Gardens
Gardens is an affluent, predominantly residential suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is located just to the south of the CBD, in the higher elevations of the City Bowl area, and directly beneath Table Mountain and Lion's Head.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hilton1949, Public domain.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Cape Town, South Africa
- Also known as: “Gardens, Cape Town” and “The Gardens”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Labia Theatre and Iziko South African Museum.
Labia Theatre
Movie theater
Photo: Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0.
The Labia Theatre is one of the oldest independent movie theatres in Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated in Gardens, an inner-city suburb in the City Bowl.
Iziko South African Museum
Museum
Photo: Discott, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Iziko South African Museum, formerly the South African Museum, is a South African national museum located in Cape Town. The museum was founded in 1825, the first in the country.
Jan van Riebeeck High School
School
Hoërskool Jan van Riebieck is a public co-educational high school situated in Gardens in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. With Afrikaans as its medium of instruction, it was founded by Mr J.J. Jordaan in 1926.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schotsche Kloof and Cape Town.
Schotsche Kloof
Suburb
The Bo-Kaap is an area of Cape Town, South Africa formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is a former racially segregated area, situated on the slopes of Signal Hill above the city centre and is a historical centre of Cape Malay culture in Cape Town.
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second most populous city in South Africa. The capital of Western Cape Province, it is also the legislative capital of the nation. Cape Town is on South Africa's southwestern coast close to the Cape of Good Hope, and is the southernmost city on the African continent.
Foreshore
Suburb
The Foreshore is an area in Cape Town, South Africa, situated in the city's central business district, between the historic city centre and the Port of Cape Town. Foreshore is situated 3 km northeast of Gardens.
Gardens
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.93278° or 33° 55′ 58″ southLongitude
18.40972° or 18° 24′ 35″ eastElevation
52 metres (171 feet)Open location code
4FRW3C85+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 38464224OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Gardens” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Tuine, Kaapstad”
- Afrikaans: “Tuine”
- Chinese: “公司花園”
- Dutch: “Gardens”
- French: “Gardens”
- Italian: “Gardens”
- Pedi: “Gardens, Cape Town”
- Turkish: “Gardens, Cape Town”
- Turkish: “Gardens”
- Xhosa: “Gardens, Cape Town”
- Zulu: “Gardens, Cape Town”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lady Hamilton Hotel and Cape Cadogan Boutique Hotel.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gardens”. Photo: Hilton1949, Public domain.