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Cape Town Places to visit
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Bo-Kaap
This neighborhood, located on a hill south-west of downtown is the area historically inhabited by mainly Muslim descendants of slaves from South-East Asia (hence an older term for the area - 'M...
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District Six Museum
Open Monday-Saturday 09:00-16:00. Admission is free.
District Six is an area near downtown Cape Town which remained multiracial well into the 1960s against all attempts by the government to d...
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Robben Island
Located just off the coast from Cape Town, this was the location used during the apartheid days to hold political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela and the late Walter Sisulu. Some of the tour gu...
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South African National Gallery
Contains extensive displays of South African art, as well as information on the history of censorship of art during apartheid. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00-17:00. Entry is R5 and free for students...
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South African Parliament
Cape Town is the legislative seat of South Africa (the Presidential seat is in Pretoria and the Supreme Court is at Bloemfontein). A tour of this compound will acquaint you with South Africa's rece...
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The Castle of Good Hope
Popularly called 'The Castle' by locals, it has extensive displays of historical military paraphernalia, a history of the castle, an art collection and the William Feur Collection (including old Ca...
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The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
Is a huge shopping and entertainment area at the slopes of Table Mountain, next to the harbour. It is very popular with tourists, because of the high density of shops, restaurants and amusement pos...
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Township Tour
The townships are the places where people were forced to live (based on race) under the apartheid regime. To some extent townships continue to retain their apartheid-era racial makeup, for a variet...
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