GEREFORMEERDE KERKGEBOU HOF STREET
The creed of the congregation requires a plain, unadorned interior in which to worship. Unwittingly, perhaps, this enhances the beautiful simplicity of the architectural forms. I April 6th, 1952. …
MOUNT NELSON HOTEL Orange Street, Gardens Cape Town
The vaulted Garden Room is the hotel’s original dining room. Today, it is used for formal lunches, gala dinners, presentations and performances. At the far end is a portrait …
FOUNDER’S HOUSE, BISHOPS Rondebosch Cape Town
The dining hall (1862), one of the oldest sections of the Founder’s Quadrangle, was panelled in 1957. Fder’s House is the oldest part of Bishops. It’s at the core …
PALM TREE MOSQUE Long Street Cape Town
A little two-storey, 18th-century building in Long Street, originally a house, survives in use as a mosque – for which it was first used early in the 19th century. …
Cape Town Map
Cape Town has a rich architectural heritage. Have you ever stopped for a moment and wondered what lies beyond the facades of the buildings you most probably drive past …
CENTRE FOR THE BOOK Queen Victoria Street Cape Town
The soft sandstone of the upper reaches of the building was the perfect material to support fairly elaborate and often intricate carved decoration. This loggia is above the main …
OLD MUTUAL BUILDING Darling Street Cape Town
The entrance lobby. Black, gold-veined onyx for the walls and burnished gold leaffor the ceiling. At the summit of the 17 steps is the entrance to the Banking Hall, …
KOOPMANS-DE WET HOUSE Strand Street Cape Town
In the gaanderij, or lower hall, the neoclassical wall decoration behind the Cape coromandel side table (c. 1780) is original -first uncovered around 1913 by Dr William Purcell, whose …
Honeymoon in Mauritius
ROMANCE Mauritius is as romantic as you can get and is one of the most popular wedding and honeymoon destinations in the world. HISTORY Aventure du Sucre museum tells …
Travel to Mauritius
Being the girl who never wears her dresses, I packed my bags two weeks ago with the few flowing, summery dresses I have, four bikinis and a couple of …