Free: Wednesdays 5pm – 7pm Drop in Tjing Tjing Rooftop Bar for a free wine tasting session every Wednesday. Sample various vintages and meet the winemaker from the featured wine farms. No reservation required. Address: 65 Longmarket Street, Cape Town Opening hours: Tue-Fri 4pm – 2am, Sat 6:30pm – 2am; Closed Sundays Phone: +27 21...
Free: All time Sea Point is one of Cape Town’s most affluent and densely populated suburbs. It’s situated on a narrow stretch of land between Lion’s Head and the Atlantic Ocean. Sea Point’s beach-front promenade is a popular destination for tourists and residents alike. Find people walking, jogging and skating along it at all time....
Free: All time Lion’s Head (a.k.a. Leeuwen Kop) is a mountain located in between Table Mountain and Signal Hill. Peaking at 669 metres, the mountain forms a dramatic backdrop to the city of Cape Town. Hike up Lion’s Head to catch the sunset view over both the city and the Atlantic Seaboard. The hour-long walk...
Free: Mondays Thursdays at 7pm The Documentary Arts Asia organizes movie screening every Monday and documentaries on Thursdays. All films are subtitled in English. Popcorn is free. The 60 baht entrance fee is a suggested donation. Seats fill quickly, go early to secure a spot and also to check out the exhibition and gallery. To...
Free: All time There are a handful of house sitting platforms out there (TrustedHousesitter.com, MindMyHouse.com, HouseCarers.com, HouseSitMatch.com, Caretaker-Jobs.com, LuxuryHouseSitting.com) and it’s hard to decide on which one to use. There are also quite a few ebooks out there about house sitting in general; on how to get started and comparisons of the available platforms. These...
Free: All time Figuring out travel options when traveling is a pain in the neck. Rome2rio aims to solve that problem. Based in Melbourne, Australia, the company built a world’s transport database. The repository covers air, rail, coach, ferry and mass transit routes. Even better, the site provides a rough estimate of the pricings for...
Free: Wednesdays 5pm – 8pm (Pay-As-You-Wish) With more than 12,000 objects from more than 200 countries and regions, the Textile Museum of Canada’s permanent collection celebrates cultural diversity and includes traditional fabrics, garments, carpets and related artifacts such as beadwork and basketry. The museum offers a broad variety of exhibitions including themed shows based on...
Free: All time Toronto City Hall is the seat of Toronto’s Municipal Government and is internationally recognized as an architectural masterpiece. Since its opening in 1965, Toronto City Hall has been one of Toronto’s most famous landmarks. On the official website, find downloadable self-guided tour brochures (PDFs) in multiple languages. These brochures will assist you...
Free: All time The Toronto Sculpture Garden has been the site of innovative contemporary sculpture installations since 1981. This small, urban park in the downtown core serves as a testing ground for visual artists to experiment with public space and to address issues of architectural scale, materials and context. It has given some artists their...
Free: All time The York University observatory welcomes public interest and highly promotes the field of astronomy to those who are interested. Their public viewing program runs all year round and is popular with the local and visiting communities. On public viewing nights, visitors are able to observe selected celestial objects in the presence of...
Free: All time (late September – early June) The Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre takes place in one of Toronto’s most breathtaking and intimate spaces. The diverse city that inspires and unites us is the ever-changing backdrop seen from the beautiful Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, where artists from around the world share their...
Free: All time Once the largest distillery in the world during the 19th century, The Gooderham and Worts Distillery has now become a pedestrian-only village known as The Distillery Historic District. In 2001, The Distillery was reborn when more than 40 of its buildings were restored and transformed into boutiques, galleries, studios, restaurants. The entire...
