioners and children aged 16 and under may visit free of charge.

Arts & Culture

Stand in the cell where Nelson Mandela spent most of his 27-year prison sentence. Guided tours by former political prisoners. Book your ferry ride from the Waterfront. R300 for adults, R160 for under-18s.
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Robben Island Museum
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Stand in the cell where Nelson Mandela spent most of his 27-year prison sentence. Guided tours by former political prisoners. Book your ferry ride from the Waterfront. R300 for adults, R160 for under-18s.
Great planetarium, with regular shows about the current night sky. The South African Museum houses more than one and a half million specimens of scientific importance. The collections now range from fossils almost 700-million years old to insects and fish caught last week. There are also stone tools made by people 120 000 years ago, traditional clothes from the last century, and T-shirts printed yesterday.
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Iziko South African Museum and Planetarium
25 Queen Victoria St
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Great planetarium, with regular shows about the current night sky. The South African Museum houses more than one and a half million specimens of scientific importance. The collections now range from fossils almost 700-million years old to insects and fish caught last week. There are also stone tools made by people 120 000 years ago, traditional clothes from the last century, and T-shirts printed yesterday.
Tells the story, in photographs and written accounts, of the forced removals of people and the physical destruction of District Six by the apartheid government. A very moving experience and an important part of understanding the people of Cape Town.
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Muzej District Six
25A Buitenkant St
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Tells the story, in photographs and written accounts, of the forced removals of people and the physical destruction of District Six by the apartheid government. A very moving experience and an important part of understanding the people of Cape Town.
South Africa's premier art museum houses outstanding collections of South African, African, British, French, Dutch and Flemish art. Selections from the Permanent Collection change regularly to enable the museum to have a full programme of temporary exhibitions of paintings, works on paper, photography, sculpture, beadwork, textiles and architecture. They provide insight into the extraordinary range of aesthetic production in this country, the African continent and further afield. This programme is complemented by a range of temporary visiting exhibitions.
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Iziko South African National Gallery
Government Avenue
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South Africa's premier art museum houses outstanding collections of South African, African, British, French, Dutch and Flemish art. Selections from the Permanent Collection change regularly to enable the museum to have a full programme of temporary exhibitions of paintings, works on paper, photography, sculpture, beadwork, textiles and architecture. They provide insight into the extraordinary range of aesthetic production in this country, the African continent and further afield. This programme is complemented by a range of temporary visiting exhibitions.

Shopping

Dried fruits, nuts, grains, pulses, truly free range eggs, tofu, cheese, coffee beans, spices, honey, nut-butters, lots of organic stuff.
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Komati Foods
74 Lower Main Rd
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Dried fruits, nuts, grains, pulses, truly free range eggs, tofu, cheese, coffee beans, spices, honey, nut-butters, lots of organic stuff.
A great collection of used vinyl for sale. Great for vinyl junkies. Find hidden treasures.
Revolution Records
73 Lower Main Rd
A great collection of used vinyl for sale. Great for vinyl junkies. Find hidden treasures.