Castle of Good Hope

Western Cape · South Africa

Castle of Good Hope, South Africa
Photo: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
October to April
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
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The oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa, this star-shaped bastion fort was built by the Dutch East India Company in Cape Town. Its pentagonal walls once fronted the shore before land reclamation moved the coastline.

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