V&A Waterfront - Shopping, Eating Out, Entertainment
No visit to Cape Town can be complete without also going to the V&A Waterfront. A significant portion of the historic harbour quays have been redeveloped and restored. Many of the Victorian buildings now serve as restaurants, hotels and offices. The magnificent shopping centre, the V&A Waterfront, is the home of some of 400 shops, jewellers, boutiques, designer labels and restaurants.
Every year 22 million people visit this icon and even those returning are still spoilt for choice. There is just so much to do. Whether shopping, or booking a sunset cruise or chartering a helicopter or visiting the Two Ocean’s Aquarium, or just enjoying a meal, the V&A Waterfront has so much to offer..
The V&A is named after Queen Victoria and her second son, Prince Alfred, who initiated construction on the Port of Cape Town in 1860. Over the last 150 years the harbour has been growing, developing and adapting. Now it is alive with the pulse and rhythm of Cape Town.
For shopping, dining and entertainment the V&A Waterfront is a hotspot for tourists and locals alike. Still a working harbour, the Waterfront is an example of creative architecture and restoration and has become South Africa's most visited tourist attraction.
The Waterfront offers over 250 shops from designer boutiques to craft stalls, a host of restaurants and coffee shops and plenty of other activities, including fun activities for children. Children will love the Two Oceans Aquarium and the Telkom Exploratorium. The SA Maritum Museum has interactive displays, the history of local shipwrecks and more and the new Nelson Mandela Gateway in the Clock Tower precint exhibits historical and educational material relating to Robben Island.
Enjoy a drink at one of the many waterside pubs and restaurants, shop till you drop, or relax and enjoy the variety of live entertainment that is always on offer. There are also a number of harbour cruises and sundowner cruises that depart from the Waterfront.
Green Point has fast become one of the trendiest residential areas in Cape Town, particularly since the development of the Cape Quarter - a shopping centre that regards itself as an experience and the essence of ‘Cape Town cool’ - found in the heart of Green Point.
This vibrant suburb of Cape Town just outside the city centre between Mouille Point, Green Point, Cliffton and Bantry Bay, enjoys a bustling 24-hour cosmopolitan vibe that has drawn a number of city execs to settle in its beachfront high-rises and luxury apartment blocks.
De Waterkant is a trendy area that has maintained the colorful, bright semi-detached houses - restoring them into fashionable cottages that, together with the cobbled, tree-lined streets and spectacular views.bring to mind New York’s Greenwich Village and London’s Soho.
