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  2. List of heritage sites in Tulbagh - Wikipedia

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    History: Just beyond the picturesque Tulbagh Kloof the road veers left and crosses the line at the railway station. Here one enters the Tulbagh basin, formerly called the Land of Waveren. It is an area rich with history—a history best exemplified by the old church, now a museum.

  3. Farm stay - Wikipedia

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    The term "farm stay" can also describe a work exchange agreement, where the guest works a set number of hours per week in exchange for free or affordable accommodation. [citation needed] Farm stays can be described as agritourism (farmer opening their farm to tourists for any reason, including farm stands and u-pick [1]), ecotourism ...

  4. Tulbagh - Wikipedia

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    In September 1969 the Boland area was hit by an earthquake that caused considerable damage to the town of Tulbagh. Many of the Church Street buildings were destroyed. The extent of the damage was aptly described by the Journal Bulletin of the Simon van der Stel Foundation in 1973: "A street that somehow captured the essential spirit of a unique culture looked as if it was in the throes of a ...

  5. Pension (lodging) - Wikipedia

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    Literature. Naguib Mahfouz's 1967 novel, Miramar, focuses on the lives of the long-term residents of the eponymous pension in Alexandria in the 1960s.; E. M. Forster's 1908 novel, A Room with a View, opens with the protagonist Lucy Honeychurch and her spinster cousin and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett complaining about the Pensione Bertolini, where they are staying in Florence, Italy.

  6. Package tour - Wikipedia

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    Dynamic packaging is a method that is becoming increasingly used in package holiday booking procedures that enables consumers to build their own package of flights, accommodation, and rental car instead of a pre-defined packages. [4] Dynamic packaging allows guests to create their own vacation, similar to a private or custom tour.

  7. Guest house - Wikipedia

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    Generally, there are two variations of paying guest house: . Home converted guest house; Professionally run guest house with all necessary amenities and staff; In the first version of the guest house, the guests get to live with a family where they get shelter and food (bed and breakfast) only, and for the rest of the jobs like washing clothes and utensils, cleaning of room or area around ...

  8. Collective farming - Wikipedia

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    Any Huron was free to clear the land and farm on the basis of usufruct. They maintained possession of the land as long as they continued to actively cultivate and tend the fields. Once they abandoned the land, it reverted to communal ownership, and anyone could take it up for themselves. [3]

  9. 1969 Tulbagh earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The 1969 Tulbagh earthquake occurred at 20:03:33 UTC on 29 September. It had a magnitude of 6.3 M w and a maximum felt intensity of VIII ( Severe ) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale . It caused widespread damage in the towns of Ceres , Tulbagh and Wolseley and led to 12 deaths. [ 1 ]