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V&A Waterfront Overview

No visit to Cape Town can be complete without also going to the V&A Waterfront. A significant portion of the historic harbour quays have been redeveloped and restored. Many of the Victorian buildings now serve as restaurants, hotels and offices. The magnificent shopping centre, the V&A Waterfront, is the home of some of 400 shops, jewellers, boutiques, designer labels and restaurants

Every year 22 million people visit this icon and even those returning are still spoilt for choice. There is just so much to do. Whether shopping, or booking a sunset cruise or chartering a helicopter or visiting the Two Ocean’s Aquarium, or just enjoying a meal, the V&A Waterfront has so much to offer.

The V&A is named after Queen Victoria and her second son, Prince Alfred, who initiated construction on the Port of Cape Town in 1860. Over the last 150 years the harbour has been growing, developing and adapting. Now it is alive with the pulse and rhythm of Cape Town.

The Marina is an exclusive residential development which has just recently been completed and the property prices attest to that exclusivity. Many businesses have ther office space at the V&A and it is also the home of the UCT’s Graduate School of Business.

Top international hotels offering outstanding 4, 5 - and even 6 star – service can be found in and around the V&A Waterfront. The new Green Point soccer stadium is also minutes away – and it is obvious that many soccer fans will be making their way to the V&A after the games in 2010.If you catch the City Sightseeing Bus from just outside the Two Oceans Aquarium, you will be able to get to Table Mountain. The Robben Island Ferry departs from the Nelson Mandela Gateway.

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