The suburb of Sea Point under Lion’s Head hill
COMPILED BY CATRIONA GREW, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SIMON RICHMOND, JAMES BAINBRIDGE, JEAN-BERNARD CARILLET AND LUCY CORNE. PHOTOGRAPHS: MICHAEL JUNG/SHUTTERSTOCK, ILONDE VAN HOOLWERFF/500PX
SIGHTS
Bloubergstrand Beach
(Bloubergstrand)
A visit to this beach in a pleasant coastal suburb brings panoramic views of Table Mountain across Table Bay. This stretch of sand is popular with kitesurfers and windsurfers, and it’s impressive to watch them ride the waves on weekends. You can also see Robben Island clearly from here.
Bo-Kaap (Cape Town City Centre)
Meaning ‘Upper Cape’, the Bo-Kaap, with its vividly painted low-roofed houses, many of them historic monuments, strung along narrow cobbled streets, is one of the most photographed sections of the city. Initially a garrison for soldiers in the mid-18th century, this area of town was where freed slaves started to settle after emancipation in the 1830s. The most picturesque streets are Chiappini, Rose and Wale.