A view of Table Mountain from the deck of the MSC Opera

Gardens, Cape Town

 

Bertram house

A museum featuring 19th century furniture, English silver and Chinese porcelain.

Company's Gardens

Originally a vegetable garden of the Dutch East India Company (first planted in the 17th century), the six hectare garden is now home to more than 3000 species, most of them exotic.

Cultural History Museum

 

Delville Wood memorial

Commemorates the battle of the Somme in 1916.

Government Avenue

Runs along the eastern edge of the Company's Gardens.

Great Synagogue

 

Houses of Parliament

On Government Avenue. The gallery has public access.

National Art Gallery

Home to thousands of works of art.

Old Synagogue

Next to the Great Synagogue, houses the Jewish Museum. It was the first synagogue built in South Africa, in 1862.

Planetarium

 

South African Library

On the northern edge of the Company Garden.

South African Museum

A variety of Great Karoo fossils, whales, birds, fishes & geology.

Tuynhuys

The President's residence in Cape Town City.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
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