There are many places where you can get a car hire in Cape Town City, cnr Wale and Buitengracht streets. The first thing you will notice that some of the roads are particularly narrow in this area and that the place has grown organically over the centuries rather than to some set out structure made by town planners. The car hire branches can be found amongst the eclectic architecture of the Cape cities central business district. Tucked in next a modern steel and glass structure you find a “turn of the century” tobacconist, which rubs cheek and jowl with a post modern Art Nuevo building which now is a trendy fashion outlet. It is these nooks and crannies that make the city such a delight to explore. The Old Malay is fascinating with its multi-coloured paint jobs on most of the houses. Here you can buy exotic spices and maybe even get an traditional Cape Malay recipe from some of the older woman

Further down on the outskirts the suburb of Green Point rubs shoulders with the city, a small park and some fancy American Loft apartments stand as a divider between city and suburb. Here you will old buildings beautifully restored and with brightly painted wooden window shutters and matching flower pots.