Crouched on the Cape of Good Hope, the extreme southern tip of Africa, where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet, Cape Town, Cape Town, is considered the mother city of the country, the point from which the strong and tormented history of South Africa he took his steps. Here advice on when to go to South Africa.
1 Cape Town: historic centre, City bowl
The historic center is called City bowl and it is a real basin surrounded by mountains on three sides. The oldest neighborhoods occupy a large part of this area, reaching the slopes of the mountains, which have kept their primordial beauty intact. The center can be easily visited on foot, starting from Grand parade, the main square, the point where the city originated in 1652, when a group of settlers led by Jan van Riebeeck, under the orders of the East India Company, landed in the bay and settled here.
Grand parade it offers very pleasant atmospheres, thanks to the flower stalls, the twice-weekly market, the music, the songs and the dances that are the order of the day. He is also rich melting pot of faces and facial features, a privileged observatory of the city's ethnic richness.
2 Cape Town: City Hall, City Hall
Il Town Hall, City Hall, which dominates it, is a construction from the early 900s. It was here that, in 1990, Nelson Mandela he gave his first speech as a free man before a crowd of one hundred thousand people. Nearby, the appears Castle of Good Hope (originally it was the fort built by the settlers), with a pentagonal plan, with also the inside Military Museum.
3 Cape Town: Adderley Street
But the main artery is Adderley Street, which runs through the business district, with its forest of skyscrapers, bank and company headquarters, clad in the typical red sandstone of the Cape. The top of Adderley Street it takes its name Government Avenue, with government buildings, the St.George Cathedral, built at the beginning of the 900s, and lo Slave Lodge, where slaves were once amassed waiting to be sold, now home to a museum on the history of slavery in South Africa and on the social one of Cape Town.
Neighbors Company's Gardens they create a magnificent green lung, shaded by centuries-old oaks, with fountains, ponds and flower beds.
