# Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town — Citylit

Explore a historic stone fortress, its courtyards and museum collections.

Canonical page: https://citylit.vercel.app/cape-town/entertainment/castle-of-good-hope

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## Castle of Good Hope

Explore a historic stone fortress, its courtyards and museum collections.

- City: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Category: Entertainment
- Address: Corner Darling Street and Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
- Citylit page: https://citylit.vercel.app/cape-town/entertainment/castle-of-good-hope
- Official website: https://www.castleofgoodhope.co.za/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_Good_Hope
- Sources checked: 2026-10-08
- Coordinates: longitude 18.4278, latitude -33.9259 (venue pin; entrance may be unverified)
- Coordinate source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle\_of\_Good\_Hope

The Castle of Good Hope (Dutch: Kasteel de Goede Hoop; Afrikaans: Kasteel die Goeie Hoop) is a 17th century pentagonal bastion fort in Cape Town, South Africa. Originally located on the coastline of Table Bay, following land reclamation in the Foreshore area, the fort is now located inland. The Castle is surrounded by a canal. In 1936, the Castle was declared a historical monument.

About source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_Good_Hope; checked 2026-10-12; license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

### Practical facts
- admission: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- booking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- stepFreeEntrance: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- accessibleToilets: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- parking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- publicTransport: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- family: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- environment: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- durationMinutes: 90 (editorial-estimate); checked 2026-10-08; source: Citylit editorial planning estimate

### Sources
- Home: https://www.castleofgoodhope.co.za/; fetched 2026-10-08; retrieved during research
- Castle of Good Hope: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_Good_Hope; fetched 2026-10-07; retrieved during research

### Photographs and credits
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/a97edd8b0baa.jpg — Entrance of Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa. Venue photograph. Author: Bernard Gagnon; license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Castle_of_Good_Hope,_Cape_Town_01.jpg
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/43b1082bcffa.jpg — Entrance to the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town. Venue photograph. Author: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net).; license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:At_Cape_Town_(MP)_2018_015.jpg

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