Church Square Cape Town

... you could easily be forgiven for thinking you were somewhere in Europe. Shortly before arrival in Cape Town, the townships appeared. A township in South Africa is the place where all the blacks were forced to live during apartheid. They are sad, ...

... . The pleasantly shaded Company Gardens invites a brief visit. The parliament buildings serve as the legislative arm of South Africa, making Cape Town one of the three capitals of the country (Pretoria serving the administrative arm and Bloemfontein, the ...

We were met at 9am by Keith who was our guide for the next two days. Cape Town is South Africa's oldest city and affectionately known as the "Mother City", and lies at the foot of the majestic Table Mountain which was covered in cloud.  We thought ...

Our hotel was called Mandela Rhodes Place, and was located on St. George Square in the heart of old Cape Town; alongside the pedestrian mall and a block from the "Company Gardens" of the Dutch East India Company, dating from the mid-1600's.  We had ...