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Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Out & About in Cape Town

We have compiled a database of usefull links that you can utilize to make your holiday in Cape Town an even better experience. Please click on packages below to direct you to specific links.

Canal Walk Shopping Mall

Century_City_IMG_0300-785823The Largest Shopping Mall in Africa with over 400 shops - a bit far from the City but well worth it - Follow the N1 and take the Century City turn off.

www.canalwalk.co.za


Cavendish Square Shopping Mall

cavendish_squareCavendish Square Shopping Centre, the award-winning shopping mall, encompassing more than two hundred of the most elite stores in the country. Customers can look forward to shopping in a trolley-free environment whilst parking undercover.

www.cavendish.co.za

V & A Waterfront

waterfront_shoppingSituated in the heart of Cape Town's working harbour, the V&A Waterfront has become South Africa's most visited destination. Set against a backdrop of magnificent sea and mountain views, exciting shopping and entertainment venues are intermingled with imaginative office locations, world-class hotels and luxury apartments in the residential marina

www.waterfront.co.za

Hemisphere

hemisphereHemisphere is Cape Town’s most sophisticated and stylish club, bar and cocktail lounge. It is smart but relaxed, the décor is stylish but comfortable, and the stunning oval bar, fiber-optic lighting, and glass-walled VIP area are all unique.

www.hemisphere.org.za


Opium

out4Opium.co.za is your gateway to sites on the Internet for South African night clubs! Browse Opiums resources or just try the search.

www.opium.co.za

 

La Med

opiumLa Med transforms itself into a cozy and vibrant experience in winter. There are roaring fires and comfortable lounges for lazing about upon whilst enjoying a bottle of red wine.

www.lamed.co.za


Eat Out

EatOutProbably the best on-line guides about restaurants in Cape Town.

www.eatout.co.za

 

Restaurants.co.za

restaurant_daytoursCSuggestions on a restaurants, venues, or any other occasion that you might be planning.

www.restaurants.co.za

 

Dining Out.co.za

dining_outLooking for the perfect place to dine? Dining-OUT's powerful search engine will find you the restaurant you've been looking for. Listed restaurants are featured complete with Contact Details, Photos, Editorial, Maps and Directions. You can even see the full menu with prices as well as the corkage charge

www.dining-out.co.za

Gold Restuarant

gold_restuarantGOLD Restaurant is a vibrant, eclectic Pan-African experience in the heart of Cape Town. We offer a night of opulent feasting with a unique bouquet of live entertainment in a mystical African setting of trees and tents in an inner city courtyard steeped in ancient history and GOLD.

www.goldrestaurant.co.za

Rickety Bridge Winery

rickety_bridgeA valley filled with mystery, romance and rich memories of long ago. Images of a feeble, somewhat tottering bridge are soon forgotten as one crosses the rickety bridge, to this remarkable wine estate.

www.ricketybridgewinery.com

 

Computicket

computicketTo find out what is hot in Cape Town and buy tickets for Cinema, Theatre, Opera, Ballet, Concerts in Cape Town.

www.computicket.com


Nu Metro Cinemas

nu_metroSee whats on at NuMetro, South Africa's premier Cinema group.

 

 www.numetro.co.za


The Labia Cinema

out12Enjoy quality movies at reasonable admission prices on our four characteristic screens at 68 Orange Street (Mnet Screen 4 is now equipped with Dolby Stereo sound) and on our additional two trendy screens in the nearby, upmarket, new Lifestyles Centre at 50 Kloof Street, Gardens.

www.labia.co.za

Ster Kinekor

typical-movie-cinemaSter-Kinekor Theatres is the largest cinema exhibitor in South Africa and the only one to operate the only dedicated " art Circuit in the world.

 

www.sterkinekor.com

Cinema Nouveau

cinema_nouveauSter-Kinekor, the largest cinema exhibitor in South Africa, operates the only dedicated "art" cinema circuit in the world under the Cinema Nouveau brand. Experience the different cultures and styles of movie-making that Cinema Nouveau offers through foreign language and alternative content that is not readily available on the commercial circuit.

 

www.sterkinekor.com

Ratanga Junction

ratanga_junctionRatanga Junction ride park will be open daily open from Wednesday, 23 September to Sunday, 4 October 2009(10h00 – 17h00), for the Western Cape School holidays.

www.ratanga.co.za


Two Ocean Aquarium

two_oceans_aquariumThe Two Oceans is one of the top tourist attractions in Cape Town and over 3000 living sea animals, including sharks, fishes, turtles and penguins can be seen in this spectacular underwater nature reserve.

www.aquarium.co.za

CapeNature

cape-nature_reserveFind out about Biodiversity Conservation. Search for available activities on CapeNature Reserves, get updates on news, keep up to date with the CapeNature calendar, and subscribe to the CapeNature monthly newsletter. You are in the right place for all this and more.

www.capenature.org.za

SANParks

SANS_parkThis site hosts details of South African National Parks, their camps and wildlife and community relations. It will help tourists and visitors with planning trips to the parks.

www.sanparks.org.za

Table Mountain & the Cape of Good Hope

tablemountainCape Point is situated within the Southern section of Table Mountain National Park, the Cape of Good Hope entrance. The Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) encompasses the incredibly scenic Table Mountain Chain stretching from Signal Hill in the north to Cape Point in the south and the seas and coastline of the peninsula.

www.tablemountain.net

 

Robben Island

See full size imageFrom the 17th to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Today it is a World Heritage Site and museum, a poignant reminder to the newly democratic South Africa of the price paid for freedom.

www.robben-island.org.za

 

iziko.co.za

iziko_museumIziko Museums of Cape Town are African museums of excellence that empower and inspire all people to celebrate and respect our diverse heritage.

www.iziko.org.za

 

District Six Museum

District Six was named the Sixth Municipal District of Cape Town in 1867. Originally established as a mixed community of freed slaves, merchants, artisans, labourers and immigrants, District Six was a vibrant centre with close links to the city and the port. By the beginning of the twentieth century, however, the history of removals and marginalisation had begun.

www.districtsix.co.za

Castle of Good Hope

Built between 1666 and 1679 by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as a maritime replenishment station, the Castle of Good Hope is the oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa. From 1678 it was the centre of civilian, administrative and military life at the Cape, until the settlement grew and some functions and activities moved away from the Castle. Today the Castle is the seat of the military in the Cape, and houses the Castle Military Museum and Iziko Museums of Cape Town (William Fehr Collection).

www.castleofgoodhope.co.za

Gold Museum

Our unique museum entices visitors to experience the ancient, sometimes mystical relationship that exists between gold and the African continent through state-of-art visual and artistic displays.

www.goldofafrica.co.za

Kirstenbosch

kirstenbosch_gardensKirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is world-renowned for the beauty and diversity of the Cape flora it displays and for the magnificence of its setting against the eastern slopes of Table Mountain.

www.sanbi.org

The Company Gardens

companys_gardensThe Company Gardens is one of the city's premier tourist attractions - a green jewel in the heart of a vibrant, bustling metropolis that is the remaining half of a fresh produce garden planted in the 1650s by the region's first European settlers.

www.capetown.gov.za

JANUARY

1-2 Cape Town Minstrel Carnival

www.capetownminstrels.co.za

9 L'Ormarins Queen's Plate : On Saturday the 9th of January 2010, the Mother City's social scene will awaken to South Africa's most prestigious annual horse-racing event, the 149th running of the L'Ormarins Queen's Plate. Kenilworth race course will be transformed into a setting where haute couture fashion, vintage cars, fine wine and the country's greatest thoroughbreds take centre stage.

www.lqp.co.za

10 Jan - 24 Feb Shakespeare at The Maynardville Open-air Theatre : The Maynardville Open-Air Theatre is situated in Maynardville Park, Wynberg. The spectacular green wooded park has earned it the repution for is one of the best-loved outdoor theatre venues in the Cape Region. It offers its patrons both a 500m2 wooded park for pre-show picnics and drinks, as well as a unique wooded 720-seater theatre setting. Most famous for the annual Shakespeare-in-the-Park, it has, over the last 50 years attracted an average attendance of 20 000 patrons per year, a strong focus of which is the Schools in the Western Cape. The Shakespeare sees up to 8000 scholars grade 9 to 12 from as far afield as Heidelberg.

www.maynardville.co.za

30 J&B Metropolitan Handicap : A spectacle of glossy vibrancy and intense exhilaration enveloped in a cauldron of sensual excess that sets the pulse racing. This is the core of J&B Met day at Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town on the last Saturday of January of every year. It’s a gathering of the rich and famous, the fashion junkies and the thousands who seek to explore the intensity of life in the hubbub of the milling crowds. It provides the vehicle for dreams as the masses experience the thrill of the thundering hooves and the brute force of the majestic thoroughbreds as they compete for glory in the greatest race on the southern tip of Africa.

www.jbmet.co.za

 

FEBRUARY

26-7 Cape Town Pride Festival : The annual Cape Town Pride Festival is a celebration of our wonderful diversity, and also creates awareness around issues impacting on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex communities locally and throughout Africa. The 2010 Cape Town Pride Festival is scheduled to commence on 26 February and run until 7 March 2010.

www.capetownpride.co.za

26-28 Design Indaba Expo : See the latest on the catwalks in all-day fashion shows; attend short films, talks and product launches; be enticed to buy from more than 260 exhibitors and hobnob with the designers in person. Above all, be awed by the creative spirit of innovative South Africans.

www.designindaba.com

27 Nederburg Harvest Brunch, Paarl :

 www.nederburg.co.za

MARCH

14 Pick and Pay Cape Argus Cycle Tour

 

20-28 Out The Box Festival

24-28 Taste of Cape Town

27 Nederburg Jazz Concert, Paarl

 

APRIL

3 & 4 Cape Town International Jazz Festival

3 Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon

24-27 SA Cheese Festival, Franschhoek

 

MAY

6-9 Cape Times V&A Waterfront Wine Affair

14-16 TheFranschhoek Literary Festival

13-16 Good Food & Wine Show

 

JUNE

3-6 June Wacky Wine Week-end, Robertson

 

JULY

Early July Pick and Pay Knysna Oyster Festival

Mid-July Bastille Day Festival, Franschhoek

End July Encounters : South African International Documentary Film Festival

30 Cape Town Book Fair

AUGUST

Early August Cape Town Fashion Week

SEPTEMBER

Early Sept Nando's Cape Town Comedy Festival

Mid-Sept Out in Africa SA Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

Mid-Sept The Crazy Store Table Mountain Challenge

OCTOBER

Late October Cape Town International Kite Festival

Late October iTownship Wine Festival

NOVEMBER

Early November The FNB Whisky Live Festival

Early November Discovery Cape Times Big Walk

DECEMBER

Early December Franschhoek Cap Classique and Champagne Festival