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Stirring Up Cape Town s City Bowl
or the discerning any day of the week and they
traveller to the Cape who should be open, although there
would like to explore Cape are certain occasions when they
Town's City Bowl, here are a few may be closed due to certain
suggestions. Remember, Cape Town religious observances.
bears two distinct faces, a mask
worn by day and a mask worn by Well worth a visit, it literally
night. Whichever one you choose, looks as though the contents of
this article will provide you this shop sprang straight out of
with a few hints on how, when and the pages of "King Solomons
where to explore the city bowl, Mines". Although the motifs
whether by day or by night. behind the masks and other
goodies have often been lost in
The City Bowl by Day: time, just looking at them should
provide you with enough of an
Pan African Market explanation!
Now that the subject of masks has Green Market Square
been broached, the discerning
traveller to the Cape may want to A large cobbled area known as
experience the full range of Greenmarket Square can be found
African facades. If this is the in the centre of the city bowl.
case, you need go no further than It is a busy place, a place to
the Pan African Market. Located barter and haggle, providing a
in a national monument on pleasant, corner café atmosphere
historic Long Street, one could good for just sitting peacefully
easily walk to this destination and watching the goings on.
and most rented taxis know
exactly where Long Street is There is perhaps no other place
situated. Drop by the market on where paths cross as they do at
this hub of city life. A slopes of Signal Hill. This quiet
traveller to the Cape is able to niche on the fringe of the City
gain an insight into the African Bowl is a newly proclaimed
culture with only an hour's national monument. With its
observation, as Greenmarket quaint, cobbled streets and
Square provides a varied cultural renovated slave quarters it, till
sampling of the cities folk. this day, houses the original
descendants for whom the quarters
The Cape Town Gardens were built. If you have never
heard of a "Roti" ask for one at
This historic parkland in the a Bokaap café, they are
heart of Cape Town is simply delicious.
about birds, tea, roses, Koi Fish
and history, hopefully mixed with The City Bowl by Night:
a bit of sunshine.
The sunset in Cape town is quite
The best place to start your remarkable. With the waning of
leisurely walkabout would be just the daylight hours, the soft hues
outside the Slave Lodge on the cast themselves across the clouds
Corner of Adderley and Wale welcoming the coming of the
Streets. To avoid disappointing night. Cape Town transforms,
the areas inhabitants, bring donning another mask as the
peanuts. Oh, and lookout for the city's landscape begins to
Albino Squirrel. twinkle.
The Bokaap The Cable Car Road
The architecturally and socially A drive along the Cable Car Road
unique Bokaap, otherwise known as is a little daring for some,
the Malay Quarter, rests on the particularly at this hour, but it
is well worth it! It is possible bands and the bar is not your
to see from this vantage point average elbow parking lot either;
why Cape Town's CBD is known as it has been customised in rather
the City Bowl. As your gaze moves a reptilian fashion. But you need
from left to right, Lion's Head to see that for yourself!
contrasts sharply with the
backdrop of a golden sunset, as The Crypt
you pan further to the right; the
torso of this giant beast becomes Situated at the beginning of the
apparent. From the Cable Car afore-mentioned garden walk, at
Road, you can literally see the the same intersection of Adderley
complete outline of a resting and Wale Streets, lies the Crypt.
lion guarding his concrete Under St George's Cathedral, the
jungle; a good time to take a Crypt, which was built in 1898,
snap! is now the haunt of Jazz
enthusiasts and the playground of
The nightlife in Cape Town comes dining room damsels from the Cape
in many shapes and sizes, here Town city bowl.
are a few possibilities:
After being closed for years, the
Mama Africa Crypt's curved arches, leaded
window panes and plaques
There is warmth and feeling to commemorating the dearly departed
Mama Africa. This authentic have been revealed for your eyes
African restaurant, dressed in to behold. Actually used for
traditional African décor and choir practice and as a clergy
serving the continents cultural vestry, the Crypt provides big
cuisine, is always a lively breakfasts, cosy couches and a
place. You can often catch surprisingly warm atmosphere. Do
Marimba music and live African make a calling!
by day and a mask worn by night.
If you decide to pay Cape Town a Whichever one you choose, it is
visit, remember Cape Town bears all up to you.
two distinct faces; a mask worn
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