5 landmarks in Cape Town City Centre with verified facts and stories most people walk right past.
Castle of Good Hope
Darling Street, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
The Castle of Good Hope is the oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa — a pentagonal Dutch East India Company fortress completed in 1679 that served as the military and administrative headquarters of the Cape Colony for over two centuries.
Company's Garden
Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
The Company's Garden is Cape Town's oldest green space — established in 1652 by Jan van Riebeeck as a vegetable garden to supply fresh produce to Dutch East India Company ships rounding the Cape, and now a formal garden in the centre of the city that is surrounded by the South African Parliament, the South African Museum, the National Gallery, and the South African Library.
Long Street
Long Street, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
Long Street is Cape Town's most famous thoroughfare — a kilometre-long strip of Victorian buildings with ornate cast-iron balconies that houses bars, backpacker hostels, vintage shops, and the nightlife that has made this street the default meeting point for Cape Town's after-dark scene since the 1990s.
Robben Island Gateway (Nelson Mandela Gateway)
Nelson Mandela Boulevard, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
The Nelson Mandela Gateway is the departure point for Robben Island ferries and houses a museum and exhibition space that provides context for the island visit before you board the boat.
Two Oceans Aquarium
Dock Road, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
The Two Oceans Aquarium is one of the best aquariums in the Southern Hemisphere — named for the two oceans (Atlantic and Indian) whose marine ecosystems converge at the Cape and whose species fill the aquarium's exhibits with a diversity of marine life that reflects the Cape's position as one of the world's most biodiverse marine environments.
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