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Le Quartier Français is a restaurant and hotel in Franschhoek, South Africa near Stellenbosch. The property has thirteen rooms, eight suites and a cottage that overlook a landscaped garden with a natural pool. [citation needed] The restaurant ranked 36th best restaurant in the world in Restaurant magazine's Top 50 in 2011. [1]
Franschhoek ([fransˈɦuk]; Afrikaans for "French Corner", Dutch spelling before 1947 Fransche Hoek, French: Le Coin Français) is a small town in the Western Cape Province and one of the oldest towns in South Africa.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of the heritage sites in Paarl as recognized by the South African Heritage Resource Agency. SAHRA identifier Site name Description Town District NHRA status Coordinates Image 9/2/068/0037 De Rust Local Area, General De Rust Paarl Upload ...
Val de Vie Estate (from French "Valley of Life") is a residential estate occupying 917 hectares (2,270 acres), situated between Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek in the Cape Winelands of South Africa. [1] [2]
Franschhoek Valley. Many of these settlers were allocated farms in an area later called Franschhoek, Dutch for "French corner", in the present-day Western Cape province of South Africa. The valley was originally known as Olifantshoek ("Elephant's Corner"), so named because of the vast herds of elephants that roamed the area.
The Boschendal estate is crowned by the original Cape Dutch manor house, which is open to visitors, together with associated wine tasting venues, restaurants and outbuildings and visitor attractions. In the late 1960s the estate was taken over by the Anglo American Corporation , before being sold in 2003 to a consortium of international ...
The museum presents education programs e.g. history of the Huguenots, Fynbos, Khoisan, Architecture and Genealogy / Families. Guided tours of the museum for visitors are also available. The annual Huguenot Festival presented by the Huguenot Society in conjunction with the museum takes place in the last weekend of October.
Settlement name changes especially targeted places of Afrikaans origin, such as Pietersburg (Polokwane), Nylstroom (Modimolle) and Ellisras (Lephalale), while avoiding places with Bantu or English names such as Northam, Alldays, Tzaneen and Thabazimbi. The Limpopo is the most ethnically black province in South Africa (96.7% as of 2011) and is ...