Guidebook for Cape Town

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Guidebook for Cape Town

Food Scene

The delicious cupcakes, freshly baked products and funky decor is what makes the Queen of Tarts the treat of Observatory. This bakery takes its inspiration from Parisian patisseries.
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Queen of Tarts
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The delicious cupcakes, freshly baked products and funky decor is what makes the Queen of Tarts the treat of Observatory. This bakery takes its inspiration from Parisian patisseries.
Popular student bar-cum-club-cum-restaurant, Cafe Ganesh keeps the charm of the township tavern kitchen – serving traditional meals and unbelievably cheap quarts.
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Cafe Ganesh
38 Trill Rd
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Popular student bar-cum-club-cum-restaurant, Cafe Ganesh keeps the charm of the township tavern kitchen – serving traditional meals and unbelievably cheap quarts.
As a visitor-resident to Obs, this rock’n’roll bistro Hello Sailor should definitely become one of your locals. The sailor-decor is inviting, the music is well chosen, the food is good.
86 Lwr Main Rd
As a visitor-resident to Obs, this rock’n’roll bistro Hello Sailor should definitely become one of your locals. The sailor-decor is inviting, the music is well chosen, the food is good.
Sit under the trees or in the cosy restaurant, and enjoy a great selection of wines and a fresh food menu that also has some good vegetarian options. A MUST if you prefer to dine amongst locals.
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The Wild Fig Restaurant
1 Liesbeek Ave
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Sit under the trees or in the cosy restaurant, and enjoy a great selection of wines and a fresh food menu that also has some good vegetarian options. A MUST if you prefer to dine amongst locals.

Drinks & Nightlife

OBZ Cafe has everything you need for a full night out - burger, cocktail, performance art, vibey crowd..
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Obz Cafe
115 Lower Main Rd
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OBZ Cafe has everything you need for a full night out - burger, cocktail, performance art, vibey crowd..

Shopping

A shopping mall with post office, supermarket, stationer, mobile phone store, take-away eateries, steakhouse, heel bar, optometrist, and pharmacy.
Saint Peters Square
Anzio Road
A shopping mall with post office, supermarket, stationer, mobile phone store, take-away eateries, steakhouse, heel bar, optometrist, and pharmacy.

Sightseeing

Obs also harbours the Groote Schuur Hospital, where Professor Chris Barnard performed the world's first heart transplant, in 1967. This event is detailed at the Museum, located at the hospital.
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Muzeum Heart of Cape Town
Main Road
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Obs also harbours the Groote Schuur Hospital, where Professor Chris Barnard performed the world's first heart transplant, in 1967. This event is detailed at the Museum, located at the hospital.
The original Royal Observatory buildings now serve as the headquarters of the South African Astronomical Observatory, with an on-site museum exhibiting various historic instruments and telescopes.
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South African Astronomical Observatory
1 Observatory Rd
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The original Royal Observatory buildings now serve as the headquarters of the South African Astronomical Observatory, with an on-site museum exhibiting various historic instruments and telescopes.

Everything Else

The Anglican parish church of St Michael and All Angels, designed by Sir Herbert Baker and the only one of his churches completed to his design, has a strong choral tradition.
Saint Michaels Road
Saint Michaels Road
The Anglican parish church of St Michael and All Angels, designed by Sir Herbert Baker and the only one of his churches completed to his design, has a strong choral tradition.
Observatory has a soccer and hockey stadium below the station, Hartleyvale, on Liesbeeck Parkway and an outdoor swimming pool that's very popular on summer afternoons.
Hartleyvale Stadium
2 Willow Rd
Observatory has a soccer and hockey stadium below the station, Hartleyvale, on Liesbeeck Parkway and an outdoor swimming pool that's very popular on summer afternoons.
A driving range and nine hole golf course is housed at the River Club.
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The River Club
Observatory Road
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A driving range and nine hole golf course is housed at the River Club.
The Observatory station services the Southern line with regular trains every 40 minutes or so, every hour on Sunday.
Station Road
Station Road
The Observatory station services the Southern line with regular trains every 40 minutes or so, every hour on Sunday.

Entertainment & Activities

Aimed at children of all ages, the Cape Town Science Centre is South Africa's first world-class interactive science centre where scientific discoveries and technological innovations are shared.
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Cape Town Science Centre
370B Main Rd
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Aimed at children of all ages, the Cape Town Science Centre is South Africa's first world-class interactive science centre where scientific discoveries and technological innovations are shared.