Cape Town's City Bowl nestles like a round dome between mountain and sea, with Table Mountain on one side and the harbour and Table Bay on the other. Flanked by Devil's Peak, Lion's Head and Signal Hill, the City Bowl includes the suburbs of Gardens, Vredehoek, Oranjezicht and Higgovale and is an ideal area to stay for proximity to the pulse of Cape Town's history and easy access to restaurants, entertainment, the V&A Waterfront and the Atlantic Seaboard with its popular beaches.

Cape Town's central city area is small and easily explored on foot. From bohemian Long Street through Kloof Street and St Georges Mall to the Cultural History Museum at the entrance to the Company's Gardens, there is something for everybody in Cape Town's City Bowl. Try the Cape Spirit City Walk through the City Bowl's most interesting streets or the topless bus ride. Sidewalk cafes and markets add colour and flavour and the noon day gun, fired from Signal Hill at 12pm, has become something of an institution.