The Garden House Franschhoek

... my plate and I still contend that it is my favorite meat ever!  Chico had a tough job of getting us from Oudtshoorn to Franschhoek (in the winelands) before dark, and even he wasn't up for the task after a series of road blocks delayed us by at ...

... to the winelands, Delaire Graff is not to be missed! In contrast to Spier Estates, we stayed in the cottage at The Garden House in Franschhoek, a B&B run by Annette and Barry, a parental couple who left London 8 years ago to start this cozy guest ...

... we decided to go for lunch at one of the wineries - good choice!  We were then able to have a walk around their rose garden. We then went on to another winery to have tasting session. Just the way to pass a wet day! ...

... through wine country. Halfway towards Paarl we turned off onto the R45 and by lunchtime we had arrived at our destination. Franschhoek, literally means 'french corner'. The town gets it's name from the French Huguenot refugees who settled here in the ...

That is right, we found Wonderland and spent 3 nights there! Franschhoek--truly a storybook town--is a small town nestled in the mountains and full of vineyards. We landed at a 12 room guest house (B&B) built in the 1920s, originally booking 2 nights ...

Yesterday (Wednesday), we checked out of the Sweet Ocean View guest house and began the Garden Route driving portion of our trip. We started early...leaving the house before sunrise and arriving in Simon's Town before 9am. Mike did a great job of driving ...

We left Franschhoek after breakfast, about 9:15 AM.  We drove to Hermanus on Walker Bay to do some whale spotting.  We did see a few close to the surface.  Really hard to tell a whale from a rock.  We then drove on R44, the coastal ...

... (see american girls travel all the time!) to give us the grand tour. We visited three wine vineyard Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek. It was so beautiful. We were lucky because there was a festival going on in Franschhoek so we got to walk around and ...

... area.  Then we headed off to the Winelands and the historic towns of Dutch-influenced Stellenbosch and French-influenced Franschhoek.  We began with a visit to the typically-Dutch estate and winery of Meerlust, in the same family for ...

... sized elephant made of woven bike tires.  Last, but certainly not least, we hit up Boschendal, on the outskirts of Franschhoek, the more French region.  This estate was huge and unbelievably gorgeous, the dream wedding venue. First we visited ...

... take place in every region!  For this wine tour we were going to the 3 different wine regions in Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Franschhoek, and Paarl for a full day of wine tasting!  We booked through our hostel and were in a 15 passenger van.  ...

... hangovers after the previous night out in the University town to start our wine tour.  Taking in Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Paarl our day consisted of tasting various wines and cheeses amongst vineyards set against a stunning mountain ...

... but it was too windy and the cable car was closed.  We also thought about going to the wine country, to a town called Franschhoek, where they were having a wine festival – but then decided we would prefer to do it on Sunday when we could get ...

... what we've seen and done, we feel that Cape Town we would definitely go back for more along with the Winelands (I'd like to stay in Franschhoek this time) and safari whether Shamwari (I'd be happy to go back again as it was so good but also open to trying ...

... and another guy from Gabs...Jim ventured out under Clare's expert tuition and knowledge to a couple of vineyards in Franschhoek and Stellenbosch. The scenery is spectacular, with rolling fields of cultivated vineyards stretching up the sides of ...