V & A Waterfront Information

Hundreds of thousand of foreign tourists visit South Africa every year, and most of these visitors plan a stop in Cape Town, the pride of the Southern African subcontinent. Blessed with blue skies, a balmy climate, a rich cultural heritage and a magnificent backdrop of ocean and mountain, the Mother City boasts a profusion of museums, art galleries, restaurants, shops, theatres, night spots and landmarks. Presided over by Table Mountain and skirted by the Atlantic Ocean and a string of exquisite beaches, top attractions include the bustling Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, the famed Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, the Cape Winelands, and Robben Island.

The V&A Marina is just one of our attractions that hosts a multitude of upmarket restaurants, boutique style shops, jewellery stores that cater for your every whim. This could be on your doorstep should you wish to stay at the Marina’s very own residential development.

These apartments are the word in style, elegance, luxury and comfort. All the apartments are self-catering with view’s either across the Marine Basin, Table Mountain, or the heart of the City. These self-catering apartments are fully equipped with all the home comforts, plus TV/DVD, internet facilities and they are all air-conditioned.

Within a space of five minutes you could be sitting at one of the many speciality restaurants, taking in a movie at the IMAX theatre, or sipping a cocktail watching one of our famous sunsets, or enjoying a concert at the Amphitheatre, an intimate open-air venue in the heart of the complex which plays host to a wide variety of entertainers, and is especially popular on sultry summer evenings when the music wafts on the gentle sea breeze.

Visit Vaughan Johnsons’s Wine Shop, which borders Market Square. The selection here is unequalled in the city and their staff can arrange for cases of the Cape’s finest wines to be shipped home.

In your excitement to take in everything the Waterfront has to offer, be sure to take some time to browse around the Pierhead, a small extension of the harbour overlooking both Victoria Basin and the entrance to Alfred Basin. This shopping and entertainment enclave offers superb views across the Victoria Basin which, in turn, holds the Victoria Museum Ship, a reproduction of an old-time sailing ship. The Pierhead also boasts a variety of bistros, coffee shops and restaurants. Although there are fewer shops in this little corner, one ‘must see’ is the Coca-Cola Collectables shop.

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