Attractions IN Vredehoek
Nature Reserves
Deer Park
One may be forgiven for thinking that Deer Park is the little children's park attached to the Deer Park Café at the top end of Deerpark Drive West. But actually this is Rocklands Road Park, the fenced, community-maintained public ...
Attractions AROUND Vredehoek
Landmarks / Museums / National Monuments
Castle of Good Hope
A unique combination of history, fine wine, traditional food, military ceremonies and craftsmanship awaits you at this pentagonal fortification. Built between 1666 and 1679, the Cape Town Castle is the oldest surviving building in South Africa. The ...
Landmarks
De Tuynhuys
Tuynhuys, the office of the state President and closed to the public, witnessed one of the most important turning points in South African history when FW de Klerk announced from its steps, on 18 March 1992, that South Africa had ‘closed the book on ...
Museums
District Six Museum
When the apartheid government swooped on District Six, Cape Town in 1965, forcibly removing its occupants and declaring the area a "whites-only" zone, the rich fabric of an impoverished but vibrant community was torn to shreds. Over 60 000 people were ...
Mandela Route / Landmarks / Entertainment / National Monuments
Grand Parade
Grand Parade, as its name suggests, served as a military parade ground for many years and as a stage for public participation, be it as a venue for major political rallies or flea market stalls. Its greatest claim to fame, however, is that it was where ...
Landmarks / Miscellaneous
Long Street
Long Street could be described as the funkiest and loudest street in Cape Town, bustling with markets and boerewors roll stands during the day and hosting parties of all kinds once the sun sets. Once the vintage clothing shops and designers alleys are ...
Lakes / Dams / Landmarks
Molteno Reservoir
The Molteno Reservoir is a 200 000 kilolitre water storage facility just above De Waal Park in Oranjezicht. It's the city's oldest water reservoir and still in service. It's also rather pretty; the locals like to jog around its ...
Museums / National Monuments
Rust en Vreugd
Rust en Vreugd (rest and joy) is an ornate 1778 townhouse on the outer limits of Buitenkant Street (in an area that would have been on the 'outer edge' of Cape Town when it was built), generally considered the best example of 18th century urban ...
Heritage Routes / Landmarks / Miscellaneous
Slave's Walk
At the top end of Upper Buitenkant Street, close to St Cyprian's School, is what was once known as Slave's Walk. This is a particularly historical nook of Cape Town. St Cyprian's, the independent, Anglican girls' school, was founded in 1871 and moved ...
Museums
South African Museum
The oldest museum in sub-Saharan Africa, the South African Museum (SAM) has been adding to their collections for nearly 200 years and was established in 1825. Collections here range from fossils to insects and fish found as recently as a week ago; there ...
Museums
South African National Gallery
Lying in the Company Gardens, opposite the South African Museum on Government Avenue, the South African National Gallery houses some of the most beautiful collections of South African, African, British, French, Dutch and Flemish art in South Africa. The ...
Shopping
The Palms Décor and Lifestyle Centre
The architectural loveliness and the convenient locale in the heart of Woodstock, Cape Town, makes The Palms Shopping Centre one of the Mother City's chief delights. This is not only for the shopaholics and dedicated retail indulgers, but also for ...
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Landmarks
Adderley Street
Adderley Street, the next street north west, runs parallel to St George's Mall. It starts at the Foreshore and ends in Government Avenue, an oak-tree lined street, running along the boundary of the Company's Garden. There is a flea market on the Adderley ...
Religious
Al-Azhar Masjied
The Al Azhar Mosque is an Islamic mosque in District Six, Cape Town. It holds the same name as a rather resplendent more-famous mosque in Cairo, Egypt but what it lacks in minarets, it makes up for with position, for the mosque of Cape Town lies ...
Landmarks / Religious
Auwal Masjid
The mosque that stands at the top end of Dorp Street, in amongst the brightly painted houses of the Bo-Kaap (almost diagonally behind the Bo-Kaap Museum), is South Africa's oldest mosque - established in 1794, during ...
Museums
Bertram House
One of the Iziko stable of museums, Bertram House is the only remaining red brick Georgian style house in Cape Town. Originally built as a residence, the building became a museum when it was restored in 1984. If you are even vaguely interested in vintage ...
Landmarks / Miscellaneous / Shopping
Bree Street
Bree Street is the epitome of what Cape Town has to offer, with everything from fine dining to designer bars and organic food restaurants. It is the road's width and extraordinary architecture that has formed the backdrop to the resurgence of interest ...
Landmarks / Yacht Clubs
Cape Grace Marina
The Cape Grace Marina, nestled in the heart of Cape Town’s iconic V&A Waterfront, offers a world-class docking experience in one of the city’s most exclusive settings. Surrounded by the vibrant energy of the Waterfront and framed by the majestic backdrop ...
Landmarks / Mandela Route / Miscellaneous
Cape Town City Hall
On Cape Town's Grand Parade stands an imposing Italian Renaissance-style Edwardian building constructed from honey limestone. Cape Town's City Hall took five years to complete, after the laying of its cornerstone in 1900. Its lower walls and plinths use ...
Memorials / Museums / Religious
Cape Town Holocaust Centre
Serving as a place of remembrance for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust between 1933 and 1945 when over six million Jews were murdered, the Cape Town Holocaust Centre lies on ‘Museum Mile' in the centre of the city. Fundamental to the ...
Airports / Landmarks
Cape Town International Airport
Cape Town International Airport is the base from which millions of international travellers begin their exploration of this uniquely beautiful country. It is the second largest airport in South Africa, second only to the OR Tambo International Airport in ...
Entertainment / Shopping
Cape Town Shopping
For the international Tourist, shopping in Cape Town is relatively inexpensive due to the favourable exchange rate and comparatively low production costs. For the Tourist, jewellery is particularly inexpensive and as many of South Africa's most talented ...
Vredehoek as a destination
Also in the neighbourhood
Bo Kaap, Cape Town Central, De Waterkant, Devils Peak, Foreshore, Gardens, Higgovale, Highlands Estate, Kloof Nek, Oranjezicht, Roggebaai, Salt River, Tamboerskloof, V&A Waterfront, Walmer Estate, Woodstock, Zonnebloem
Staying Overnight
Etafileni Studio Flat
Etafileni Studio Flat is an open plan self-catering fully furnished studio flat nestling at the foot of Table Mountain. The flat has one queen si...
Nes on Lambert
Nes on Lambert is a heritage house built in 1932 offering self catering accommodation in Cape Town in the City Bowl suburb of Vredehoek. The hous...
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