World Cup 2010 transport guide: Cape Town Travel The Guardian

Top of the universe ... Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa Photograph: Jon Hicks/© Jon Hicks/Corbis

England fool around their second group-stage compare opposite Algeria in Cape Town on twelve Jun and could lapse for a quarter-final (3 July) or semi-final (6 July)

Pre-match pint Rooftop of the Grand Daddy Hotel

Footie fans should have a array stop at Mitchell"s Brewery (+27 twenty-one 419 5074) on Dock Road. It is certain to be a renouned mark during the World Cup as it"s usually five minutes" travel from the Cape Town track and has 7 TV screens for examination the games. Billing itself as a Scottish ale house, it offers 6 of the own beers. Sadly the place to live at the hip Grand Daddy Hotel (38 Long Street, City Centre, +27 twenty-one 424 7247, granddaddy.co.za, from 1,500 rand, around £130, per room/trailer) is entirely requisitioned for the contest – but revisit The Daddy Cool club downstairs, that sports white tanned hide chairs, bling bullion decor, DJS and cocktails. The quirky new Penthouse Trailer Park, with retro Airstream caravans flashy by artists is on the rooftop. Also on the roof tiles is the Pink Flamingo alfresco motion picture – screening complicated classics such as Bullitt and Boogie Nights, with blankets and directors" chairs provided.

Quick punch

The majority function mark for a pre-match break is Neighbourhood club and grill (+27 twenty-one 424 7260) at 163 Long Street. It"s a low-lit upmarket beer hall with a wood-panelled games room. Grab a chair on the patio and watch the universe go by on Cape Town"s busiest street. Dig in to chilli poppers (zesty large chillies oozing melted cheese) or duck satay with curly fries.

The prolonged wooden opposite of retro Boo Radley"s bistro and club (+27 twenty-one 424 3040) on Hout Street in the city centre is where Cape Town"s cool set encounter for cocktails – go old-school with a packet julep or blockade sour, or get fruity with a daiquiri. The menu facilities joy classics similar to French onion soup and steak. Finish off with the mythological chocolate brownies. Expect to compensate around £3.50 for a bubbly beverage and £8 for a main course.

Extra time

The sensuous Constantia winelands are around twenty minutes" expostulate from the centre of Cape Town. If you don"t have a car, stick on a organisation outing for the day. Cape Town Travel has a good list of endorsed operators). The oldest estate in the country, Groot Constantia (+27 twenty-one 794 5128) has lanes of shaggy oaks, a estate residence and a immeasurable preference of good wines. Then head off to Klein Constantia (+27 twenty-one 794 5188) and Constantia Uitsig (+27 twenty-one 794 1810). The latter"s dessert booze was praised by Napoleon Bonaparte and Jane Austen. Tastings are free (unless you"re in a large group) at Klein Constantia, but not at Groot Constantia or Constantia Uitsig.

Away diversion Sanbona Wildlife Reserve outward Cape Town

To mark the Big Five, head to Sanbona Wildlife Reserve nearby Montagu in the Cape Overberg. It"s a three-hour expostulate west from Cape Town and takes in the rolling Overberg mountainous country as well Route 62, that meanders by little towns and wineries. Sanbona is the largest in isolation haven in the Western Cape and home to a singular honour of white lions. It additionally boasts stone art by the San people dating behind thousands of years, and a preference of place to live – from tented lodges to a estate house. +27 41 407 1000. Off R62 in between Barrydale and Montagu. World Cup rate: around £370pp per day, together with accommodation, meals, diversion drives, taxes and internal beverages.

Content granted by Time Out Cape Town and gathered by editor Lisa outpost Aswegen. Time Out South Africa"s City Guide to all the World Cup host cities is accessible in May