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A Look At the Ever-So Much Fun..V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

The V&A Waterfront, often referred to as The Waterfront and The V&A, is a mixed-use suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, featuring upmarket residential apartments, a major shopping mall, a marina, and multiple large hotels. The Waterfront sits on the site of the oldest working harbor in the Southern Hemisphere. With Table Mountain as its backdrop, the 123-Acre neighborhood sees millions of people visiting each year. The V&A Waterfront is Cape Town's most popular tourist destination by number of visitors per year. The mall is one of Cape Town's largest, and the Waterfront features numerous other retail spaces, including the Watershed, and Alfred Mall. These feature many local entrepreneurs, crafts, art, and sustainable design. The V&A Waterfront (Victoria and Alfred Waterfront) is named after Prince Alfred and Queen Victoria, members of the Royal Family of Britain when Cape Town was part of the Cape Colony. Alfred, while serving in the British Royal Navy, visited Cape Town and ordered construction of a new harbour for the colony. In November 1988, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront Ltd was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary by Transnet Ltd.Its aim was to redevelop the historic docklands around the Victoria and Alfred Basins as a mixed-use area with a focus on retail, tourism and residential development with a working harbour at its centre. Today it is a mixed-use development that spans 23 acres, with 24 million visitors a year. Over 23 000 people work and live within its neighborhood.