Long Street is not only one of Cape Town’s oldest streets it is also one of its most well-known. It measures approximately 3,8 kilometres (2,4 miles) and stretches along 20 of Cape Town’s city blocks.

Long Street by day (image courtesy of dvdmerwe: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dvdmerwe)

Long Street is home to an amazing selection of experiences these include:

• an  interesting collection of eclectic shops – boutiques, antique, furniture etc
• a series diverse culinary adventures – Indian, North African, Mexican, Indonesian, South African and more
• places of historical interest and significance – the Palm Tree Mosque (one of Cape Town’s oldest mosques), the Old Slave Church (built in 1804) and the Long Street Baths (now over a hundred years old)
• Cape Town’s energetic and thriving nightlife.

If you’re visiting Cape Town you cannot afford to miss out on Long Street!