Hotels near V&A Waterfront

The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront is Cape Town's main entertainment, shopping, and dining district - a 123-hectare working harbour redevelopment named after Queen Victoria and her son Prince Alfred (the future Duke of Edinburgh who opened the harbour in 1860). The complex includes 450+ shops in the Victoria Wharf mall, 80+ restaurants, the Two Oceans Aquarium, the Cape Wheel Ferris wheel, ferry departures to Robben Island, and the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art (MOCAA).

Zeitz MOCAA (a converted grain silo by Thomas Heatherwick, 2017) is the most-visited art museum in Africa - 320 ZAR adult, open daily. The harbour walks have constant entertainment: street musicians, working sailing schooners, and harbour seals lounging on the docks. Free to walk; restaurants and shops at all price points. The Watershed crafts market (basement of Victoria Wharf) is the best for South African crafts. Open 09:00-21:00.

Pro Tip: Visit Zeitz MOCAA on a Friday for the 16:00-21:00 extended Friday Lates - half-price admission (160 ZAR), live music in the central atrium, and the gallery rooms emptier than during the day. The harbour seafood at Den Anker on the marina has the best mussels in town.