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What to see in Cape Town on foot

50 sights worth the detour, all walkable, all offline.

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Cape Town is a city made for walking. This self-guided guide maps 50 of its sights worth the detour — landmarks, historic sites, viewpoints, museums and galleries, parks and gardens and public art — the places locals point to and the tour buses skip, close enough to string into a single day on foot. Download the Cape Town pack in Voyage GO before you go and the whole route works offline: no roaming, no dead battery from a live map. Every monument, viewpoint and park you pass quietly fills your travel passport.

Landmarks4

  1. 1Greenmarket SquareGreenmarket Square is a historical square in the centre of old Cape Town, South Africa.
  2. 2National Council of ProvincesThe National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is the upper house of the Parliament of South Africa under the post-apartheid constitution which came into full effect in 1997.
  3. 3The Pink Village
  4. 4Table Mountain Yellow Frame (District Six)

Historic Sites26

  1. 5Bartolomeu DiasThere are at least three statues of Bartolomeu Dias, the first European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa.
  2. 6Artillerymen's MemorialArtillery Memorial, Cape Town was erected in memory of the gunners who fought for South Africa during World War I.
  3. 7Delville Wood Memorial
  4. 8General Jan Christian Smuts Memorial
  5. 9Statue of Sir Major General Sir Henry Timson Lukin
  6. 10Bo-KaapThe Bo-Kaap is an area of Cape Town, South Africa formerly known as the Malay Quarter.
  7. 11Sir Herbert Baker
  8. 12First trading site in Cape Town
  9. 13Statue of Jan Hendrik HofmeyrThe statue of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr in Church Square, Cape Town, is a sculpture of the South African journalist and politician Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, affectionately known as "Onze Jan".
  10. 14Statue of Nelson MandelaA Statue of Nelson Mandela was unveiled on 24 July 2018.
  11. 15Noon GunThe Noon Gun is a time signal in Cape Town, South Africa, since 1806.
  12. 16Bishop Robert Gray Memorial
  13. 17Groote KerkThe Groote Kerk is a Dutch Reformed church in Cape Town, South Africa.
  14. 18St. George's CathedralSt George's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, and the seat of the Archbishop of Cape Town.
  15. 19Cape Town Central LibraryCentral Library Cape Town is a public library in Cape Town, South Africa.
  16. 20Two Minutes of Silence and Remembrance
  17. 21Old Slave Tree Memorial
  18. 22Volunteer War Memorial
  19. 23The CenotaphThe Cenotaph is a war memorial on Heerengracht Street in Cape Town.
  20. 24Cape Town Labour Corps Memorial
  21. 25Castle of Good HopeThe Castle of Good Hope is a 17th century bastion fort in Cape Town, South Africa.
  22. 26Cecil John Rhodes
  23. 27Berlin Wall segment
  24. 28Great War Memorial Cross
  25. 29Long street
  26. 30The Old Slave Tree

Viewpoints1

  1. 31Bo-Kaap view

Museums & Galleries12

  1. 32Iziko South African MuseumThe Iziko South African Museum, formerly the South African Museum, is a South African national museum located in Cape Town.
  2. 33Iziko Slave LodgeThe Slave Lodge is one of the oldest buildings in Cape Town, South Africa, with a history spanning more than three centuries.
  3. 34South African Jewish MuseumThe South African Jewish Museum is a museum of South African Jewish life, history and identity.
  4. 35District Six MuseumDistrict Six Museum is a museum in the former inner-city residential area and, District Six, in Cape Town, South Africa in an old Methodist church.
  5. 36Bo-Kaap Museum
  6. 37Old Town House Museum
  7. 38South African Sendinggestig MuseumThe South African Sendinggestig Museum was established in 1977 and is currently situated in the centre of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
  8. 39Koopmans-de Wet HouseKoopmans-de Wet House is a former residence and current museum in Strand Street, Cape Town, South Africa.
  9. 40Rust en VreugdRust en Vreugd, is a historic house and garden, located on Buitekant Street at the edge of the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa.
  10. 41South African National GalleryThe Iziko South African National Gallery is the national art gallery of South Africa located in Cape Town.
  11. 42Castle Military Museum
  12. 43Artists Admin

Parks & Gardens1

  1. 44Company's GardenThe Company's Garden is a large public park situated in Cape Town CBD - the main commercial district of Cape Town.

Public Art6

  1. 45Louis Botha
  2. 46Queen Victoria
  3. 47J.C. Smuts
  4. 48Statue of Edward Vll
  5. 49Creative Nestling
  6. 50An Arch for Arch

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