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Most of these cafés are within walking distance of the Company’s Garden, Iziko Museums, Greenmarket Square, and Long Street — making it easy to build your own walking route through the city with coffee breaks built in.

Here you’ll find direct links to my posts about spots in Cape Town's City Centre — click through to explore the guides, photos, and reels I’ve shared.

Just behind the colourful buzz of the Adderley Street Flower Market, hidden in plain sight, there’s a small but remarkable piece of Cape Town’s history. You might miss it if you're not looking: a three-metre marble fountain standing quietly among the bustle.

We can’t understand why Cape Town is the lively and bustling city it is today without a very brief geography and history lesson.

The Adderley Street Flower Market is more than a place to buy blooms — it’s a living thread in Cape Town’s cultural fabric, woven with stories, laughter, and generations of skill. Each bouquet reflects not only the region’s botanical beauty, but also the history of the women who have shaped this space.

Jack Lemkus and the Exchange Building show what happens when creativity is given room to experiment, collaborate, and grow. It’s not just a retail destination — it’s a living, breathing hub where Cape Town’s culture is shaped and shared every day.

We visited Merchants on Long to show how even the simplest interactions while shopping in Cape Town’s city centre offer us opportunities for cultural deep dives into the rich heritage storylines that shape and make our country what it is today.