Castle of Good Hope

After a week in Cape Town, we felt Mum and Sandra would be safe venturing out on their own. They took the City Tour, which is 'hop on, hop off' at places visitors want to investigate further.

They decided to spend a couple of hours looking round the Castle of Good Hope, built around 1670 and is the oldest surviving building in South Africa. It is actually one of the places I personally have not yet been to visit.

This is the main entrance has a bell tower containing the oldest bell in South Africa, which was cast in Amsterdam.

This portico was rebuilt 100 years after the original (around 1790) and from this balcony all proclamations were made to the soldiers, civilians and slaves at the Cape.

Mum was actually sheltering from the wind in this centry box, whilst she waited for Sandra.

They told me to try to alocate a full day to visit the Castle, as there were many places they didn't see in two hours there..