Company's Garden

Company's Garden

strolling through one of the oldest European parks in Cape Town

Location: 

The Company's Garden, 19 Queen Victoria St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Duration: 

Monday, November 21, 2016

Personal highlights

  1. Company's Garden: old park in the city centre of Cape Town
  2. Nature: botanical garden with lovely trees, bushes and flowers
  3. People: many locals enjoying the warm sunshine and fresh air
  4. History: nearly 400 years old, originally used to grow proviant
  5. Homeless: trying to talk to a beggar, but he is focused on money

Image sources

  1. View of Table Mountain
  2. Old European house
  3. Huge tree in the garden
  4. Yet another Rhodes statue

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