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THE CITY BOWL

Cape Town’s Central Business The many open-air markets and
District is cradled at the foot of informal stalls with an ethnic
Table Mountain. The city is bounded African flavour are attractions in
by Devil’s Peak to the east and Lion’s their own right, and nature lovers
Head to the west. Table Bay harbour are enthralled by the city’s scenic
and the V&A Waterfront separate beauty. Early Cape Dutch and
the city centre from the Atlantic 19th-century Vic torian architecture
Ocean. Visitors are often surprised may be admired on a stroll through
by Cape Town’s sophistication: it the town. Particularly inter esting
offers a plethora of culturally var ied, buildings are Heritage Square on
exciting restaurants, and vibrant the corner of Shortmarket and
nightlife in the clubs and bars Buitengracht streets, as well as
around Kloof and Long streets. the Blue Lodge on Long Street.

Sights at a Glance
Museums and Galleries Parks and Gardens
2 Iziko Slave Lodge 9 Table Mountain pp136–7
4 District Six Museum Historic Buildings
8 Iziko Bo-Kaap Museum 1 Iziko Michaelis Collection
0 Iziko South African 3 Grand Parade and City Hall
National Gallery
q South African Jewish 5 Castle of Good Hope pp130–31
7 Iziko Koopmans-De Wet House
Museum
w Iziko South African
Museum and
Planetarium
Churches
6 Lutheran Church

BEACH HELEN SUZMAN
BOULEVARD
HIGH LEVEL
FRERE
NORFOLK
BEACH LONDON FIRMOUNT OCEAN VIEW SPRINGBOK OCEAN VIEW
3 ANCHOR BAY
MAIN WALTER SISULU TABLE BAY BOULEVARD
HIGH LEVEL SIGNAL HILL YUSUF CHIAPPINI ALBERT LUTHULI
LONG
ST JOHNS
R E G E N T UPPER CLARENS UPPER BLOEM LOOP ADDERLEY NELSON MANDELA
KLOOF M ILITA RY BUITENGRACHT WALE OLD MARINE
LOOP
QUEENS
FRESNAYE LONG PLEIN STRAND
DISANDT
VIC T ORIA KLOOF CLOSE OCEAN VIEW SIGNAL HILL DEVONPORT MILNER NEW CHURCH QUEEN VICTORIA DARLING TENNANT NELSON MANDELA BOUL EVARD
SPORTS CLUB
NEW MARKET
FRESNAYE
BEACH
SIR LOWRY
CHAPEL
KLOOF NEK KLOOF ORA NGE HATFIELD HOPE BUITENKANT ROELAND CONSTITUTION
ARCADIA
KEIZERSGRACHT
ST MICHAEL'S
LION'S DE HOOP CAMP HOF CHESTER
HEAD MILL JUTLAND DE WAAL
F I RD A L E MOLTENO De Waal
Park
BELLEVUE HOF PRIN C E BUITENKANT VREDE HOEK
BELVEDERE
HIGGO MONTROSE UPPER ORANGE GORGE DAVENPORT ST JAMES
CHELMSFORD
RUGBY
BRIDLE DEER PARK WEST
0 metres 750
0 yards 750
Cape Town’s City Hall, home to the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra For keys to symbols see back flap
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