Fish Hoek

Fish Hoek is a picturesque town situated about halfway down the Cape Peninsula, between Cape Town and Simon's Town. It is well known for its beach, which gets jam-packed on sunny days. Wikivoyage

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in South Africa

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• 112AmbulanceAmbulance
• 112FireFire

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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Fish Hoek Valley Museum Museum · 240 m
• Garden of Remembrance Monument · 660 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

• Pizza 2
• Fish 1
• Burger 1
• Steak house 1

All 5 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Table Mountain National Park 49.7 km across 2.4 km

Getting around

• Fish Hoek 420 m
• Sunny Cove 1.3 km
• Kalk Bay 2.2 km
• Glencairn 3.1 km
• St James 3.3 km
• Masiphumele Taxi Rank 4.5 km

More train stations: Muizenberg 4.7 km, False Bay 5.2 km, Simon's Town 5.7 km

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