Travel on to Tulbagh on the Route 62
- by Amazing Africa
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- 13 Feb, 2018
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Blog-Through Route 62 Part 5 - TULBAGH
15km's drive from Wolseley, you arrive at the wonderful town of Tulbagh, the 4th oldest town in South Africa. A place full of wonderful history and architecture, and a place to spend a decent amount of time for. Lots of Museums
for History enthusiasts!
They suffered a major earthquake in 1969, and one of the biggest ever restoration projects in South Africa's history pursued. "Church Street" is said to have the largest number of Cape Dutch, Victorian and Edwardian style houses and heritage sights in one street in South Africa.
A good place to start your tour is the Tulbagh Tourism office which is situated in the Earthquake Musuem, and do you can pick up a map to give you some guidance. Alternatively if you like to plan ahead you can find a map here.
They suffered a major earthquake in 1969, and one of the biggest ever restoration projects in South Africa's history pursued. "Church Street" is said to have the largest number of Cape Dutch, Victorian and Edwardian style houses and heritage sights in one street in South Africa.
A good place to start your tour is the Tulbagh Tourism office which is situated in the Earthquake Musuem, and do you can pick up a map to give you some guidance. Alternatively if you like to plan ahead you can find a map here.
Wine, Wine, Wine... an absolute attraction along the longest wine route in the world, the Route 62! Tulbagh has 15 wine farms to savour, and too many to mention, but we will mention some of the most popular. Saronsberg Cellar
is an absolute must see, with beautiful art pieces and incredible views, it really is something special. Montpellier
is picture perfect in its setting with the wine tasting room being in a Cape Dutch Gabled house and a dramatic setting of a chapel between the vineyards. And for the historians, Krone winery , found at Twee Jonge Gezellen, has 300 years of stories to tell, and great wine too!
If you need to get a little active during your holiday, consider a hike,
a horse ride
or a cycling trip
from Tulbagh, which should do the trick. With such pretty and dramatic landscape surroundings, you won't realise you are doing exercise at all.
After all this hive of activity, you will need to EAT! For the coffee and sweet tooth enthusiast, you could visit Coffee & Cream, it's vintage style and really quaint! For a more stealthy meal you won't go wrong with Rijk's Country House, or Reader's Restaurant, both full of character and history.
If you are still not convinced you should stop in Tulbagh on your journey through the Route 62 (clearly you would be crazy not to), then let this videoclip do the talking:
