Green Point & Waterfront
Used as a prison from the early days of the VOC (Dutch East India Company) right up until 1996, this Unesco World Heritage site is preserved as a memorial…
Must-see attractions in Green Point & Waterfront
Green Point & Waterfront
This historic working harbour has a spectacular setting and many tourist-oriented attractions, including masses of shops, restaurants, bars, cinemas and…
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Green Point & Waterfront
The Waterfront's old grain silo has been transformed into this state-of-the-art museum for the contemporary Southern African art collection of…
Green Point & Waterfront
This excellent aquarium features denizens of the deep from the cold and the warm oceans that border the Cape Peninsula. It's a chance to see penguins,…
Green Point & Waterfront
One of the best things to come out of the redevelopment of Green Point Common for the 2010 World Cup is this park and biodiversity garden. Streams fed by…
Green Point & Waterfront
A fixture of the Mouille Point seafront for generations and great for toddlers, this child-sized loco and carriages chugs around a creatively landscaped…
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Green Point & Waterfront
Shaped like a giant traditional African hat and wrapped with a Teflon-mesh membrane designed to catch and reflect natural light, this R4.5-billion stadium…
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Green Point & Waterfront
Here’s your chance to have your photo taken with Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela. Larger-than-life statues of both men, designed by the artist Claudette…
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Green Point & Waterfront
Really an extended sales pitch for the bling on sale in the attached Shimansky Jewellers, the displays at this museum have nonetheless been put together…
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Green Point & Waterfront
You don't have to be rugby crazy to enjoy this attraction, which celebrates the history of rugby in South Africa and, in particular, the trials and…
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Green Point & Waterfront
Often mistakenly called Mouille Point Lighthouse (the remains of which are in the grounds of the nearby Cape Town Hotel School), this red-and-white candy…
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Green Point & Waterfront
This museum houses the remains of an early-18th-century cannon battery, one of several fortifications the Dutch built around Table Bay. It was partly…
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Green Point & Waterfront
One of the Waterfront's most fascinating sights is this large dry dock, opened in 1882 and still used to repair ships today. Named after Governor Sir…
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Green Point & Waterfront
What was supposed to be a temporary attraction at the Waterfront has proved so popular that it's been made a permanent fixture. Your ticket gives you four…
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Green Point & Waterfront
Designed to connect the Waterfront to the City Centre, Battery Park has transformed the Canal District of the V&A Waterfront. The centrepiece is the skate…
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Green Point & Waterfront
This small museum, stocked with model ships, houses the John H Marsh Maritime Research Centre (www.rapidttp.co.za/museum), a resource for those interested…
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Green Point & Waterfront
Tours of Robben Island depart from this complex. Even if you don’t plan a visit to the island, it’s worth dropping by the museum here, with its focus on…
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Green Point & Waterfront
This red-and-grey Victorian Gothic–style building, dating from 1882, is from where the harbour master used to control the comings and goings in the docks.
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Green Point & Waterfront
Today it's Cape Town's Graduate School of Business, but in the past this complex housed thousands of prisoners whose hard labour helped build the V&A…
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Green Point & Waterfront
Preserved as a small museum is the Waterfront’s Jetty 1, from where boats sailed to Robben Island when it was a prison. You can view the tiny holding…
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Green Point & Waterfront
Next to Green Point Lighthouse, this is an imaginatively constructed playground with a giant ship-shaped climbing frame. Nearby are other family-friendly…
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Green Point & Waterfront
The 'Disease and History' exhibit at this quirky museum details in length (with some gruesome photographs) the history of major diseases in the Cape, from…
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Green Point & Waterfront
Built in 1894, this was once used to signal the time to ships in the bay; when the big red ball on the roof was lowered down a metal spike, ship's masters…
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Green Point & Waterfront
This beautiful gabled building, dating from 1904, was built for the Port Captain, whose office was previously located in the Clock Tower across the 'cut'…
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Green Point & Waterfront
This small, rocky beach has easy access from the promenade. It's from here that the bohemian poet Ingrid Jonker, considered the Sylvia Plath of South…
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Green Point & Waterfront
Get some putting practice in at this fun course on the promenade at Mouille Point. Note, it's closed if there's bad weather.
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Green Point & Waterfront
The remains of Mouille Point Lighthouse, built around 1842 and last operated in 1908, are found in the grounds of the Cape Town Hotel School.
