Cape Culture manifests in many different forms and at Cape Grace it can be seen in the décor. Furniture, walls, drapes and fabrics are used as canvases to tell the stories of the past. The 17th century period setting is authenticated through the rare collection of over 300 pieces of original antique furniture, ceramics and [...]
Take a closer look at the hand-painted murals in the Cape Grace reception and Signal Restaurant and you will find they depict scenes of 17th century Table Bay, with ships arriving at the newly constructed refreshment station at the Cape. In 1657, it took the trading ships of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), three [...]
Table Bay claimed many ships in winter storms and any vessel unlucky enough to part from its anchors in the prevailing north-westerly winds, was mercilessly driven ashore. Even though most shipwrecks in Table Bay were not due to fog or mist, a lighthouse was nevertheless long overdue by the early 1820s. This was the time [...]