City guide Cape Town
- Accommodation Airbnb, Property24 for long term, and specialized nomad stays like Neighborgood never@home is at 73 Kloof Street, Gardens. Its specials page offers 15% off stays of 3 to…
- Affordable Shopping Spots Pick n Pay, Checkers, and the Oranjezicht City Farm Market Wikivoyage names Checkers on Kloof Street, Pick n Pay and Shoprite in the centre, and Spar…
- Annual Events Cape Town Jazz Festival and Kaapse Klopse (Minstrel Carnival) none
- Art Galleries Stevenson Gallery and Goodman Gallery (Woodstock) Goodman Gallery, 176 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock. Zeitz MOCAA, in the V&A silo, is the…
- Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads South Africa introduced a Remote Work Visa (Digital Nomad Visa) with potential tax… There is no nomad tax rate. A stay that meets the residence tests brings South African tax…
- Banking for Expats Standard Bank, FNB, and TymeBank. Apple Pay and Google Pay widely supported. A short stay does not need a local bank account. Wikivoyage says fuel stations take…
- Bar/Nightlife Area Bree Street and Kloof Street (urban/trendy) and Long Street (backpacking/bars) Long Street for bars and clubs, and Bree Street, where Leo's Wine Bar sits. Wikivoyage…
- Best Area to Stay for Digital Nomads Gardens, Sea Point, or Woodstock for a creative vibe Gardens, around Kloof Street, for cafes and never@home, or the city centre for a furnished…
- Best Area to Stay for Tourists V&A Waterfront for safety, Camps Bay for beaches, or De Waterkant The V&A Waterfront for the museum, harbour and shops, Camps Bay for the beach, or Gardens…
- Best Beach Nearby Clifton 4th (wind-protected) and Muizenberg for surfing Camps Bay Beach and Clifton Fourth Beach are on the Atlantic side. Muizenberg Beach, on…
- Best Cafe for Work Bootlegger Coffee Company (multiple locations) or Origin Coffee Roasting (De Waterkant) Bootlegger Coffee Company on Koeberg Road.
- Best Coworking Space Workshop17 (Watershed/Gardens) - Approx 3,000 ZAR/month for hot desking Workshop17, which has Cape Town locations. The month-to-month all-day hot desk (Your Own…
- Best Dessert Spots The Creamery (Mouille Point) and Honest Chocolate Cafe (Wale St) The Creamery Cafe at 2 Park Road, Mouille Point, and Honest Chocolate at 64A Wale Street.
- Best Food Delivery App UberEats and Mr D Food Mr D and Uber Eats. Mr D says it delivers from more than 12,000 restaurants, aims for…
- Best Hospital Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital (Foreshore) Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, on D.F. Malan Street in the Foreshore, a…
- Best Local Dish to Try Bobotie or a Gatsby sandwich (try Mariam's Kitchen) Bobotie, the Cape Malay baked mince dish. Biesmiellah, at the corner of Upper Wale and…
- Best Taxi/Ride App Uber and Bolt (Uber is generally safer for late-night travel) Uber and Bolt. Wikivoyage says compare the two because the fare often differs, and put an…
- Bike/Scooter Rental Up Cycle (Sea Point Pavilion) approx. 100 ZAR/hour none
- Birdwatching Locations Intaka Island (Century City) and Boulders Beach (Penguins) Intaka Island at Century City, and the African penguin colony at Boulders Beach. Boulders…
- Bonfire-Friendly Spots Oudekraal (Braai/BBQ spots - permits required) Oudekraal and the Tokai picnic and braai area, both in Table Mountain National Park. The…
- Budget Accommodation Never@Home Kloof Street (Dorms from 350 ZAR/night), Ashanti Lodge Gardens never@home, 73 Kloof Street, Gardens. From October 2026 to 30 April 2027 the specials page…
- Cashless Friendly Yes, cards and mobile payments accepted almost everywhere Mixed. MyCiTi, ride-hail apps and many shops take cards. Wikivoyage says MetroRail ticket…
- Casino & Gaming Halls GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World, in Elsies River.
- City Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. It is the provincial capital and the legislative…
- Community Centers Sea Point Civic Centre District Six Museum Homecoming Centre, 15 Buitenkant Street, used for education…
- Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) Rules Yes, comprehensive rules to prevent tax avoidance Yes. If residents together hold more than 50% of the voting or participation rights in a…
- Cooking Classes Bo-Kaap Cooking Tour (Faldela Williams) Wikivoyage names Cape Fusion Tours, in Oranjezicht, for hands-on African cooking in Langa…
- Corporate Tax 27% for financial years ending on or after 31 March 2023 27% for company years of assessment ending on or after 31 March 2023. Resident companies…
- Cultural Districts Bo-Kaap (colorful houses/Malay culture) and Woodstock (art/industrial) Bo-Kaap for Cape Malay houses and food, Woodstock for the Old Biscuit Mill and the Goodman…
- Currency & Banking South African Rand (ZAR). 1 USD ≈ 19.10 ZAR, 1 EUR ≈ 20.75 ZAR South African rand (ZAR). The country prep locks 1 US dollar at 16.4626 rand on 19 October…
- Cycling/Walking Paths Sea Point Promenade and Newlands Forest trails The Sea Point Promenade is the flat coastal walk. Platteklip Gorge, from Tafelberg Road…
- Dividend Withholding Tax 20% standard rate 20% on dividends paid by resident companies, and by non-resident companies on shares…
- E-commerce/Online Store Takealot.com (The South African Amazon equivalent) Mr D lists TakealotNow and Takealot Essentials among the shops it delivers from.
- Gaming Lounges ATK Arena (Claremont) none
- Grocery Delivery Checkers Sixty60 (delivery within 60 minutes) Mr D lists grocery and convenience shops, including FreshStop and Checkers LiquorShop, on…
- Gyms & Fitness Centers Virgin Active (Point Centre, Sea Point) and Roark Gyms none
- Highest Income Tax Bracket 45% for taxable income above 1,817,001 ZAR 45% on taxable income above R1,878,600, for the 2027 tax year (1 March 2026 to 28 February…
- Highway Access N1 (towards North/Johannesburg) and N2 (towards Garden Route) The N1 leaves the city toward Paarl and Johannesburg. The N2 runs east along the Garden…
- Historic Buildings City Hall and the Groote Kerk Cape Town City Hall on Corporation Street, the Castle of Good Hope, and Groote Kerk on…
- Historical Sites District Six Museum and the Castle of Good Hope District Six Museum, 25A Buitenkant Street, open 09:00 to 16:00 Monday to Saturday; book…
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