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Cape Town for Free
The best things in Cape Town that cost nothing — Lion's Head, Signal Hill, the Company's Garden, Bo-Kaap walk and the Sea Point promenade. Save the money for dinner.
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Day Trip
Hike
Lion's Head
The spiral hike above Cape Town with the city's best summit payoff — short, steep, and busy.
Quick Stop
Neighborhood
Bo-Kaap
Cape Town's brightly painted Cape Malay quarter — photogenic, but go for the history and the food, not just the houses.
Worth a Detour
Beach
Clifton 4th Beach
Four coves of sheltered white sand below Clifton's apartment stacks — wind-free when the rest of the coast is howling.
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