CAPE DUTCH TOUR GUIDE FOR CAPE TOWN SIGHTSEEING ATTRACTIONS
GLITZYMAGAZINE, is your trusted travel guide for tour attractions and architecture sightseeing in Cape Town. Plan your holiday with our tour itineries of best day trips for natural attractions such as parks and gardens. While focusing on Cape Dutch architecture, we guide also guide you to the best scenic drives, wine farms, hiking, kids activities and other attractions.Shown here, the bustling V&A Waterfront in the heart of Cape Town harbour. Visit best gardens and lakes in cape town. for more of this kind of attraction.
THE CAPE DUTCH ARCHITECTURE STYLE
BOSCHENDAL MANOR HOUSE
Cape Dutch architecture is a style endemic to the Cape and it characterised by an ornate central gable, symmetrical facades, and sliding sash windows, white walls and thatched roofs. While luxyrious at the time of building, the relatively smalls scale and well balanced proportions contriubute to the beauty and popularity of the style. The example shown here is located half way between Stellenbosch and Franschhoek on a farm called Boshchendal.NATURAL ATTRACTIONS IN CAPE TOWN
NATIONAL PARKS AND RESERVES
The Cape is well known for it's many protected nature reserves where mountains, plants, flowers and animals can be seen in clear blue skies... something many city dwellers in other regions of the world long to see.
ANIMAL ATTRACTIONS
Opportunites to see animals abound in Cape Town, including a trip to Boulder's Beach Penguins near Simonstown. These African penguins are unique to Souther Africa and are known for their loud donkey-like chirp, and horseshoe on the breast.
Visit tour itineraries of sightseeing attractions using a rental car or your own. See best landmarks, things to do on weekends as well as natural attractions such as gardens and parks.
GARDENS ON WINE FARMS
Cape Town is well known for its world class wines, but little did you know that many of the wine farms in the Cape are tourists attractions in their own right, with some of the most beautiful gardens in the country?
BOTANICAL GARDENS
The Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens is famous the world over for it's beautiful endemic flora based on the Cape Floral Kingdom. However it is not the only Botanical garden in the region.. there is also the Stellenbosch Botanical Garden and Kommetjie B. Garden to name but a few.
RIVER LODGES
The flourishing rivers and adjacent wetland systems are wonderful retreats for animals and people alike. Visit Elgin River Lodge first for the best experience and wide variety of water related activities.
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FLOWER GARDENS
The Company Gardens, La Motte Farm, and Durbanville Rose Garden are just a few of the many places you can see roses in bloom in Cape Town and Winelands.
RIVERS AND LAKES
The numerous water bodies in and around Cape Town are replenished every winter and form the anchor for so many parks, gardens and other tourist attractions.
ART IN NATURE
The lady with the book is a fine sculpture in Franschhoek set amid the vineyards and rose gardens. It is this juxtuposition of culture and nature with good weather that makes the splendour of Cape Town.
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BEACHES
BLOUBERG BEACH
There are numerous well maintained public parks in and around Cape Town, including the very well known Greenpoint Park which is located a stone's throw away from the V & A waterfront. With no entrance fee and picnicing allowed, this park welcomes all.
CAMPS BAY
Opportunites to see animals abound in Cape Town, including a trip to Boulder's Beach Penguins near Simonstown. These African penguins are unique to Souther Africa and are known for their loud donkey-like chirp, and horseshoe on the breast.
CLIFTON
Cape Town is well known for its world class wines, but little did you know that many of the wine farms in the Cape are tourists attractions in their own right, with some of the most beautiful gardens in the country?
GORDON'S BAY
There are numerous well maintained public parks in and around Cape Town, including the very well known Greenpoint Park which is located a stone's throw away from the V & A waterfront. With no entrance fee and picnicing allowed, this park welcomes all.
NOORDHOEK
There are numerous well maintained public parks in and around Cape Town, including the very well known Greenpoint Park which is located a stone's throw away from the V & A waterfront. With no entrance fee and picnicing allowed, this park welcomes all.
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BUILT ATTRACTIONS
TOP ARCHITECTURE ICONS
Cape Town is known for its creative flair and was host to the Design Indaba in 2014. Historical and modern architectural attractions abound, as well as a great number of magnificent shopping malls and precincts. Enjoy Cape Towns built attractions and be sure not to miss these: See also Page 2 of Best Cape Town Architects for more design companies in the Cape.
HISTORICAL ATTRACTIONS
RHODES MEMORIAL
The memorial was built centuries back in honour of the legendary Sir Cecil John Rhodes who shaped much of the history of the period for better or for worse.
BO KAAP PRECINCT
This colourful suburb is located in the city bowl in the heart of central Cape Town. It represents a long history of South African's making their own spaces and endured through the hardships of apartheid.
BO KAAP MUSEUM
The Bo Kaap museum is the hub of the information and also the physical starting point for any tour of the Bo Kaap ditrict.
SEAPOINT POOLS
There are four fresh water chlorinated pools including a 50m olympic size pool. Uniquely located in a rocky area right on the shore, this is a must see attraction very near to the center of Cape Town. It forms part of the historical, cultural and public heritage of Cape Town.
SA NATIONAL MUSEUM
This museum is a heritage building in it's own right, and houses many articles of historical significance to South Africa and the world at large.
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To view more exciting sightseeing attractions in Cape Town and the Winelands. Shown here the Mouille Point Lighthouse in Granger Bay. See also for more historical attractions in and around the Cape.
