Cape Town
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Where to eat and drink, which wine farms are worth the drive, and where to spend a morning on a mat, in a gym or in a treatment room.
These are our guides to how people spend their time around Cape Town: eating and drinking, the wine farms, spas and wellness, yoga and pilates, gyms, and the clubs where you can book a court for an hour.
Each one is a written guide rather than a listing, and they are grouped by subject below. Where a subject has more behind it than the guides can carry, the full collection sits alongside it.
Editor’s Picks
Eat & Drink
Our Top 10 Restaurants in Cape Town
Ten restaurants across five parts of the city. Four set-menu rooms you do not order from, small plates above the Old Biscuit Mill, fire at the Waterfront and lunch out on Kalk Bay harbour.
La Colombe, PIER, Belly of the Beast, Chefs Warehouse at Beau Constantia, The Pot Luck Club, Ouzeri, Marble, Le Bistrot de JAN, Delaire Graff Restaurant and Live Bait at Kalk Bay harbour.
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Wine
Wine Farms Worth Visiting
Ten farms from every wine region we cover, each here for a reason none of the others can claim.
Active
How to Keep Fit in Cape Town
Six ways to stay active here, from gym floors and Pilates studios to racquet courts, contour paths and the tidal pools.
Wellness
Best Spas in Cape Town
Nineteen spas grouped by where you already are, with a heat, cold and recovery section of its own.
Eat & Drink
Eat & Drink
Where to Eat in Cape Town
The map rather than the list. Six ways into eating here, from the rooms worth booking to the Bo-Kaap at lunchtime, the coffee hour, the markets and the Winelands table.
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Markets
The Best Markets in Cape Town
Seven markets, two of them open every day of the week.
Local food
Taste Cape Town: Local Food and Flavours
Cape Malay kitchens in the Bo-Kaap, African cooking in the city, and the class that teaches you where it came from.
Coffee
Coffee, Cafes and Bakeries in Cape Town
The roasters worth crossing town for, the long breakfast rooms, and the bakeries that sell out before lunch.
Experiences
Food Experiences Worth Trying in Cape Town
Cooking classes, guided eating tours, chocolate from the bean and wine with something on the plate next to it.
Wine Farms
Wine
Stellenbosch Wine Farms
Stellenbosch is the largest of the Cape wine districts and the hardest to make a plan in. Twelve estates out of the twenty-nine we hold, grouped by why you would go rather than by which road they sit on.
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Wine
Constantia Wine Farms
The wine valley inside the city’s own boundary.
Wine
Franschhoek Wine Farms
Nine estates in one valley, and why you would pick each.
Wine
Helderberg Wine Farms
The stretch that faces outward, where the view and the pairing matter as much as the cellar.
Wine
Wine Estates You Can Stay On
Which farms have rooms, and what kind of stay each one is.
Wellness
Wellness
Best Spas in Cape Town
Cape Town spas run from fifteen-room hotel floors with a full heat circuit to a single treatment suite, a pod in a forest and a shared sauna on the promenade. This is a selected guide rather than a directory, and the selection is about what each place actually offers and who it suits.
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Wellness
Spas in the Cape Winelands
Estate spas and retreats worth the drive out of the city.
Wellness
Yoga & Pilates in Cape Town
Studios you can walk into once, without joining anything.
Active
Active
Best Hikes in Cape Town
Most hiking advice about this city stops at the mountain. This guide runs wider: twelve walks from a twenty-five minute boardwalk to a full day above Stellenbosch, taking in forest, a reservoir, two stretches of coast and a cave you can stand up in.
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Active
Where to Get in the Water in Cape Town
Nine ways to actually be in the water here, and the two things that decide which one suits you.
Active
Best Mountain Bike Trails in Cape Town
Three separate riding scenes share this city. Eight rides from a greenbelt roll to a two-loop day in Tokai.
Active
Golf Courses You Can Play in Cape Town
Eight courses whose own records say they are open to visitors, from the Green Point Common to the whale coast.
Active
Family-Friendly Hikes in Cape Town
Eight walks recorded as family-suitable, with the practical question a parent actually asks answered for each one.
Explore by Region
That is Life Style by subject. The same collection, arranged by where it is.