Nearest airport:
Cape Town International at 60 Kilometres
Nearest motorway:
N2 at 15 Kilometres
Nearest beach:
beach at 80.0 Kilometres
Car:
recommended
Franschhoek (French Corner) is where the French Huguenots settled in 1689. There is a beautiful monument to their contribution. Stellenbosch, the second oldest city in South Africa, is a 20 minute drive away with its wonderful history architecture, vineyards and realexed shopping and teh scenic drive is not to be missed. On the way pop into the wonderful berry farm for a coffe, lunch or afternoon tea. Cape Town the birth town of South Africa is an hours motorway drive away and offers the visitor Table Mountain, a trip to Robin Island, great shopping, Parliamnt House, the Old Fort, and the wonderful Victoria and Alfed marina and shopping centre where one can watch the seals over a wonderful lunch and Chardonnay.
If one wants to venture further afield one can tour the Cape of Good Hope penninsula and take a swim with the penguins at Bolder Beach. For those who want a wider experince Cape Town is the start of the well renowned Garden Route travelling east toward Port Elizabeth.