Having made a couple of rounds on both the Blue and Red routes on our City Sightseeing bus tours, Ursula and I alighted at Stop 1 (see map below; upper right) for the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, otherwise known to the locals as The V&A. Here you’ll find much to see and do, including shopping, dining, and taking a water tour of some of the ritzier areas in Cape Town. One of the more distinctive sights here is the Victorian-era Gothic-style Waterfront Clock Tower picture above. The Waterfront Clock Tower, originally serving as the Port Captain’s office when it was built in 1882, lies within the appropriately named Clock Tower District.
But we’ll get to V&A in a moment. First I want to show you some areas we passed on our tour bus as we headed toward the V&A Waterfront, starting with Camps Bay (Stop 8):
Now let me show you what awaits you at Stop 1, the V&A Waterfront, beginning with the Two Oceans Aquarium:
Alas, we did not stop at the aquarium. Ursula and I may visit it on our next trip to Cape Town, coming in 2026. A short walk from the aquarium is The Watershed, a shopping venue in whichg you’ll find local arts and crafts:
Exiting out the other end (northeast entrance) of The Watershed, we hung a right and took in views of the Waterfront District:
Cape Town is on Ursula’s bucket list, and she had a blast taking it all in:
In the picture of Ursula above you’ll see a gray and white striped corrugated awning. That cover is on two buildings there, and you might want to swing by for some fun statue pictures at the northernmost one, which houses the African Trading Post:
Wednesday’s article will show us crossing over the V&A Waterfront Swing Bridge and wandering around the Clock Tower District, then taking a boat tour. Until then:
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