Visit Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town offers so much to see: the re-developed Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was jailed, District Six museum and of course the iconic Table Mountain.
Cape Town, South Africa
Table Mountain defines and dominates Cape Town, sandwiching the city up against the ocean.
Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
A cable car to the summit affords spectacular views, with Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent much of his incarceration, lying just offshore. Much of the port area has been redeveloped into The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, a symbol of the new, vibrant South Africa with a huge variety of shops, restaurants and entertainment.
District Six museum
The Cape Malay quarter, Bo-Kaap, with its distinctive pastel-hued houses, and the District Six museum, near the site of a coloured slum razed by the apartheid regime, tell of the polyglot past and present of Cape Town.
Stretching away to the south are the more exclusive suburbs of the city, such as Camps Bay, with an array of superb beaches and restaurants.
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