LocalPlaces Understanding Cape Town Walking Tour
LocalPlaces Understanding Cape Town Walking Tour
Understanding Cape Town
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Guided personally by author and storyteller, Gerald Garner, this is the most insightful tour you will find about Cape Town. An absolute must-do experience. This is not merely a tour but a mesmerizing storytelling experience. It will provide you with insight and understanding of the history and make-up of this fascinating city. And it will make you understand the entire South African story. With this knowledge, you will enjoy the rest of your visit to the city and country much more!
This 4-hour walking tour is easy, covering 3,5km. It is for the curiously minded, but also includes opportunity for sightseeing, photography, experiencing the vibe of the city – and even a stop or two for drinks and sampling a local delicacy.
The tour focuses on the background story of Cape Town. We start off with the 1870s Industrial Revolution and the Scramble for Africa before returning to pre-colonial history and moving on all the way to the early 20th Century.
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Itinerary
Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe tour starts at Ginja Restaurant at the Victoria & Alfred Hotel, V&A Waterfront. Simply the spot with the best view of the city and Table Mountain, as well as the surrounding harbour - originally excavated under the supervision of Prince Alfred, son on Queen Victoria in the era of British expansion into Africa.Battery Park @ V&A Waterfront
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeWe amble along the walkways of the Canal District, stopping along the way for storytelling and take in the views from Battery Park with its skate park, basket ball courts and more. A great green rooftop space in the city.Foreshore
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeFrom the Waterfront we walk into the Foreshore area of the city, built on 194 ha of land reclaimed from the sea and today dominated by modernist buildings, before walking to the more historic part of the city.14Stories Rooftop Bar
45 minsAdmission Ticket FreeWe stop for drinks, storytelling and one of the best views in the city. From here you can see Green Point Stadium, the Waterfront, Table Bay, Blouberg, the Foreshore, the old city centre and of course Table Mountain. It is also the best viewspot from which to photograph the colourful and historically-significant Bo-Kaap district.Heritage Square
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe tour ends at this historic complex of buildings dating the the 1750s. Today the home of a boutique hotel and a number of eateries, restaurants, bars and retail spaces. The courtyard boasts the oldest grapevine in the city!Greenmarket Square
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeWe admire the incredible Art Deco buildings surrounding the square and pause for some curio market browsing tooSt Georges Mall
25 minsAdmission Ticket FreeWe explore maginficent architecture and history along this pedestrianized street.Company's Gardens
20 minsAdmission Ticket FreeWe explore the spectacular garden that started out as a vegetable garden for the Dutch East India Company but became a Victorian Park over time. Today it is a stellar city park in the heart of Cape Town.
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