Cape Town Sights and Landmarks Guide, South Africa

In South Africa, Cape Town is the most famous tourist place because of its unique location, perfect climate, and well-built roads. Cape Town has lots of famous tourist attractions that will encourage tourists to visit Cape Town. 

Table Mountain is the most particular tourist spot, which occupies a great part of the Table Mountain National Park and it is the backside of the City Bowl. Tourist can get to the top of the mountain through hiking or riding the Table Mountain Cableway. At the Cape Peninsula, known as the remarkable peninsula, is the Cape Point. Chapman’s Peak Drive comprise of thin roads that connect Noordhoek with Hout Bay. Lots of travelers drive along to see the Atlantic Ocean and the mountains just near them.

Cape Town’s beaches are some of the most visited places, and they are famous among the natives. The beaches are known for their extra ordinary natural features and beautiful location. Numerous unusual beaches can be visited at the same day and enjoy the relaxing and wonderful places. Beaches situated on the Atlantic Coast are known to have cold water because the water mostly comes from Antarctica while the water at False Bay beaches is normally warmer. Both coasts are similarly famous, even though some of the beaches on the Atlantic Coast are well developed with café, restaurants and bars near the beach at the Camps Bay.

To experience and enjoy watching African penguins try Boulder’s Beach near Simon’s Town, which is known for their colony. For the surfer fanatic, surfing is very famous here and every year the city conducts Red Bull Big Wave Africa surfing contest.

Like some other places, Cape Town is known for its rich cultural scenery. One of the city’s most famous shopping places is the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, constructed on the top part of the docks of the Port of Cape Town. It consists of hundreds of stores and the amazing Two Oceans Aquarium where you’ll enjoy the seawater creatures.

At nighttime in the city, you will enjoy the variety of restaurants and cafes that the city provides with the best and delicious food in South Africa. At the top end of Long Street you will see the popular nightclubs and bars as well as the renovated Cape Malay quarter, De Waterkant. Lots of hotels are found in the city for the traveler, the prices depend on the type of hotels, but most of them are clean and comfortable.

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