Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Cape Town, South Africa

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 3.7 km
Ascend 64 m
Descend 85 m

Explore Cape Town in South Africa with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in Cape TownIndividual Sights in Cape Town

Sight 1: Nurul Islam Mosque

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The Nurul Islam Mosque is a mosque in the Bo-Kaap area of Cape Town, South Africa. When it was founded in 1844, the structure could hold 150 worshipers. Renovated in 2001, it can now hold 700 worshipers.

Wikipedia: Nurul Islam Mosque (EN)

64 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Auwal Masjid

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The Auwal Mosque, alternatively spelled Awwal, Owal or Owwal, is a mosque in the Bo-Kaap neighbourhood of Cape Town, South Africa, recognised as the first mosque established in the country. It was constructed in 1794 during the first British occupation of the Cape on land belonging to Coridon van Ceylon, a Vryezwarten. Coridon's daughter, Saartjie van de Kaap, inherited the property that was being used as a warehouse, and donated it for the use as South Africa's first mosque. The mosque was constructed in 1794 with renovations done in 1907 and extensive renovations done in 1936. It is the first mosque to observe public prayers and is where Cape Muslim traditions and the Arabic-Afrikaans language were first taught. It remains a symbol for Muslims of the recognition of Islam and the freedom of slaves to worship.

Wikipedia: Auwal Mosque (EN), Website

398 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Palm Tree Mosque

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Palm Tree Mosque

Palm Tree Mosque, or the Church of Jan van Bougies, or the Dadelboom Mosque, is a former residence and current mosque in Long Street, Cape Town, South Africa. It is the oldest substantially unaltered building in Long Street.

Wikipedia: Palm Tree Mosque (EN)

442 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Company's Garden

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The Company's Garden is the oldest garden in South Africa, a park and heritage site located in central Cape Town. The garden was originally created in the 1650s by the region's first European settlers and provided fertile ground to grow fresh produce to replenish ships rounding the Cape. It is watered from the Molteno Dam, which uses water from the springs on the lower slopes of Table Mountain.

Wikipedia: Company's Garden (EN)

227 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Iziko South African Museum

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The Iziko South African Museum is a South African national museum located in Cape Town. The museum was founded in 1825, the first in the country. It has been on its present site in the Company's Garden since 1897. The museum houses important African zoology, palaeontology and archaeology collections.

Wikipedia: Iziko South African Museum (EN)

517 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: St Mary's Cathedral

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The St. Mary's Cathedral more formally known as the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flight into Egypt, is the cathedral and mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town, located in the City Bowl of Cape Town, South Africa. in South Africa. It lies in Stalpein directly opposite the Houses of Parliament.

Wikipedia: St. Mary's Cathedral, Cape Town (EN), Website

518 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Statue of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr

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The statue of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr in Church Square, Cape Town, is a sculpture of the South African journalist and politician Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, affectionately known as "Onze Jan". The statue was sculptured by Anton van Wouw. The statue was vandalized in April 2015 as part of a wider campaign against statues of colonial-era figures in South Africa. The statue's pedestal was covered with white material bearing the words "A black woman raised me".

Wikipedia: Statue of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (EN)

87 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Groote Kerk

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The Groote Kerk is a Dutch Reformed church in Cape Town, South Africa. The church is South Africa's oldest place of Christian worship. The first church on this land was built in 1678. Willem Adriaan van der Stel laid the cornerstone for the church. It was replaced by the present building in 1841 built by Herman Schuette and the original tower was retained. The pulpit is the work of Anton Anreith and the carpenter Jacob Graaff, and was inaugurated on 29 November 1789. The Groote Kerk lays claim to housing South Africa's largest church organ, which was installed in 1954

Wikipedia: Groote Kerk, Cape Town (EN), Heritage Website

112 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Iziko Slave Lodge

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The Slave Lodge is a South African social history museum located in Cape Town. It has been on its present site in the Company's Garden.

Wikipedia: Slave Lodge, Cape Town (EN), Heritage Website

100 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: St. George's Cathedral

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St George's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, and the seat of the Archbishop of Cape Town. St. George's Cathedral is both the metropolitical church of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and a congregation in the Diocese of Cape Town.

Wikipedia: St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town (EN), Heritage Website

311 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: Greenmarket Square

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Greenmarket Square is a historical square in the centre of old Cape Town, South Africa. The square was built in 1696, when a burgher watch house was erected.

Wikipedia: Greenmarket Square (EN)

662 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 12: Cape Town Central Library

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Central Library Cape Town is a public library in Cape Town, South Africa. It is one of 104 libraries within the City of Cape Town Library and Information Services.

Wikipedia: Central Library Cape Town (EN), Heritage Website

304 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: District Six Museum

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District Six Museum is a museum in the former inner-city residential area and, District Six, in Cape Town, South Africa in an old Methodist church.

Wikipedia: District Six Museum (EN), Website

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