Cape Town

Table Mountain

Outdoors

★★★★★

Hike Platteklip Gorge up and take the rotating cable car down. Check the weather first — the “tablecloth” of cloud rolls in fast.

Zeitz MOCAA

Attractions

★★★★★

Africa’s biggest contemporary art museum, carved from a grain silo into a cathedral of concrete tubes. The building alone is worth the ticket.

The Pot Luck Club

Food

★★★★★

Tapas with a 360-degree view from the top of the Old Biscuit Mill silo. Book far ahead and order the smoked beef fillet.

Truth Coffee Roasting

Coffee

★★★★★

A steampunk cathedral of pipes, gears, and serious espresso, repeatedly named the best coffee shop in the world.

The Creamery

Dessert

★★★★★

Cape Town’s favorite ice cream, churned with local cream and seasonal fruit. The naartjie–choc-chip is the sleeper hit.

The Gin Bar

Drinks

★★★★★

Hidden behind a chocolate café on Wale Street, in a former mortuary. Local Cape gins served in a candlelit courtyard.

V&A Waterfront

Shopping

★★★★★

A working harbor turned Africa’s most-visited destination. The Watershed hall showcases 150 local craft and design vendors.