Entertainment Districts in Cape Town

Camps Bay beach strip is the most glamorous and internationally celebrated outdoor entertainment destination in South Africa — a magnificent stretch of Atlantic Seaboard beach flanked by a dense row of restaurants, cocktail bars, and beach clubs backed by the dramatic profiles of the Twelve Apostles and Lion's Head. Consistently cited among the world's most beautiful urban beaches, Camps Bay's stunning setting attracts international celebrities, wealthy South Africans, and discerning tourists who together create one of the most spectacular see-and-be-seen entertainment environments in Africa.

Long Street is Cape Town's most vibrant and culturally eclectic entertainment strip — a Victorian commercial street where 19th-century cast-iron balconied buildings house an extraordinary mix of backpacker hostels, craft beer bars, independent nightclubs, bookshops, and multicultural restaurants that make it the most accessible and energetic entertainment street in South Africa. Long Street's democratic character (it draws students, tourists, locals, artists, and travelers with equal hospitality), its remarkable architectural heritage, and its central role in Cape Town's bohemian cultural identity make it irreplaceable in the fabric of the city.

The V&A Waterfront is the most visited tourist destination in South Africa — a beautifully developed working harbor precinct where the historic Victorian docklands have been transformed into a world-class entertainment, retail, and hospitality district with Table Mountain as the most extraordinary natural backdrop of any waterfront development in the world. The Waterfront's remarkable combination of outstanding restaurants, excellent bars, the Two Oceans Aquarium, the Robben Island ferry terminal, and Cape Town's most sophisticated retail creates an entertainment district of singular African significance.

V&A Waterfront is Africa's most-visited tourist destination — a working harbour development in Cape Town with over 450 shops, restaurants, hotels, and entertainment venues including the Two Oceans Aquarium, the Cape Wheel observation wheel, and multiple concert and event spaces set against the iconic backdrop of Table Mountain. Attracting 24 million visitors annually, the Waterfront serves as the entertainment anchor for Africa's most photogenic city and the starting point for experiences ranging from Robben Island to the Cape Winelands.