The Bo-Kaap (pronounced something like "Boor Carp", and meaning "Upper Cape") is a quaint and very colourful area, situated on the slopes of Signal Hill. The streets - a number of them still cobbled - are narrow and extremely steep (not the kind of place you want to go for your driver's licence test, in other words). Most of the houses here are painted in bright, bold colours, giving the suburb real character.