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FURTHER AFIELD

In summer, the compact City Bowl bakes cooler – it is known to rain in Newlands –
at the foot of Table Mountain’s northern while the beaches of the Atlantic Seaboard
slopes, initiating a migration to the superb bask under clear skies. Also on the cool
beaches of the Atlantic Seaboard: Clifton, southern incline is Kirsten bosch National
Camps Bay and Llandudno. Parking space Botanical Garden, with its 7,000 plant species,
is at a premium as sunseekers move on to and the world-famous wine estate, Groot
the coastal villages of Hout Bay, Kommetjie Constantia. On the popular False Bay coast,
and Scarborough, as well as Cape Point, the water at Fish Hoek and Muizenberg is up
with its dramatic ocean views. The wooded to 5°C (10°F) warmer than the water along
southern slopes of Table Mountain are the western side of the Cape Peninsula.

Sights at a Glance Bloubergstrand Malmesbury
Historic Buildings R27
Robben Island
r Groot Constantia pp160–61 Bloubergrant
u Mostert’s Mill N7 Du Noon
i Rhodes Memorial
o South African Astronomical Milnerton
Observatory
Table Bay N1
Parks and Gardens Green Point Cape Town Summer
t Kirstenbosch National Botanical Sea Point Greens Paarl
Garden pp164–5 M6 Windermere
p Ratanga Junction
Suburbs M62 N2 Cape Town
1 Green Point and Sea Point Camps Bay International
2 Atlantic Seaboard M6
3 Hout Bay M5 Somerset
West
5 Noordhoek Llandudno Khayelitsha
7 Simon’s Town M63 Sillery Plumstead
8 Fish Hoek M3 Lentegeur
9 Muizenberg Hout Bay
q Khayelitsha Zeekoe Vlei Rocklands
w Gugulethu Raape
Kraal
e Langa Zand Vlei Strandfontein
y Newlands M6
Nature Reserves Noordhoek M64 Muizenberg
6 Cape of Good Hope, Table
Mountain National Park Kommetjie Sunnydale Fish Hoek False Bay
0 False Bay Nature Reserve
Glencaim Heights
Driving Tours M65
4 Touring the Cape Peninsula Simon's Town
Misty Cliffs
Scarborough Froggy Pond
0 kilometres 10 M4 Miller’s Point
0 miles 10 M65
Smitswinkel Bay
Key
Main sightseeing area Cape of
Motorway Good Hope

Major road At lantic
Minor road Ocean Cape Point

The Lion’s Head peak dominates the Green Point and Sea Point suburbs of Cape Town For keys to symbols see back flap

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