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Victoria Wharf
Shopping Centre, an
upmarket com plex at
the V&A Water front
(see pp140–41), is a
veritable shop per’s
delight. The modern
structures have been ROBBEN ISLAND
(See pp146–7)
designed to fit in
with renova ted
older buildings.

Tabl e
ROAD Bay 0 metres 1,000
At lanti c BEACH 0 yards 1,000
Ocea n
The lighthouse on Robben
Island is 18 m (59 ft) high
HELEN SUZMAN BLVD
and was built in 1863. It
V&A WATERFRONT
MAIN ROAD (See pp138–45) stands near the “village”,
whose showpiece, the
Governor’s House, now
REGENT ROAD SOMERSET ROAD TABLE BAY BLVD offers accommodation
HIGH LEVEL ROAD
for visiting dignitaries.
SIGNAL HILL ROAD CITY BOWL LONG ST ADDERLEY ST HERTZOG ST
(See pp124–37)
KLOOF RD WALE ST PLEIN ST DARLING ST The Grand Parade is the

KLOOF NEK RD KLOOF ST BUITENKANT ST NELSON MANDELA BLVD main public square in
the city centre. It is
flanked by the City
MILL ST
Hall, the Castle
of Good Hope and the
railway station. On
DE WAAL DRIVE
weekday mornings it
hosts a lively flea market.
Greater Cape Town Area
Robben
Island
Table Bay

Hout
Bay
False Bay

0 kilometres 20
The Castle of Good Hope re-creates the days of Jan Cape Point 0 miles 10
van Riebeeck and the early settlers.

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