City Bowl, Commercial and residential neighborhood in Cape Town, South Africa
The City Bowl forms a natural amphitheater bordered by Table Mountain, Signal Hill, Lion's Head, and Devil's Peak, creating an enclosed urban setting.
The area evolved from a colonial settlement into a central business district, with the Company's Garden remaining as a testament to its Dutch East India origins.
The neighborhood contains multiple museums, theaters, art galleries, and the South African Parliament building, forming the governmental and cultural core of Cape Town.
The Cape Town Station Deck serves 200,000 daily commuters, connecting the City Bowl to other metropolitan areas through extensive public transportation networks.
An unfinished freeway bridge from 1977 stands in the Foreshore area, marking an interrupted infrastructure project that became a permanent part of the landscape.
Location: Western Cape
GPS coordinates: -33.93330,18.41670
Latest update: March 5, 2025 19:28
Parliament of South Africa
882 m
National Library of South Africa
910 m
Houses of Parliament
832 m
Company's Garden
615 m
District Six Museum
893 m
Iziko South African Museum
516 m
Tuynhuys
601 m
Statue of Cecil Rhodes
101 m
Labia Theatre
553 m
Gardens Shul
393 m
De Waal Park
540 m
Rust en Vreugd
488 m
South African Jewish Museum
384 m
Japanese Lantern Monument
848 m
Centre for the Book
687 m
Egyptian Building
417 m
Artillery Memorial, Cape Town
558 m
Bertram House
418 m
Huguenot Memorial Building
770 m
Equestrian Statue of Louis Botha
665 m
Statue of Queen Victoria
936 m
Jan Smuts Statue
537 m
Statue of Sir Major General Sir Henry Timson Lukin
612 m
Iziko William Fehr Collection (Rust en Vreugd)
512 m
Western Cape Archives and Records Service
684 m
Delville Wood Memorial
584 m
Booth Memorial Hospital
544 m
Old St. George's Grammar School
947 mReviews
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