We offer Architectural & Design Tours for everyone, lead by French Architect, Sandrine Alain.
Explore, observe and learn by travelling through stunning scenery.
Explore, observe and learn by travelling through stunning scenery.
#1 CAPE TOWN CITY
Overview Day Tour - Cape Town City
Cape Town is one of the most magnificent city in the world, immersed in and surrounded by the beauty of the mother nature, where the landscape and the nature is so impressive and present.
For those who come for the first time, this experience is for you!.
This Tour has been designed as a circular Tour, starting above the city and facing Table Mountain, to understand the various components of the city, with a presentation on history, urban planning, culture and nature. This is an opportunity to explore Cape Town while learning about architecture, and enjoying the beauty and vibrancy of the city.
By walking and driving we will explore the city center and different neighborhoods, showing the architectural and design highlights, visit of Hand-crafts and Design.
After lunch, we will spend the afternoon on the foreshore side, exploring the Waterfront, the luxury residential areas, and we will end the tour by a nice walk on one of Cape town’s most beautiful beaches.
An out of the ordinary, instructive, friendly and relaxing experience.
We can recommend the best addresses and services
Cape Town has to offer.
Time: 9am to 5pm
Tour: Walking, Driving
Price on request.
#2 CITY CENTRE
ARCHITECTURAL PROMENADE
Heritage Tour
The promenade is a two hours walk from the original settlement of the city to the 20 th century. We will learn about the settlers influence architecture; looking at Cape Dutch and colonial style, and also the influence of the French We will also discover some beautiful South African Art Deco buildings .
This is a unique way to learn about history, to discover Cape Town.
An instructive and friendly experience open to everyone.
Time: 10am to 12 pm
Tour: Walking
Price on request.
#3 WOODSTOCK
On the path to gentrification
Architecture & Design Tour
Woodstock is one of the oldest neighborhood in the city of Cape Town. Once a small fishing hamlet, Woodstock began life as Papendorp in the mid-1800s, before land reclamation in the 1950s destroyed the magnificent Woodstock Beach.
Nowadays it has become a ‘trendy’ precinct, very dynamic and full of creativity, but not yet connected with the city.
We will see a few Industrial buildings from the textile Industry, converted into contemporary mixt-use building , as part of the urban gentrification process. We will walk in the streets, feeling the atmosphere of Woodstock and its diversity, looking at beautiful pieces of street art. You will enjoy meeting and interacting with famous South African artist-designers in their studios.
A friendly, instructive and relaxed experience.
Time: 9.00am to 12.30pm
Tour: Walking and Driving.
Price: On request
#4 SALT-RIVER OBSERVATORY
Architecture & Design Tour
Salt-River has become step by step a mix-used area connecting to Woodstock. It was the industrial epicenter of the city, due to its proximity, where the first Railway took place in Cape Town, making exchange in all purposes with a mixed population.
From this multifaceted area, We will see various contrast like a textile factory industry designed during apartheid where segregation was manifested in its design, and next door the contemporary Academy Zip zap circus building designed as a tool for the practice of circus and also for the freedom and unity.
Observatory, an artistic and vintage precinct close to Salt River, has recently seen some new housing programs.
The Bijou, is an Art Deco building and that was once a cinema, is now owned by Conrad Hicks, an artist blacksmith.
An instructive and friendly experience open to everyone.
Time: 10.00am to 12.30pm
Driving and Walking Tour
Price: On request
#5 FORESHORE
Converted Industrial Architecture Tour
Silo’s, Zeitz Mocaa Museum, V&A Waterfront
V&A Waterfront is part of the foreshore in Cape Town
The Tour will bring out the different evolution of this part of the City, and the long history of urban harbour management.
Visit of some conic industrial buildings which have been converted in a contemporary architecture, meeting and walking tour with the architect of the Silos district,
including the magnificient museum Zeitz Mocaa.
We will end the tour with the visit of the Southern Guild Gallery, with a large representation of famous South African designers.
Highlights:
• The Foreshore history
• The Watershed
• The Zeitz MOCAA Museum and the silos
• Visit of Contemporary designers gallery The GUILD
An instructive and friendly experience opened to everyone.
Time: 9.00 am to 1 pm
Walking Tour
Price: On request
#6 Arty Peninsula Tour
Art, design & nature
Join us for an artistic journey day of art and elegance! We’ll explore the Peninsula’s scenic coastal roads and visit the renowned Norval Foundation Museum designed by DHK architect. Indulge in fine wine at Steenberg Wine Estate, where modernity meets classic Cape Dutch style, surrounded by picturesque mountains. We’ll also visit renowned designers and stroll through a timeless seaside town, concluding our journey amidst inspiring art galleries.
Highlights:
• The Norval Foundation Museum of Contemporary African Art
• Steenberg Wine estate
• Designer: Ronel Jordaan Studio (By appointment)
(and others designers)
• Arts and Gallery
A friendly, instructive and relax experience.
Time: 9.00am to 6 pm
Tour: Walking, Driving.
Price: On request
#7 Winelands Tour
Architecture, arts & Wine
Just an hour and a half from Cape Town, immerse yourself in the enchanting landscape of mountains and vineyards characteristic of this region in the Western Cape Province, and the traditional Cape Dutch Style architecture after being immersed in the 70’s masterpiece architecture, the TAAL Afrikaans language monument. Visit of contemporary architecture wine farms , tasting a glass of wine, and enjoying Arts and Gardens.
Two Days Tour with overnight
An educative and friendly Experience.
Highlights:
• The TAAL African language monument.
• Bosjes
• Visit of Contemporary and Cape Dutch Style Architecture in a Wine estate
• Wines, Arts and Gardens
Time: One or Two Days with overnight stay.
8.30 Am to 6 Pm
Price: On request
Bespoke Tours
Architecture and Design
I enjoy create custom itineraries, specific to your taste. I recently did a customized Tour on the Garden Route and Karoo. We propose various itineraries custom made around the whole of South Africa.