Tourist Attractions in Foreshore, Cape Town, Western Cape

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Built by a French garrison at the Cape in 1781.

The Gold of Africa Museum, housed in the historical Martin Melck House, displays gold collections of southern Africa and West Africa.

Address: 96 Strand Street, De Waterkant

Built by the British in 1796. Easily hike from Rhodes Memorial. A short hike further along brings you to the Queen's Blockhouse, just below Table Mountain Rd. The remnants of the Prince of Wales Blockhouse can be found further down near De Waal Dr.

Built in 1804 by Christian missions as a slave chapel.

Tel: 423 6755
Address: 40 Long Str.

Also known as Bo-Kaap, this colourful area of Cape Town was settled by Islamic political exiles, now buried in Tana-Baru cemetery.

Ferries depart at 9am, 11am, 1pm and 3pm

Visits to the Robben Island Museum, the infamous prison and home to Nelson Mandela for 27 years during the Aparteid regime.

Tel: 021 405 4500

Historic windmill in Cape Town, South Africa and is the oldest surviving windmill in South Africa.

The house itself was built in 1760. The Bo Kaap Museum displays the history of early Muslim inhabitants of the Cape.

Address: 71 Wale St.
Tel: 424 3846

3 Portswood Road, V&A Waterfront