The Company Gardens

One of the things I keep talking about is how beautiful Cape Town is, and lucky us, one of its most beautiful spots is right across the street from our apartment. 

It's called The Company Gardens.

The garden was established in 1652 by the Dutch to grow food and re-provision ships on the sea route to the east.  It opened to the public in the 19th century.

The gardens are gorgeous and include a rose garden (designed in 1929), an aviary, a cafe, statues, weird and amazing plants, and lots of winding little paths.

What's especially cool is that the Gardens are surrounded by lots of important landmarks, including the lodge house for the slaves who built large parts of the city, the present day Houses of Parliament, the Iziko SA Museum (where Aaron works), St. George's Cathedral (which is the seat of the Anglican church in SA), the National Library of SA, the SA National Gallery, the Great Synagogue and Holocaust Centre and Tuynhuys, which is used by the President on State occasions.

Here are a few pics of this beautiful park: