Bo-Kaap
Wale Street, Schotschekloof, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa
Bo-Kaap is the most photogenic neighbourhood in Cape Town — a hillside of brightly painted houses on the slopes of Signal Hill that has been home to the Cape Malay community since the 18th century, when enslaved people from Indonesia, Malaysia, and other parts of Asia were brought to the Cape by the Dutch East India Company.
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.
Constantia Winelands
Groot Constantia Road, Constantia, 7806, South Africa
Constantia is the oldest wine-producing region in South Africa — a valley on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain where Simon van der Stel, the first governor of the Cape Colony, established Groot Constantia estate in 1685.
District Six Museum
25 Buitenkant Street, District Six, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa
The District Six Museum tells the story of apartheid's most devastating urban act — the forced removal of over 60,000 people from their homes in District Six, a vibrant, multiracial inner-city neighbourhood that was declared a 'white area' under the Group Areas Act in 1966 and systematically bulldozed over the following decade.
Franschhoek (Day Trip)
Huguenot Road, Le Roux, Franschhoek, 7690, South Africa
Franschhoek is the food and wine capital of South Africa — a small valley town 75 minutes from Cape Town that was settled by French Huguenot refugees in the late 17th century and has evolved into the most concentrated fine-dining destination in the country.
Groot Constantia Wine Estate
Groot Constantia Road, Constantia, 7806, South Africa
Groot Constantia is the oldest wine estate in South Africa — established in 1685 by Simon van der Stel, the first governor of the Cape Colony, and continuously producing wine for over 340 years.
Robben Island
Cape Town, South Africa
Robben Island is where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison — a limestone island in Table Bay that served as a political prison during apartheid and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and museum where former political prisoners guide visitors through the cells, the quarry, and the spaces where South Africa's most important political leaders were incarcerated for opposing racial segregation.
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.
Stellenbosch (Day Trip)
Dorp Street, Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa
Stellenbosch is the most beautiful wine town in South Africa — the second-oldest European settlement in the country (founded 1679, five years after Cape Town), with a perfectly preserved historic centre of Cape Dutch, Georgian, and Victorian buildings shaded by 300-year-old oak trees that line the streets in a canopy so complete it feels like walking through a green tunnel.
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