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Bo-Kaap, Cape Town: The Historic Neighbourhood That Is Still a Neighbourhood
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Bo-Kaap, Cape Town: The Historic Neighbourhood That Is Still a Neighbourhood

Bo-Kaap is one of the oldest residential neighbourhoods in South Africa and it is also, above everything else, still a neighbourhood. If…

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V&A Waterfront and De Waterkant neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

V&A Waterfront and De Waterkant neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

The V&A Waterfront is the most polished, securest, and most expensive neighbourhood option in Cape Town. You already know what it looks…

Tokai neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

Tokai neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

Tokai is the Southern Suburbs’ quiet achiever. It’s not the neighbourhood anyone puts on Instagram, and that’s exactly why the people who…

St James & Muizenberg neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

St James & Muizenberg neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

If Sea Point is the default recommendation for Cape Town remote workers, Muizenberg and St James are the second. Not because they’re…

Simon’s Town neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

Simon’s Town neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

Simon’s Town is the furthest south you can go on the Cape Peninsula and still call it a neighbourhood. This former naval…

Short-term furnished accommodation in Cape Town — where to look, what to avoid, what to ask before you book

Short-term furnished accommodation in Cape Town — where to look, what to avoid, what to ask before you book

Finding a place to live in Cape Town is easier than it was a decade ago, but it’s also noisier. Airbnb is…

Rondebosch & Newlands neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

Rondebosch & Newlands neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

Rondebosch and Newlands sit in the leafy heart of Cape Town’s Southern Suburbs, backed up against the eastern slopes of Table Mountain.…

Noordhoek neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

Noordhoek neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

Noordhoek is where Cape Town stops pretending to be a city. Forty minutes south of the CBD, tucked between Chapman’s Peak and…

Hout Bay neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

Hout Bay neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

Hout Bay is a small fishing town wedged between mountains and the Atlantic, about 20 kilometres south of Cape Town’s CBD. It…

Green Point neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

Green Point neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

Green Point is the Atlantic Seaboard’s most accessible neighbourhood for remote workers seeking proximity to the city, the waterfront, and a genuine…

CBD and Gardens neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

CBD and Gardens neighbourhood guide for digital nomads

Cape Town’s CBD is where the money moves. Government buildings, corporate towers, law firms, and fintech startups all stack up in a…

Cost of living in Cape Town in 2026: a realistic monthly budget breakdown

Cost of living in Cape Town in 2026: a realistic monthly budget breakdown

You’ve heard the pitch: Cape Town is cheap, affordable, the digital nomad dream. The reality is more interesting. It’s not the cheapest…