Grandwest Casino

Cape Town


Even if gambling isn’t your thing, there’s plenty to keep you entertained at Grandwest, including a six-screen cinema, many restaurants, a food court, an Olympic-sized ice rink, kids’ play areas, a bowling alley and regular concerts by major international singers and bands. It's 15km east of the city centre.


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Nearby Cape Town attractions

1. Langa Pass Museum

2.25 MILES

Step inside a grim apartheid relic at Langa's old pass office, where black people had to present their identity cards, and the attached court, where they…

2. Langa Mosaic Plinths

2.26 MILES

Each side of these colourful, mosaic-decorated plinths has a different theme, related to township history. One is the only memorial to the Mendi, a troop…

3. Guga S’Thebe Arts & Cultural Centre

2.3 MILES

Decorated with polychromatic ceramic murals, this is one of the most impressive buildings in the townships – even more so now that it has a theatre,…

4. Intaka Island

2.76 MILES

Intaka means ‘bird’ in Xhosa and you can see 120 feathered species, as well as 200-plus plant species, at this 1600-sq-metre wetland reserve. Learn about…

5. Gugulethu Seven Memorial

3.63 MILES

This granite memorial commemorates seven young black activists from the townships who were murdered by the police here in 1986.

6. Amy Biehl Memorial

3.85 MILES

This memorial marks the spot where the young American anti-apartheid activist died, under tragic circumstances, in 1993.

7. Two Rivers Urban Park

4.36 MILES

Covering some 240 hectares around the confluence of the Liesbeek and Black Rivers, this new park is one of the city's largest, with the potential to…

8. Rondebosch Common

4.6 MILES

This open common is well used by the local community with various events happening here, including the 5km Parkrun (www.parkrun.co.za/rondeboschcommon)…