Castle of Good Hope
Castle History museum Landmark and historical place
The Castle of Good Hope is a bastion fort built in the 17th century in Cape Town, South Africa. Originally located on the coastline of Table Bay, following land reclamation the fort is now located inland. In 1936 the Castle was declared a historical monument and following restorations in the 1980s it is considered the best preserved example of a Dutch East India Company fort. Read more
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Harmina E. 2015-12-18Been to see the castle in1983 . Full of history. to see what happen when the people were fighting for there rights. And to move on. History repeats...
Margret Tembo H. 2018-10-09Its nice as you get to appreciate history
Jaturawit R. 2018-07-31Good
Ilse Wagner W. 2018-04-06Dont waste your time every room we went in to was empty its discuting dirty not like i used to know the castle
Quentin B. 2018-03-12Worked there back when the SANDF operated from there, now it’s falling to ruins, tour guides have changed the original history to what they want and...
Michael C. 2017-12-03The Castle is a hidden gem in the middle of Cape Town.
Johan N. 2017-11-06Paper and plastic bags all over. The once beautiful Pond and Fountain in the Castle is full of paper and rubbish. The toilets are very dirty, one...
Marvelous M. 2017-11-04Guys I want art
Anneke B. 2017-06-06Was disappointed, found it quite neglected and the Restaurant was not open which is just not on. Quite a difference with 10 years ago.
Michelle de J. 2017-04-21Could be maintained better, garden needs some work. Considering other tourist attraction more needs to be done to protect our historical sites and...
Richard M. 2017-04-08I love to visit historical sites and wonder how it must have been like in the days when it was built. I was greeted with a poster stating 350 years...
Michelle Buffshelly C. 2016-10-11A glimpse of life in the Cape settlement in those early days... the cannon display and talk was really interesting and authentic... had a great time...
Thor Van Der M. 2016-10-08Personally the tour guides are amazing and the history is rich, but the fact that the buildings are now art galleries makes the land mark lose its...
Chris H. 2016-10-04Die swakste wat ek nog die kasteel gesien .Verval n teleurstelling ons ervenis besig om te verval .Eet plekkie se kos onder standaard en diens swak .
Elizca O. 2016-10-03We took our children on Sunday, what a disappointment! We were informed at reception that there is a restaurant but the lady working in the kiosk told...
Dillon S. 2016-09-30So non world class! Really needs an upgrade. Most boring tine ever
Salvatore B. 2016-09-14Troppo povero nella sostanza.non c'è niente da vedere e bello solo fuori.
Johan L. 2016-09-09I had the privlage to live in the Castle during military service in 1971 During a visit in January 2016 I was shocked to see the deterioation of the...
Shireen M. 2016-07-20I just loved it really enjoyed myself even the hosts was kind and humble took photos with all of them .toilets were in our reach it was well...
Eduan N. 2016-07-08Under scaffolding and still charging full price
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