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Green Point, Cape Town — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Green Point lines the Atlantic Seaboard below Signal Hill, set between the V&A Waterfront and Sea Point. Cape Town Stadium adjoins Green Point Urban Park.
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Where to stay in Green Point
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Green Point suits a visitor who wants the sea and the Waterfront within walking distance. Hotels and apartment blocks gather near Main Road and the stadium, from smart guesthouses to serviced flats. Sea views cost more.
The promenade lies at the door, nightlife runs quieter than Sea Point's, and the V&A Waterfront's restaurants are a short walk east.
Things to do in and around Cape Town
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Museums & Galleries
3- Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
- Chavonnes Battery
- Cape Medical Museum
Churches & Religious Sites
1- Lutheran Church in Strand Street
Stadiums & Sports
1- Green Point Track Heritage
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About Green Point
What are the main landmarks in Green Point?
The Cape Town Stadium dominates the suburb, a white bowl built for the 2010 World Cup beside the common. Around it spreads the Green Point Urban Park, a landscaped biodiversity garden with ponds and indigenous planting. On the shore at Mouille Point stands the Green Point Lighthouse, a red-and-white striped tower and the oldest working lighthouse in South Africa.
The promenade links them.
What is the history of Green Point?
Green Point began as common grazing land outside colonial Cape Town, an open stretch between the town and the sea. A lighthouse went up at Mouille Point in the 1820s to warn ships off the rocks. For years the common held a racecourse and sports grounds.
When Cape Town hosted matches in the 2010 World Cup, the Cape Town Stadium rose on the old sports ground, and the urban park was laid out around it.
Where is Green Point?
Green Point lies on the low ground between Signal Hill and the Atlantic, north of Sea Point and west of the V&A Waterfront. Beach Road hugs the coast. The Mouille Point shore forms its seaward edge, while Main Road runs through the centre and the promenade traces the rocks along the water.
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Updated September 2026