The Old Biscuit mill used to be, well, a biscuit mill. Previously disused and in disarray it has been transformed into a home for market stalls, designer stores, dynamic office and workshop spaces and decadent cafes, and plays host to an amazing line-up of festivals, events and parties.

A trip to the Mill will put you in contact with some of Cape Town’s most talented designers, artists, photographers and connoisseurs of fine taste and décor. On the weekends it’s jam packed as the city’s cultural cognoscenti wander through the stalls at The Neighbourgoods Market on Saturdays and the Vintage Fair on Sundays.

The last major Victorian building to be erected in Cape Town, the foundations of the City Hall were laid at the end of the 19th Century and it opened in July 1905. Designed in an Italian renaissance style, its classical façade looks out over Darling Street and the Grand Parade, and the clock tower – modelled after Big Ben and built to scale – is visible for all over the city.

Built to commemorate Kind Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The interior with its mosaic floors, marble staircase, stained glass windows and specially designed organ with 3165 pipes is a magnificent spectacle. In 1990 the outside stairs were used by Nelson Mandela to address the nation when he was released from prison, his first public appearance in 27 years.

A hidden gem, tucked between Kanonkop and Paarl Mountain, Noble Hill produces single-vineyard estate wines, made to reflect the soil, climate and geology of the Simonsberg area. Using beetles and ducks for pest control instead of chemicals, and nitrogen-enriching cover crops instead of fertilizer, the result is a sustainable ecosystem that supports diverse flora and fauna.

The estate is named after Noble Hill, a rocky outcropping that rises behind the vineyard, its strata serving as a gentle reminder of that which has not changed since the farm was established in 1674. The Noble Hill Merlot 2005, grown on estate vines and harvested by hand from a single block, was recently awarded Double Gold at the Veritas Wine Awards, the Cabernet Sauvignon a Silver, and the 1674 Blend a Bronze. The estate is open for wine-tasting and sales seven days a week, and is also home to cosecha, a Latin-American inspired restaurant.