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Cape Winelands Salvador Dali TOWN BLAST from the PAST Please support our advertisers who make this free guide possible. FREE 1 EDITION 8 & 9 GATEWAYGUIDES 'Great wine requires a mad man to grow the vine, a wise man to watch over it, a lucid poet to make it, and a lover to drink it.' CAPE COME AND EXPERIENCE A Cape Winelands Salvador Dali TOWN BLAST FROM THE PAST. Franschhoek Motor Museum Open daily, by appointment only L’Ormarins Wine Estate, R45 1 7 10 13 Some interesting places Paarl Fairview Huguenot Monument Anthonij Rupert Estate 021 874 9002 / [email protected] The valley of Paarl on the banks of the Berg River was first This farm was granted by Simon van der Stel in 1693 and This monument in Franschhoek is dedicated to the Huguenots This estate is the result of the coming together of the historical www.fmm.co.za inhabited by Khoi-na and San. Europeans first visited this area was originally named Cauliflower Fountain. Wine was first who emigrated from France to escape religious persecution L'Omarins wine estate and the neighbouring property in 1657 but the first farm was granted only in 1687, making produced here in 1699. This farm, like many in the wine and settled in the area in the late 1600s and early 1700s. purchased from Graham Beck. Jean Roi established the first 18 Franschhoek Pass 2 Paarl the third-oldest town in South Africa. In the early days business, has had a chequered history: only since 1937 under This small group of refugees had a lasting influence on South vineyards on L'Omarins in 1694 and named the farm after This pass was once called Oliphants Pad because it was first it was renowned for its wagonbuilding, but today it is the the Back family has the farm become successful. Besides great African history and its wine industry. The monument was built a village in Provence. It was only late in the 1700s that the used by elephants. It was one of the earliest passes used by Celebrate Africa's youngest headquarters of the South African wine industry. There are wine, what has made this farm well known is the pairing of in 1945 but the official opening only took place on the 17 magnificent H-shaped homestead was built. The manor house, the Europeans to get over the ‘Mountains of Africa’. The first language in the most beautiful many historical wine farms to visit. It boasts the longest main road in South Africa wine with their award-winning cheeses. Cheese production had its beginning with the April 1948. The monument complex is made up of the Saasveld building (with its own furnished in the style of the mid-nineteenth century, is home to one of the estate’s two rudimentary pass was built by a local contractor in 1819 and (12 km) along which are some of the finest historical buildings in the country. Location: expansion of their dairy goat herd in the early 1980s. The famous Goat Tower has always unique story), Annex, Perfume Museum and the Monument itself which is full of rich tasting rooms, in which their excellent wines can be sampled. The second, the impressive named Cats’ Pass after him. A later pass was commissioned surroundings. This amazing, About 65 km from Cape Town on the N1 Information: http://showme.co.za/paarl/ been a delight to visitors, especially kids (human ones too!) Location: Suid-Agter Paarl symbolism. Location: East end of Huguenot Road (the main road through Franschhoek) modern Terra del Capo tasting room, is situated near the entrance to the property. by Lord Charles Somerset and built by 150 soldiers of the unique sculpture and our tourism/history-of-paarl/ Road, Paarl Information: www.fairview.co.za • 021 863 2450 Price: free Information: www.hugenoot.org.za Price: small fee Location: R45, Franschhoek Information: www.rupertwines.com Price: fee for tasting Royal Africa Corps. Opened in 1825, it is the oldest engineered pass in South Africa. On hospitable people will put the the Villiersdorp side you can still cross over the oldest stone arch bridge in South Africa. Paarl Museum 2 Drakenstein Prison 8 Huguenot Fine Chocolates 11 Franschhoek Motor Museum 14 Location: Over the mountain between Franschhoek and Villiersdorp Information: www. 'lekker' in your Winelands visit. This museum will take you back to the life and ways of the early Once named Victor Verster Prison, it would not have been Experience chocolate at its finest, under the guidance of Situated on L’Ormarins Estate, the Franschhoek Motor samountainpasses.co.za Price: free settlers and the development of the Paarl valley. It is housed in a on the tourist map, except for one reason: many people stop Danver Windvogel and Denver Adonis, both Belgian-trained Museum is one of the gems of the Franschhoek valley and beautiful Cape Dutch manor house that dates back to 1699; the now to view the larger-than-life statue at its entrance. It was chocolatiers, with their team of local talent. Chocolates are a must for all car enthusiasts. The impressive collection Grande Provence 19 AFRIKAANSE TAALMONUMENT present restored house was rebuilt in 1787. This construction from here that Nelson Mandela walked free in 1990 after 27 The story of this classic Cape wine estate started when Pierre CULTURE, NATURE & PLEASURE created before your very eyes: whether you want to pop in of over 280 vehicles (consisting of bicycles, motorcycles WWW.TAALMONUMENT.CO.ZA date is confirmed by the fine neoclassical front gable. The two years of incarceration, the last three years of which he spent in and just buy their hand-crafted chocolates or join a half-hour and automobiles) spans the last 100 years. The collection Joubert, with a Bible hidden in a loaf of bread, fled religious end holbol gables are replacements built in 1939. Location: this prison. Tokyo Sexwale commissioned sculptor Jean Doyle persecution in France and in 1694 made Franschhoek his new programme of tasting, demonstrations and chocolate history, is the best display in South Africa of the evolution of the 3 home. He acquired other farms in the valley and died a rich man 303 Main Road Information: Tel: 021 872 2651 • http://showme.co.za/paarl/tourism/ to create the bronze statue. Behind the statue, towards the gate, there is a ceremonial you will not leave unsatisfied. Location: 62 Huguenot Road, Franschhoek Information: automobile. The selection of 80 cars on view at any one time is rotated every 6 months. HUGUENOT HUGUENOT paarl-museum-2/ Price: free flagpole, and on the ground lie 27 rocks, one for each year that Mandela was in prison. www.huguenotchocolates.com • 021 876 4096 Price: tour small fee A complimentary San Francisco-style tram transports guests to the neighbouring in 1732. It was left to Pieter de Villiers and later his widowed FOUNDATION STIGTING Location: Between Paarl and Franschhoek, on the R301 Information: http://www. Anthonij Rupert Estate for wine tasting and lunch. Information: www.fmm.co.za wife Anna Kriel to finish the magnificent homestead. There OF SOUTH AFRICA VAN SUID-AFRIKA theguardian.com/travel/2003/jan/19/southafrica.observerescapesection Price: free is an art gallery showcasing the works of new and established artists. Location: R45, The Huguenot Museum complex is dedicated to the Huguenots who emigrated from France to Paarl Rock 3 Franschhoek Wine Tram 12 Price: Admission fee R60 per adult, children under 12 years R30 escape religious persecution and settled in the area in the late 1600s and early 1700s. The Khoi-na called it Tortoise Mountain but this was later to view from the entrance (Tours of Mandela’s ‘gilded cage’ are in the pipeline.) This is a unique way to explore some of South Africa’s oldest Huguenot Road, Franschhoek Information: www.grandeprovence.co.za Price: free This small group had a lasting influence on South African history and its wine industry. 15 The monument was built in 1945 and is full of symbolism. changed to Diamond and Pearl Mountain by Abraham and most distinguished wine estates and the beautiful Solms-Delta Haute Cabrière 20 Gabemma in 1657. It is the second-biggest rock in the world, Pearl Mountain & the Blacksmith's Kitchen 9 Franschhoek valley by means of a hop-on, hop-off tram system. This estate is unique in that, besides wine and food, it offers an The historical roots of this estate go back to Pierre Jourdan, made up of granite about 500 million years old. It lies within a Pearl Mountain was originally settled by a blacksmith, Johann Part of this tour is on the old railway line built in 1904 which in-depth look at the heritage and history – good and bad – of the French Huguenot who in 1694 was granted land which he nature reserve; day visitors are welcome. The summit (Bretagne Jost Gunterlock, in 1747, just off the wagon trail which had become disused by the 1990s. In 2012 the operators the area and all the people who have been part of it, especially named Cabrière after his home town. Owned today by Achim Rock) is reached by a chain handrail. Location: Access from Jan meandered along what is today the farm's eastern boundary. of the Franschhoek Wine Tram resurrected the railway line, the slaves. In recognition of their contribution, workers of this van Arnim and known as Haute Cabrière, the estate grows only Phillips Mountain Drive, off the Main Road Information: http://www.campingandhiking. Gunterlock's original buildings now house Blacksmith's combining this with a quaint matching road tram to make it easy for visitors to get to estate have been made shareholders.
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