Time Out Advent Calendar 2025: Merry Christmas!

This festive season, Time Out Cape Town is unwrapping the best of the Mother City all December long.

To celebrate in true festive style, we’re launching our very first Christmas Advent Calendar - a daily digital countdown packed with incredible attractions, experiences and surprises from across Cape Town.

Unwrapping Festive Joy

Cape Town shines its brightest during the festive season, and we want our community to feel that magic. The Advent Calendar isn’t just a countdown; it’s a celebration of the people, places and experiences that make the Mother City the ultimate year-end destination. 

Keep an eye on our social channels, where we'll reveal a new attraction or experience every day, right up until 24 December.

And because the season is all about the joy of giving, we’re turning the celebration up a notch with a few surprise giveaways up for grabs. 

How to Enter: Simple and fun!

1. Sign up for Time Out's free newsletter.
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3. Comment Subscribed to confirm your entry. 

Each day’s post counts as a fresh chance to win - so share the excitement with us throughout December and check back daily to see how you can amplify the sound of your Summer.  

Please note: This competition is open to South Africans only, and you have to be 18 or older to enter. Competition T&Cs apply.  

1 Day to Christmas: Kloof Street 

Voted Cape Town’s coolest street for 2025, Kloof Street is a vibrant, eclectic strip, lined with restaurants, bars, cafés, vintage and designer shops, as well as a mix of accommodation offerings, including the rear entrance to the iconic Mount Nelson.   

Spending a day exploring this snapshot of the city’s creative energy - day or night - as it draws locals and visitors in equal measure.  

However you are spending tomorrow, may it be peaceful, merry and safe. Merry Christmas!!! 

READ: Kloof Street: A guide to Cape Town's coolest street right now!

2 Days to Christmas: City Hall & Grand Parade

Cape Town’s City Hall, overlooking the Grand Parade, is over one hundred years old and is where Nelson Mandela delivered his first speech as a free man.

It symbolically stands as a place where heritage meets everyday city life. You can still catch a symphony concert here, take a snapshot with a commemorative Madiba statue, or hear the bells ringing in a new chapter for the Mother City after being fully restored earlier this year.

Sound On: Cape Town's iconic clock tower gets a glow-up

3 Days to Christmas: DHL Stadium  

Rising above Green Point between Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean, DHL Stadium is one of Cape Town’s premier event venues. Built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with a seating capacity of around 55,000, it hosts everything from major sporting fixtures to international concerts. As one of Cape Town’s largest and most versatile venues, it’s a world-class space that anchors the city’s modern entertainment scene. 

MASSIVE GIVEAWAY WITH TIME OUT CAPE TOWN! 🥳 

Christmas week has arrived, and we’re unwrapping the fun early. Time Out Cape Town is counting down with our Christmas Advent Calendar, featuring amazing prizes!

Our last prize up for grabs is an epic Monster speaker @monster_southafrica!

4 Days to Christmas: Blouberg Beach 

Best known for its postcard views of Table Mountain across the bay, Blouberg Beach is a favourite for long shoreline walks, kite-surfing and wide-open sunsets. 

With its breezy energy, expansive sands and uninterrupted ocean views, it’s one of the best places in the city to experience Cape Town’s coastline at its most dramatic. 

SEE: Ride the kaleidoscope: Your quintessential West Coast guide

5 Days to Christmas: Kalk Bay 

The Christmas countdown is well underway, with only five days to go, and this time we’re shining a light on Kalk Bay.

Along the False Bay coastline, fishing villages and working harbours offer some of the city’s freshest seafood and most characterful coastal experiences. Kalk Bay’s harbour is perfect for fish and chips by the water, while Hout Bay offers boat trips to Seal Island, home to thousands of Cape fur seals.  

6 Days to Christmas: The Company's Garden + Surprise giveaway!

Tucked into the city centre, The Company’s Garden is Cape Town’s oldest public space - a leafy pause where history and daily life intersect. Wander shaded pathways past the city’s oldest tree, planted in the 1600s, settle in at the tea garden for a slow cup and a slice of something sweet, then drift between the Iziko South African Museum and National Gallery, where art, culture and centuries of stories whisper about the city’s endearing spirit.

With Christmas just around the corner, we are turning up the festive cheer with a lineup of exciting giveaways in the Time Out Cape Town Christmas Advent Calendar. We will be crowning new winners every week, and the prizes are nothing short of epic. One of the must-win rewards? A Monster Superstar S110 speaker from @monster_southafrica, valued at R899 — perfect for setting the tone for your summer soundtrack.

7 Days to Christmas: Sea Point + Surprise giveaway!

The Sea Point promenade is central to this Atlantic Seaboard neighbourhood, which moves to its own rhythm. Morning joggers give way to sunset strollers, espressos or cocktails on hand - depending on your preference - as you enjoy the Mother City’s most reliable glow show.  Promenade walks and prime people-watching spots, endless eateries, putt-putt pit stops and dips in its ocean-drenched pavilion pool round it off perfectly.

READ: Limited Emotions of the Sun exhibition opens in Cape Town

8 Days to Christmas: Muizenberg Beach

Famous for its colourful beach huts and gentle waves, Muizenberg is one of Cape Town’s most welcoming beaches. A hotspot for beginner surfers and seasoned professionals alike this beach also spells fun for families and dog walkers. It’s long been loved for its laid-back charm and strong sense of community along False Bay. 

Over the next couple of months the beachfront is being transformed in a major, heritage-conscious upgrade, aimed at protecting the coastline, improving access and enhancing the overall visitor experience, while carefully preserving the character that makes Muizenberg such a special part of Cape Town’s appeal.

9 Days to Christmas: Constantia Wine Route

A short drive from the city, the Constantia Wine Route blends centuries-old vineyards with refined tasting experiences. As South Africa’s oldest wine-producing region, it is home to some of the Cape’s most celebrated estates, including Groot Constantia, Buitenverwachting, Steenberg and Beau Constantia.

These historic homesteads offer in-depth cellar tours, guided tastings and fine dining that pair exceptional wines with deep-rooted Cape heritage.

Garden-party perfection at Cellars-Hohenort recently celebrated the Tastes of the Valley with the bet of the Constantia Wine Route as featured in our advent reveal today.  

ALSO SEE: Review: Chef's Warehouse Beau Constantia

10 Days to Christmas: Zeitz MOCAA  

Housed inside a spectacularly repurposed grain silo at the V&A Waterfront, Zeitz MOCAA is the largest contemporary art museum dedicated to Africa and its diaspora. The museum showcases cutting-edge exhibitions across mutiple galleries, alongside striking architecture that has become an attraction in its own right. 

READ: The Culture Edit: Art, memory and reverence of soft vengeance

11 Days to Christmas: Clifton's Beaches 

Clifton’s four iconic coves each bring their own summer personality.

Clifton 1st Beach is a favourite for dog-walkers and a laid-back local crowd, while 2nd and 3rd draw sunseekers looking for sheltered spots and sundrenched ocean views.

4th Beach, the most famous of the set, is a Blue Flag gem, boasting pristine sand and turquoise water, perfect for long, lazy beach days. Together, they’re the city’s ultimate string of sunworshipping hotspots.

12 Days to Christmas: District Six Museum   

Step inside one of Cape Town’s most important cultural landmarks. The District Six Museum, founded in 1994, preserves the stories of the mixed-race community forcibly removed during apartheid.

A visit here is a moving reminder of the city’s past and the people who shaped it.

What makes it even more real is its guided walks and tours led by former residents. Inside, you’ll find exhibitions featuring artists across various disciplines, as well as the permanent Digging Deeper display, an immersive blend of documentary, digital, and sound elements that brings the lived experiences of District Six to life.

13 Days to Christmas: Durbanville Winelands  + Surprise giveaway!

For a winelands escape close to the city, Durbanville delivers holiday magic without the long drive. Just 30 minutes from Cape Town, this cool-climate valley is the Cape’s quiet overachiever – a place where morning mists, clay-rich soils and Atlantic breezes shape some of South Africa’s most expressive Sauvignon Blancs. 

Whether you’re exploring quirky tasting “caves”, taking in Table Mountain views from glass-walled decks, or following waymarked hiking and biking trails, Durbanville is built for long, lazy festive days. 

SEE: The Ultimate Guide to Durbanville Winelands  

14 Days to Christmas: Camps Bay

Camps Bay brings summer energy like nowhere else. Think golden sand, turquoise water, stylish beachfront restaurants and cocktails with a front-row seat to the Twelve Apostles at sunset. Make it a full day as you soak in the ultimate festive-season glow!

SEE: 18 best beaches in Cape Town

15 Days to Christmas: Signal Hill + Surprise giveaway!

Signal Hill is one of Cape Town’s most accessible viewpoints. This gently rising ridge sits between the city centre and the Atlantic Ocean, offering wide-open views without requiring a hike.

A scenic drive winds to the top, showcasing sweeping views of the city bowl, Table Bay, Robben Island and the Atlantic Seaboard. It’s especially popular at sunset, when the sky turns gold and pink, and the city lights begin to flicker below.

Whether you’re stopping for photos, enjoying a picnic, watching paragliders launch into the breeze, or simply cruising the curve of the road, Signal Hill is an easy, rewarding way to experience scenic Cape Town in minutes.