V&A Waterfront - Cape Town
Cape Town, Western Cape,
South Africa
Dating back to 1860, the Victoria and Alfred harbour basins have been re-employed as a tourism Waterfront site in historic buildings. Two Oceans Aquarium, Telkom Exploratorium, Imax Digital Cinema, helicopter, boat and yacht charters and much more.
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See also Encounter Magazine's guide on What to do in Cape Town.
Life in Cape Town centres around the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront - a working harbour, historical site and pulsating place of gathering. It offers everything from upmarket shopping malls, arts and crafts markets, theatres, live music to entertainment.
The V&A Waterfront is accessible from the city centre and the Atlantic Seaboard, by car, bus and shuttle, running from the airport, town and cableway.
There is a Visitors Centre, located on Market Square next to Vaughan Johnson's Wine shop, where information can be obtained on the Waterfront, Cape Town and the Western Cape, as well as info on accommodation, tours and bookings, phone cards, gift vouchers, disabled parking discs, baby change facilities, customer complaints/suggestions, lost/found property and information on tourist guides.
Banking facilities are available throughout the Waterfront, a 24- hour security surveillance in place, as well as a post office, facilities for the disabled and, of course numerous shopping, entertainment, restaurants, pubs, taverns, leisure activities and places of interest and accommodation.
Your shopping could be done in the Alfred Mall, with speciality shops and boutiques, a restaurant and coffee shops, the Victoria Wharf Shopping Centre, with restaurants, coffe shops and fast foods outlets, over 190 speciality shops, major retail outlets, food merchants and barrows.
Then there's King's Warehouse, a food emporium, combining fresh market produce with convenience food and little luxuries. And the Red Shed Craft Workshop, with an unique interaction between shoppers and those making the wares, and The Waterfront Craft Market, one of the largest indoor craft markets in South Africa, with quality crafts including pottery, leather work, furniture, educational toys, clothing, glass art and African Arts and Crafts
The Waterfront provides a variety of entertainment for the whole family. Enjoy the spectacle of buskers, street entertainers and festivals or lively music at the Agfa Amphitheatre. There are also eleven cinemas and the Imax Cinema, with a five storey screen and 15 000 watts of six channel wrap-around digital sound, to create a "larger than life" experience.
Then there's historic buildings (38 designated national monuments), Waterfront walks, tours, boat trips and harbour cruises, helicopter flips, seaplane rides, a working brewery and numerous restaurants.
The Two Oceans Aquarium, Africa's largest aquarium that reveals in dramatic detail the fascinating web of life supported by the oceans surrounding the Cape Coast, a world usually only explored by divers, are both awe-inspiring and worth a visit.
And the V&A is just minutes away from museums, art galleries, the Castle of Good Hope and the delightful old "Bo-Kaap" buildings.
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Location: Cape Town,
Western Cape |
