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Name	Category	Location

Adderley Street Be the First to Rate It Originally named Heerengracht after a canal that once ran the...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Cape Town Central

Cape Town Tourism Information Office Be the First to Rate It One of the best information offices in South Africa, Cape Town...	Information Centers	Cape Town Central

Castle of Good Hope Be the First to Rate It Despite its name, the castle isn't one of those fairy-tale fantasies...	Castles / Palaces	Cape Town Central

Church Street Be the First to Rate It The center of Cape Town's art and antiques business, the section...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Cape Town Central

City Hall Be the First to Rate It Though this attractive Edwardian building constructed in 1905...	Government Buildings	Cape Town Central

Company's Gardens Be the First to Rate It These are all that remain of a 43-acre garden laid out by Jan...	Gardens / Arboretums	Cape Town Central

Delville Wood Monument Be the First to Rate It The monument honors South Africans who died in the fight for...	Memorials / Monuments	Cape Town Central

District Six Museum Member Rating: 2.8 Housed in the Buitenkant Methodist Church, this museum preserves...	Museums / Galleries	Cape Town Central

Evangelical Lutheran Church Complex Be the First to Rate It Established as an act of defiance against the Dutch in 1779...	Religious Sites	Cape Town Central

Gold of Africa Museum Member Rating: 4.6 This museum in the historic Martin Melck House chronicles the...	Museums / Galleries	Cape Town Central

Grand Parade Be the First to Rate It Once a military parade ground, this is now just a bleak parking...	Markets / Bazaars	Cape Town Central

Greenmarket Square Be the First to Rate It For more than a century this cobbled square served as a forum...	Squares	Cape Town Central

Groote Kerk Be the First to Rate It One of the most famous churches in South Africa, the Groote Kerk...	Religious Sites	Cape Town Central

Koopmans-De Wet House Be the First to Rate It Now a museum, this lovely 18th-century home with its classical...	Museums / Galleries, Houses / Mansions	Cape Town Central

Long Street Be the First to Rate It The section of Long between Orange and Wale streets is lined...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Cape Town Central

Mandela Rhodes Place Be the First to Rate It This is the first of many inner-city renovations that are set...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Cape Town Central

National Library of South Africa-Cape Town Campus Be the First to Rate It Launched as the National Library in 1999, with the amalgamation...	Libraries	Cape Town Central

Old Town House Be the First to Rate It For 150 years this was the most important civic building in Cape...	Houses / Mansions	Cape Town Central

Slave Lodge Be the First to Rate It Previously known as the South African Cultural History Museum...	Museums / Galleries	Cape Town Central

Slave Tree Be the First to Rate It An inconspicuous concrete plaque marks the spot where slaves...	Memorials / Monuments	Cape Town Central

South African Museum Be the First to Rate It This museum has some excellent examples of rock art that will...	Museums / Galleries	Cape Town Central

St. George's Cathedral Be the First to Rate It This cathedral was once the religious seat of one of the most...	Religious Sites	Cape Town Central

St. George's Mall Be the First to Rate It This promenade stretches almost all the way to the Foreshore...	Promenades / Boardwalks	Cape Town Central

Tuynhuys Be the First to Rate It Parts of the Tuynhuys date from the late 17th and early 18th...	Government Buildings	Cape Town Central

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