There is a LOT to see while visiting Cape Town & fortunately the first four days turned out to be sunny & warm. The Castle of Good Hope (top, left) was visited on Sunday (lower admission price). It's a fort, not a castle & represents Dutch, French & English building styles and dates back to 1666. Representing the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront is a sailing ship figurehead (top right) which is unusual in that it's of a man. Normally women were figureheads. The V & A Waterfront is certainly a bustling area of tourists. The famed Table Mountain (above) is quite something to behold rising 3,520 feet above the coastal plain.
The Mount Nelson Hotel (entrance pictured below) is a Cape Town icon; the entrance was near a bus stop I departed from frequently.
Also seen along the V & A Waterfront, buildings with a definite Dutch influence architecturally, Noble Square with South Africa's four Nobel Peace Prize laureates depicted life-size and a smaller ship in dry-dock for refurbishment.
The bright red octagonal Clock Tower, was built in 1882 and is the port captain's office. Mama Africa is a restaurant on Long Street where one can try traditional South African food. And the flower market at Trafalgar Place.
And then there's the Queen, Victoria, that is, depicted here across from St. George's Cathedral.I'm glad that the main "city center" area of Cape Town is relatively compact and can be covered on foot. I did take advantage of purchasing a two-day pass on the City Sightseeing bus to become more familiar with the area and attractions. There are two routes, red & blue, although they overlap at one point for quite a distance (handy in terms of pick-up frequency). One can hop off/on at any of these stops. The cost was around US$25 for two days, so cheap.
