Guidebook for Cape Town

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Guidebook for Cape Town

Food Scene

The best breakfasts in a beautiful garden setting.
86 locals recommend
Starlings
94 Belvedere Rd
86 locals recommend
The best breakfasts in a beautiful garden setting.
Their croissants are amazing! Just-baked bread and bread rolls and an assortment of cakes and pies.
9 locals recommend
Coimbra Bakery
152 Imam Haron Rd
9 locals recommend
Their croissants are amazing! Just-baked bread and bread rolls and an assortment of cakes and pies.
Their salted caramel ice-cream is memorable! Plus daily specials on ice-cream flavours.
12 locals recommend
The Creamery Café Palmyra Junction
9 Palmyra Rd
12 locals recommend
Their salted caramel ice-cream is memorable! Plus daily specials on ice-cream flavours.
Our favourite Italian restaurant, unpretentious and consistently good quality. Phone ahead if you would like a verandah table.
36 locals recommend
Basilico
32 Kildare Rd
36 locals recommend
Our favourite Italian restaurant, unpretentious and consistently good quality. Phone ahead if you would like a verandah table.
We regularly frequent this elegant hotel for tea and scones on the verandah. Wander round the gardens and see the giant tortoises!
58 locals recommend
The Vineyard
Colinton Road
58 locals recommend
We regularly frequent this elegant hotel for tea and scones on the verandah. Wander round the gardens and see the giant tortoises!

Drinks & Nightlife

Theatre with excellent productions, restaurant and bar.
172 locals recommend
Baxter Theatre Centre
Main Road
172 locals recommend
Theatre with excellent productions, restaurant and bar.

Parks & Nature

Views and good walks.
130 locals recommend
Rhodes Memorial
Rhodes Avenue
130 locals recommend
Views and good walks.
Good for walking or jogging on the path around the Common while taking in magnificent Table Mountain.
28 locals recommend
Rondebosch Common
Milner Road
28 locals recommend
Good for walking or jogging on the path around the Common while taking in magnificent Table Mountain.

Entertainment & Activities

Fascinating tour of old brewery and history of the area plus free beer at the end!
18 locals recommend
Newlands Brewery
3 Main Rd
18 locals recommend
Fascinating tour of old brewery and history of the area plus free beer at the end!
An iconic venue for cricket enthusiasts. The atmosphere is electrifying!
57 locals recommend
PPC Newlands Cricket Stadium
146 Campground Rd
57 locals recommend
An iconic venue for cricket enthusiasts. The atmosphere is electrifying!

Shopping

Everything you could hope for under one roof. Close by and convenient. Movies and restaurants.
387 locals recommend
Cavendish Square
1 Dreyer St
387 locals recommend
Everything you could hope for under one roof. Close by and convenient. Movies and restaurants.

Essentials

Open for long hours and stock a huge selection of groceries, including fresh fruit and veg.
35 locals recommend
Pick n Pay Claremont
Corner Main Rd
35 locals recommend
Open for long hours and stock a huge selection of groceries, including fresh fruit and veg.
Good quality groceries.
36 locals recommend
Woolworths Palmyra Road
1 Palmyra Rd
36 locals recommend
Good quality groceries.

Getting Around

Public transport in Cape Town is not up to standard so car hire is essential for visitors.
Rondebosch Car Rental
Public transport in Cape Town is not up to standard so car hire is essential for visitors.