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@CapeTownCCID CapeTownCCID BEST OF capEYOUR FREE COPY town CENTRAL CITY 2019 visit stay play shop eat PLACESTO ENJOYINTHE CENTRALCITY EAT VISIT PLAY SHOP STAY RESTAURANTS & MUSEUMS & BARS & BOUTIQUES, HOTELS & COFFEE SHOPS CITY SIGHTS NIGHT CLUBS CRAFTS & ART BACKPACKERS Over 900 more places on our website. Visit capetownccid.org DISCOVER CAPE TOWN TODAY Find out more about Cape Town’s convenient, reliable bus service on www.myciti.org.za or phone 0800 65 64 63 (FREE CALL 24/7). 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While all precautions have been taken to ensure the accuracy of information, neither the editor, nor New Media and CCID, can be held liable for any inaccuracies, injury or damages that may arise. @CapeTownCCID CapeTownCCID 2019 BESTOFCAPETOWNCENTRALCITY 1 WELCOMETOTHE CAPE TOWN CENTRAL CITY he Cape Town Central City is the traditional And while you enjoy our Central City, you can CBD or “downtown” of the Cape Town have peace of mind in knowing that the CCID T metropole, and lies within a 1.62km² area has four operational, on-the-ground departments managed and promoted by the Cape Town Central working around the clock, with a team of over City Improvement District (CCID).We annually 600 people in total who provide top-up services select around 300 venues for this publication, but to those of our primary partners at the this is just a taste of what the Central City offers. City of Cape Town and the South African The full range of everything on offer can be found Police Service. Those departments are Safety online at www.capetownccid.org. & Security, Urban Management, Social For example, there are around 1 000 retail Development and Communications, and outlets, including 242 eateries from quick they all work towards ensuring our downtown takeaway outlets to very fine dining. If it’s proper meets our motto to be “Safe, clean, caring retail therapy you’re after, there are close to 600 and open for business”. Throughout your shops including everything from bespoke and time in the CBD, you will see the CCID presence specialist to high street department stores. Chill on every street corner: our 250 public safety out at one of over 85 entertainment venues (from officers (PSOs) wear black, green and yellow clubs and pubs to theatres), or visit one of the uniforms, our cleaners wear yellow, our many cultural attractions that find their home in maintenance teams wear green and all our the Central City, from world-class museums to art teams can be identified by the CCID’s logo. They galleries and public spaces. And for those from make our downtown a safe and pleasant place out of town, book into one of the Central City’s to be, and our PSOs are also there to guide you over 60 accommodation establishments ranging on your way. from luxury hotels to backpackers. We’ve dotted information appropriately You can also add to these the numerous around this publication about our departments “happenings” in the CBD including the monthly and the work their teams do and, in particular, First Thursdays when art galleries and bespoke we’ve provided safety tips throughout to ensure shops join other establishments open till your visit to the Central City is the best it late, or attend one of the many exhibitions or can be. conferences that take place each year at venues And just as you would in any vibrant downtown: across the CBD. be sensible and be aware. Our public safety officers are on duty 24/7 throughout our area and our CCID 24-hour control centre can be reached on 082 415 7127. WELCOMETOTHE capeBEST OF town CENTRAL CITY 2018 Our Best of CT 2018 guide won an IDA award! e copy re r f You 300pla ces CAPE TOWN to enj oy n i o u r Cen tral City The International Downtown Association (IDA) connects visit shop eat play stay Must-see museums, From luxury All the best Plan your Hotels, galleries, cultural boutiques & restaurants & social calendar guesthouses and diverse practitioners who transform cities into healthy and attractions & speciality shops to night time the quick & backpackers to suit historic spaces trendy fl eamarkets dining spots easy way every traveller + Over 900 more places on our website. Visit capetownccid.org CENTRAL CITY @CapeTownCCID CapeTownCCID vibrant urban places. COURTESY OF CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE BEST OF CAPE TOWN CENTRAL CITY VISIT SEE THE CENTRAL CITY BROWSE, BARGAIN AND BUY SIGHTS AND + FORMOREPLACES VISIT SITES IN OUR WWWCAPETOWNCCIDORG 50 GUIDE VISIT Visit capetownccid.org Iziko Museums GPS Iziko Planetarium P 10 33° 55’ 38.725”S 25 Queen Victoria Street, 18° 24’ 56.923”E 021 481 3900 An upgrade has rendered the star machine old school. Now, students can see the Milky Way MUSEUMS – and beyond – in a full-dome theatre. The new technology allows scientists to visualise District Six Museum P 32 data from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), 25A Buitenkant Street, 021 466 7200 Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) and During the 1970s, residents of the area MeerKAT radio telescope. Shows for teens between the Central City and Woodstock, and adults take place daily, while Davy Dragon known as District Six, were forcibly removed entertains five- to 10-year-old astronomers and their homes flattened under the Group over weekends. Areas Act, an apartheid law that forbade iziko.org.za interracial neighbourhoods. The museum takes you on an interactive trip of the past. districtsix.co.za Museum of Gems & Jewellery P 5 Cnr Loop and Hout streets, 021 422 0148 Iziko Museums Run by Prins & Prins jewellers, this museum This is a fascinating amalgamation of 14 tells the story of a “girl’s best friend”, from national museums, 11 of which are located in when diamonds began forming three billion and around the CBD. Collections cover natural years ago. Exhibits include notable South history, social history and art, jewellery and African finds, including the Cullinan Diamond, artefacts providing insights into SA’s cultural the world’s largest gem-quality rough heritage. The Planetarium, which was recently diamond, which was discovered in 1905. upgraded, offers an unmissable experience. prinsandprins.com iziko.org.za 6 BESTOFCAPETOWNCENTRALCITY 2019 @CapeTownCCID CapeTownCCID Visit capetownccid.org VISIT WHEELCHAIR- CHILD- CLOSEST PARKING FRIENDLY FRIENDLY P (SEE PAGE 63) South African Jewish Museum Die Groote Kerk P 11 P 10 88 ateld Street, dderle Street, 021 422 0569 021 465 1546 This venerable old church was the first South Africa’s Jewish community includes Christian place of worship erected in the renowned figures such as novelist Nadine Cape, soon after the Dutch arrived in 1652. Its Gordimer, politician Helen Suzman and cornerstone was laid in 1700 and it remains painter Irma Stern. The Isaac Kaplan netsuke the mothership of the Dutch Reformed Church (Japanese miniatures) collection is one of in Cape Town. The Groote Kerk houses South the world’s largest privately held collections. Africa’s biggest organ, which has 5 917 pipes. Africa’s first Holocaust Centre recalls one of grootekerkorga the darkest episodes of the 20th century. The Iziko Marie Koopmans De Wet House museum-cum-memorial mixes interpretive panels and archival photos with recreated Evangelical Lutheran Church City Hall environments and multimedia displays. Only P 3 98 Strand Street, – pg 10 people aged 16 years and over are allowed. 021 421 5854 aeihmueumcoa, Dating back to 1774, this is South Africa’s holocautorga oldest church in permanent service and forms part of the country’s oldest city block.