Depending on where you are staying, day trips – rides to a lunch spot might be good.
So here is a list:
1. Pubs – foresters arms in Newlands especially on a rugby day. Close to the stadium. This could be linked to a visit to kirstenbosch botanical gardens and then up to the top of Constantia nek and back through the waterfront area to wherever you are staying.
2. Pubs – La med between Clifton Beach and Camps bay (again both worth seeing and then drive along the coast towards Cape Point over Chapmans Peak
3. The waterfront for a day. Plenty to see and eat and then get the trip to robben Island
4. A ride along the eastern coastline through Kalk Bay – must stop at the Brass Bell pub for lunch (
http://www.brassbell.co.za/wmenu.php ). Must.
5. Then on to Fish Hoek for ice cream on the beach. Nice promenade walk and next to train line.
6. Then go further round the mountain driving along the coast to simonstown (navy yard) and old harbor. Go to the waters edge and get the best fish and chips in Cape Town from Salty Dog – Best!
http://www.safarinow.com/destinations/simons-town/Restaurants/Salty-Sea-Dog.aspx.
7. Go for a drive to Long Beach and Kommetjie to watch the surfers at Long Beach and look at the old colonial hotel and lighthouse further around from Long Beach
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_...t_Word_Long_Beach-Kommetjie_Western_Cape.html . Great place for a local pizza or sundowner is either the red herring in kommetjie or the toad in the village (owned by Bobby Skinstad the springbok rugby player and commentator on Sky now).
http://www.safarinow.com/destinations/kommetjie/restaurants.aspx
8. Blue Peter Pub come restaurant Blouberg. This is away from Cape Town side so book an afternoon for a walk on the beach and then head across at about 4pm for the cold drink and pizza. A must. A must for sundowners and cheap pizza – it gets crowded…! Just across from the sea, nice cold wine and sunset,
http://eatout.co.za/Restaurants/3080/Cape-Town/Pizzas-Seafood/Blue-Peter
9. If you go to the Nature reserve way past Simonstown, enjoy the drive. No real need to visit the top of the visitor cente unless you want to look at the 2 currents meeting each other
10. Book the cable car and go up to the top of the mountain
11. Go to the Gardens in Cape Town. Can be combined with your day of the cable car (near our parliament -
http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/parks/facilities/Pages/CapeTownGardens.aspx this is a nice flat stroll and you get a good feeling for the old cape town. I used to love going there and it was always relaxing …hope it still is.
12. Hells Bells, it’s a beautiful place, just find a coast road and ride around it. Can’t say more than that!