Pinelands, Southern Suburbs
Although attributed with looking distinctly English, Pinelands' wide streets lined with its distinctive pine trees, hence the name, falls short of the narrow lanes and one-up-one-down style homes that dominate English towns.
Homes here are sprawling and have big, well established gardens, and the roads are wide and well planned. If you look at the suburb's history, you can understand why. Pinelands, just 10 km from the city centre, was originally an unsuccessful attempt at a pine tree plantation, called Uitvlugt. Rows of pine trees were planted on what was then the desolate Cape Flats.
The suburb is post-war, hence the English influence, and local businessmen designed carefully and with some imagination - Pinelands doesn't suffer from the usual box-grid-style streets but benefits from circular drives and roads that go off at tangents, making it a particularly welcome suburb in which to live.
A number of the bigger employers in Cape Town are based in Pinelands as are both Vincent Pallotti Hospital and the Red Cross Childrens Hospital. Mowbray and Rondebosch are adjacent suburbs, and access to the city centre and the beaches of False Bay is easy.
Mowbray Golf Course, just around the corner, is set at the foot of Table Mountain and renowned for its views, bird life and the fact that it has hosted the SA Open seven times.
In the vicinity
Hotels & other accommodation options
Howard's End Manor
Howard's End Manor offers accommodation that is conveniently situated between the International airport and the city centre, in close proximity t...
Bradclin @ York
Bradclin @ York is a comfortable and cosy two bedroomed apartment within a security complex in Pinelands. The apartment offers two comfortable be...
Applegarth B&B
AppleGarth offers upmarket Bed & Breakfast or Self-catering accommodation in a stylish home. With four well-appointed rooms, exceptional staff an...
Brookdale House
Brookdale House offers Bed & Breakfast accommodation in Pinelands, just a short drive from many wonderful attractions of Cape Town. All rooms hav...
Lighthouse Farm Backpackers Lodge
The Lighthouse Farm Lodge & Backpackers is situated on The Oude Molen Eco Village - a beautiful site on the last remaining farmland in Central Ca...
Invergara Lodge
Situated in the heart of leafy Pinelands, Invergara Lodge offers you the tranquility of a country village, in a central location in the beautiful...
Ambient Place
Enjoy your stay in the leafy Garden City of Pinelands. Arguably the most centrally located suburb in Cape Town and the perfect location to base y...
Bradclin House
Bradclin House is situated in Pinelands, a leafy suburb of Cape Town and offers guests 2 private self catering suites, each with their own entran...
Inn-Style Guest House
Inn-Style Guest House is located in Pinelands and is able to accommodate guests in five stylish, upmarket rooms. Known as the "garden city" of Ca...
Garden Retreat
Garden Retreat is a luxurious Cape Town guesthouse in the heart of Old Pinelands and 600m from the King David Mowbray Golf Club. The original pro...
Bradclin @ Mutual
Bradclin @ Mutual is a sunny corner apartment within the Security Village of Anfield Village in Pinelands. It is situated within walking distance...
Things to do in the area
Magica Roma Restaurant
Magica Roma is a traditional restaurant with an unmistakable warm and friendly ambience. Under the watchful eye of partners Ezio and Franco, who ...
Oude Molen Eco Village
If your older kids love horse riding, while you love nothing better than to sit sipping cappuccino and watch the younger kids swing from a huge t...
Howard Centre
The Howard Centre in Pinelands is a well know location and local shopping spot in the Southern Suburbs. The centre has been renovated and it now ...
South African Astronomical Observatory
Up on what passes for a hill, just across the Liesbeeck River from the southern suburb of Observatory, is SAAO (South African Astronomical Observ...
Keurboom Park
For visitors that have booked their stay in one of the beautiful Rondebosch guesthouses, a visit to Keurboom Park comes highly recommended. This ...
BE.UP Park
The true measure of success is a place that makes exercise so fun that you forget you're exercising. The be.UP Park is a vibey indoor centre that...
Noteworthy attractions
Table Mountain National Park
At the south-western tip of South Africa, the Table Mountain National Park encompasses the incredibly scenic Peninsula mountain chain stretching ...
Table Mountain
Since the first person laid eyes on Table Mountain, it has exerted its powerful and charismatic pull, enchanting and drawing any and all who fall...
Constantia Wine Route
Rich in heritage & beauty, the Constantia Wine Route comprises of Groot Constantia, Buitenverwachting and Klein Constantia. Constantia was one of...
Steenberg Golf Club
The course was designed and built by one of South Africa's leading golf course architects, Peter Matkovich. The private Steenberg Golf Club is av...
Royal Cape Golf Club
Founded in 1885, the Royal Cape Golf Club is South Africa's oldest and most exclusive club featuring a course with narrow fairways lined by trees...
Silvermine Nature Reserve
The park straddles the mountain, from the winding Ou Kaapse Weg (Old Cape Road) on the Tokai, Constantia and Westlake side of the mountain, over ...
Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is world renowned for the beauty and diversity of the Cape flora it displays and for the magnificence of i...
Rhodes Memorial
A national landmark, Rhodes Memorial lies within the Table Mountain National Park and the views from up here are stunning, offering panoramic vis...
Newlands Rugby Stadium
Ever since the first matches played here in 1890, Newlands has become one of the world's most respected rugby stadiums. The second oldest test ve...
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