Landmark · Cape Town

Castle of Good Hope: Where the Wine Ships Docked

Built by the Dutch East India Company (1666-1679), the Castle's wine cellars stored provisions for 25+ company ships annually stopping at the Cape for replenishment.

What to do there

TourCastle of Good Hope: Where the Wine Ships DockedSouth Africa's oldest surviving colonial building (1666-1679). The VOC wine rations for soldiers and sailors started in this courtyard. The William Fehr Collection has 17th-century paintings showing the Cape before wine existed. Autshumao, the Khoikhoi interpreter, was imprisoned on Robben Island from here.

Wineries nearby

Winery Baudelaire's Poem Hunt: Reading Les Fleurs du Mal in the Vineyard Literary wine experience pairing Baudelaire's Fleurs du Mal poetry with Cape Town vineyard tastings.
Winery Duncan Savage's Urban Winery: World-Class Wine from an Industrial Unit Duncan Savage operates Cape Town's only urban winery from Salt River, producing 3,000 cases annually of Syrah-focused reds from marginal high-altitude Western Cape sites.
Winery Groot Constantia: 3,467 Bottles for the King of France Royal patronage legacy: Groot Constantia shipped 3,467 bottles to the King of France in the 18th century, inspiring Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.