The group of suburbs lying south east of the City Bowl and Table Mountain in Cape Town are collectively known as the ‘southern suburbs’. Most of the suburbs lie at the base of the Table Mountain National Park. It is mostly a residential leafy area with picturesque views of Table Mountain. It is also the home of the University of Cape Town, which lies on the mountain above Rosebank, Rondebosh, Mowbray and Observatory.
For the most part, the Southern Suburbs lie at the base of Table Mountain National Park, a mountainous backbone that stretches all the way from Signal Hill to Cape Point, creating an impressive backdrop that infuses the southern suburbs with a natural leafiness, in most part due to the frequent blanket of clouds that tend to hang over the mountains, and relative shelter from the wind.
The southern suburbs of Cape Town are characterised by a variety of older-style homes that range from cottage-style semis in Mowbray, Claremont and Wynberg, to more ornate and certainly far larger homes in Constantia, Newlands and Bishopscourt. Extensive gardens, pretty shopping areas like Cavendish Street from the Vineyard Road corner in Claremont, and Wynberg village; the cosmopolitan high street of Observatory, and attractions like Kirstenbosch, Mostert’s Mill in Mowbray, the Baxter Theatre in Rosebank and the Irma Stern Museum, make this part of Cape Town very popular.
Mowbray and Observatory in the Southern Suburbs region of Cape Town boast the world famous Groote Schuur hospital while Newlands is the sporting capital of the Western Cape. Rondebosch is home to the University of Cape Town, the beautiful original buildings being designed by Sir Herbert Baker. The commercial heart of the Southern Suburbs area is Claremont where a great deal of exciting redevelopment is focussed, but there are popular commercial centres in Wynberg and Rondebosch too. The area also boasts some of Cape Town's best restaurants and pubs.
Information on Cape Town Southern Suburbs
Claremont, Newlands, Constantia, Pinelands, Kenilworth, Observatory
