I ♥ Bloubergstrand Because...

I ♥ Bloubergstrand

Hi, I’m Marco from Aandvari Ocean View in Bloubergstrand.

Bloubergstrand IS BEST KNOWN FOR best known for its spec­tac­u­lar views of Table Mountain, its white sandy beaches and vibrant out­door activ­it­ies. And don’t for­get the friendly people!

GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN on the beach­front with Table Mountain as the backdrop.

THE BEST even­ing PICTURES CAN BE TAKEN AT the beach with a cap­tiv­at­ing sun­set over Robben Island. Not only has it been used as a prison, where former South African pres­id­ent Nelson Mandela spent 27 years imprisoned, but it was also a train­ing and defense sta­tion dur­ing World War II, a hospital.

OTHER HAPPY SNAPS AT Small Bay or Big Bay. Big Bay falls within a Marine Nature Reserve and is only 20 minutes away from the Cape Town city centre and since it is so close to Melkbosstrand can also be called the start of the Cape West Coast. Continued

The Lower Deck Bistro at the Blue Peter Hotel in Bloubergstrand

Bistro at Blue Peter

One of my favor­ite beaches is Blaauwberg Beach. The beach was a long stretch of grey-white sand which is great to take the dog for a run on. The sea was a beau­ti­ful range of dif­fer­ent blues, and there was a cool­ing breeze. There were many kite-surfers out with their brightly col­oured kites diving like multi colored hawks. The view of Table Mountain across the bay is fant­astic. This is a great way to work up an appet­ite, and I know the per­fect place to sati­ate my hun­ger, the Lower Deck Bistro at the Blue Peter Hotel. Continued

Blowfish Restaurant in Bloubergstrand lives up to its' fine reputation

Blowfish Restaurant

A friend of mine recently reached the mile­stone of 88 years young, and I was lucky enough to be invited out to din­ner with his fam­ily to cel­eb­rate his birth­day at Blowfish Restaurant in Bloubergstrand. I’d heard many people rav­ing about Blowfish, which styles itself as “one of Cape Town’s premier sea­food res­taur­ants,” and was look­ing for­ward to the even­ing. We arrived at the res­taur­ant and were seated at a table next to the pan­or­amic win­dow, so that we had a mag­ni­fi­cent view of Table Mountain, sil­hou­et­ted across the bay, the lights of Cape Town twink­ling at its base ... Continued

Bloubergstrand ...

Bloubergstrand

It is a hum­bling exper­i­ence watch­ing a child have their first exper­i­ence of the beach, some­thing that I as a Capetonian often take for gran­ted. My cousin and her 13 month old son came down to Cape Town from Johannesburg for a visit.

The day they arrived was quite a typ­ical summer’s day, hot with a bit of wind and we decided that it would be a great oppor­tun­ity to go down to the beach, after all the little guy could have his first taste (lit­er­ally) of the beach sand and see the sea ... Continued