Victoria Wharf is a shopping mall in the Victoria & Alfred waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa. This mall is the bustling heart of the Waterfront and boasts over 200 specialist shops, major retail outlets, food merchants, stores and craft workshops. To keep up your strength or enable you to get your second wind there are also more than 40 restaurants, coffee shops and fast food outlets
Company Gardens is a large public park and botanical garden set in the heart of Cape Town, home to a rose garden, Japanese garden, fish pond and aviary. Company Gardens is the oldest garden in the country. It has its origins in Jan van Riebeeck’s vegetable garden, which he grew to feed the original colony as early as 1652, but a little closer to the coast.
The Hout Bay Harbour is the main attraction in Hout Bay which is a coastal suburb of Cape Town, South Africa with a mix of neighbourhoods from the very rich to the very poor. It lies in a valley on the Atlantic Seaboard of the Cape Peninsula and is twenty kilometres south of the Central Business District of Cape Town. The name Hout Bay can refer to the town, or the bay
Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town is a South African cricket ground. It’s the home of the Cape Cobras, who play in the SuperSport Series, MTN Domestic Championship and Standard Bank Pro20 competitions. It is also a venue for Test matches. Newlands is regarded as one of the most beautiful cricket grounds in the world, being overlooked by Table Mountain and Devil’s Peak
Kalk Bay is a popular spot located between Muizenburg and Fishhoek beside the ocean. The town has gained a bit of reputation as an old hippy hangout. One can see why with the many bohemian boutiques open for business along the main road, but there are numerous antique stores, quality restaurants, coffee shops and art galleries with great ceramic works also in Kalk Bay.
Lichtenstein Castle in Hout Bay is one of Cape Town’s most exciting Guest Houses. A replica of Schloss Lichtenstein in Southern Germany, the castle is situated on a privately owned mountainside surrounded by fynbos and affording breathtaking views of the bay and enfolding mountains. To ensure the maximum privacy the Castle can be reached by one access mountain road only.
Peermont Global’s Emperors Palace is a name that nearly every South African knows thanks to their numerous radio ads and the fact that they are often the sponsors of 94.7’s regular promotions, including most recent “Stash the Cash” and “Cash Call” countdowns and were also the hosts of the dream home giveaway a few years back. So their slogan “Come to Emperors Palace.
Scottsville Racecourse is situated about 2,5km from the Pietermaritzburg City Hall and 75 km from the Durban City Hall. The track is right handed, oval shaped, and approximately 2 300 metres in circumference with a banked turn allowing easy transition into the straight with a 550 metre run in. Scottsville also has a 1 200 metre straight course.
Rhodes Memorial on Devil’s Peak in Cape Town, South Africa, is a memorial to English-born South African politician Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) designed by Sir Herbert Baker. The memorial is situated at Rhodes’s favourite spot on the lower slopes of Devil’s Peak. Rhodes’s own wooden bench is still situated below the memorial. Today the memorial is part of the Table Mountain National Park.
The Palace of the Lost City in South Africa ranks as one of the world’s most extraordinary hotels. The centerpiece of the extraordinary Palace of the Lost City complex is a fairytale palace residence, built with unbelievable attention to detail. The interior features exquisite mosaics, frescoes and hand-painted ceilings depicting South Africa ‘s wildlife and culture.
The Afrikaans Language Monument is located on a hill overlooking Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Officially opened on 10 October 1975, it commemorates the semicentenary of Afrikaans being declared an official language of South Africa separate from Dutch. Also, it was erected on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Society of Real Afrikaaners in Paarl
Muizenberg is a beach-side suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated where the shore of the Cape Peninsula curves round to the east on the False Bay coast. It is considered to be the birthplace of surfing in South Africa and it is home to the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences. Historically, the village has several special features, including the Post House, Rhodes’ Cottage and the site of the Battle of Muizenberg.
