Guidebook for Prince Albert
Food Scene
The most delicious Apple Pie, Lemon Meringue, Tipsy Tart, Milk Tart or Cheese Cake. PS. Broadband uncapped WiFi to stay in touch with the outside world...enjoy a cup of Hazz coffee and a cake while surfing and checking emails.
Tel: 023 5411 379
jpbol@yahoo.com
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Lazy Lizard
Church StreetThe most delicious Apple Pie, Lemon Meringue, Tipsy Tart, Milk Tart or Cheese Cake. PS. Broadband uncapped WiFi to stay in touch with the outside world...enjoy a cup of Hazz coffee and a cake while surfing and checking emails.
Tel: 023 5411 379
jpbol@yahoo.com
Try them for their Gourmet Burgers (the green fig preserve & blue cheese burger is a must try!)
Gingerbeer & Lemonade
Milkshakes, Yummy Cakes
Tel/Fax: 023 5411 846
yvettebreedt@mweb.co.za
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lah di dah
6A Church StTry them for their Gourmet Burgers (the green fig preserve & blue cheese burger is a must try!)
Gingerbeer & Lemonade
Milkshakes, Yummy Cakes
Tel/Fax: 023 5411 846
yvettebreedt@mweb.co.za
Open for breakfast, tea & cake and light lunches.
Unique collection of interesting antiques and vintage items, including Cape furniture and copper, Boer War memorabilia, vintage pictures, beautiful porcelain and silver, fascinating books, old kitchen utensils, and Colleen's beautiful handmade quilts, which she creates from Liberty materials.
Enjoy buffet lunches and teas with dishes made from local and organic products.
Local Karoo products of the highest quality are available.
Tel: 023 541-1077 or 072 637 2826 (Colleen) or 073 877 3954 (William)
Prince Albert Gallery
55 Church St
Open for breakfast, tea & cake and light lunches.
Unique collection of interesting antiques and vintage items, including Cape furniture and copper, Boer War memorabilia, vintage pictures, beautiful porcelain and silver, fascinating books, old kitchen utensils, and Colleen's beautiful handmade quilts, which she creates from Liberty materials.
Enjoy buffet lunches and teas with dishes made from local and organic products.
Local Karoo products of the highest quality are available.
Tel: 023 541-1077 or 072 637 2826 (Colleen) or 073 877 3954 (William)
Gallery Cafe
Stunning dinner
Coffee Shop at The Swartberg Hotel.
Tel: 023 5411 332
Open daily for breakfast, lunch and delectable cakes.
Deli shop
Olives and olive products, freshly baked breads, Preserves.
Selection of locally hand-made products and Kokkedoor Merchandise.
Orders taken for cakes and other baked goods.
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Mont d'Or Swartberg Hotel
77 Church StCoffee Shop at The Swartberg Hotel.
Tel: 023 5411 332
Open daily for breakfast, lunch and delectable cakes.
Deli shop
Olives and olive products, freshly baked breads, Preserves.
Selection of locally hand-made products and Kokkedoor Merchandise.
Orders taken for cakes and other baked goods.
Parks & Nature
+ Indigenous nursery
+ Walk on farm showcasing unusual plants etc
Contact: Dr Sue Milton-Dean & Dr Richard Dean
RENU-KAROO
+27 (23) 541 1828
Renu-Karoo Veld Restoration Nursery
Van Dyk Street+ Indigenous nursery
+ Walk on farm showcasing unusual plants etc
Contact: Dr Sue Milton-Dean & Dr Richard Dean
RENU-KAROO
+27 (23) 541 1828
Arts & Culture
+ Tour and information of museum with impressive collection
+ Personal tour of one of the largest mineralogical collections
+ One-on-one architecture and history walk of Prince Albert
‘The cultural history museum in Prince Albert depicts the history of the town and its environment. The antiques and artefacts were collected largely by Fransie Pienaar, but the collection is still growing, through donations from past and present inhabitants of Prince Albert.’
Tel: 023 5411 172
fransiepmuseum@lantic.net
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Fransie Pienaar Museum
42 Church St+ Tour and information of museum with impressive collection
+ Personal tour of one of the largest mineralogical collections
+ One-on-one architecture and history walk of Prince Albert
‘The cultural history museum in Prince Albert depicts the history of the town and its environment. The antiques and artefacts were collected largely by Fransie Pienaar, but the collection is still growing, through donations from past and present inhabitants of Prince Albert.’
Tel: 023 5411 172
fransiepmuseum@lantic.net
Shopping
Karoo Looms
3 Arterial roadMohair carpets and weavery
Entertainment & Activities
Live shows in décor architecture theater
See the latest programme of events at
http://www.showroomtheatre.co.za/ OR
e-mail: admin@showroomtheatre.co.za OR
Contact Fourie Munro 023 5411 563 / 074 639 4304.
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The Showroom Theatre
43 Church StLive shows in décor architecture theater
See the latest programme of events at
http://www.showroomtheatre.co.za/ OR
e-mail: admin@showroomtheatre.co.za OR
Contact Fourie Munro 023 5411 563 / 074 639 4304.
Sightseeing
Day drive to see the splendours of the Swartberg Mountains
Why not take a day drive over the Swartberg Pass (well maintained gravel road changes to tar at foot of the pass on the Oudtshoorn side) to the Cango Caves, then home to Prince Albert through De Rust and Meiringspoort (fully tarred) - a magnificent experience.
On this side of Meiringspoort, turn into Klaarstroom a tiny Victorian hamlet that really is a "one horse town"!
Your route can be varied as you travel between the SwartbergPassand Oudtshoorn - you can turn off at the Cango-oord road (gravel road in poor state of repair).which will take you past the Rus en Vrede Waterfall towards Oude Muragie and onto the tar road to De Rust.
Head down Pastoriestraat and out along the gravel road (well maintained). You pass through typical Karoo landscape: brush covered plains, rocky kloofs, stony river beds. Watch out for the varied bird-life, buck, lizards and tortoises. You will eventually come to a T- junction with the tarred road to Beaufort West (left) and Meiringspoort and Klaarstroom (right).
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Swartberg Pass
Day drive to see the splendours of the Swartberg Mountains
Why not take a day drive over the Swartberg Pass (well maintained gravel road changes to tar at foot of the pass on the Oudtshoorn side) to the Cango Caves, then home to Prince Albert through De Rust and Meiringspoort (fully tarred) - a magnificent experience.
On this side of Meiringspoort, turn into Klaarstroom a tiny Victorian hamlet that really is a "one horse town"!
Your route can be varied as you travel between the SwartbergPassand Oudtshoorn - you can turn off at the Cango-oord road (gravel road in poor state of repair).which will take you past the Rus en Vrede Waterfall towards Oude Muragie and onto the tar road to De Rust.
Head down Pastoriestraat and out along the gravel road (well maintained). You pass through typical Karoo landscape: brush covered plains, rocky kloofs, stony river beds. Watch out for the varied bird-life, buck, lizards and tortoises. You will eventually come to a T- junction with the tarred road to Beaufort West (left) and Meiringspoort and Klaarstroom (right).
A romantic sunset drive
It is a given that you will take a drive along the Weltevrede Valley road to see the sunset. About 25km along the gravel road you drive through a small pass. At its summit look down towards the Weltevrede Fig and Guest farm and back towardsPrince Albert. As the sun sets the mountains behind are transformed, passing through every shade of blue to the deepest purple, while ahead of you the sun strikes peaks and clouds with golden-orange and sultry-pink hues. Drive home beneath our sparkling, star-filled Karoo sky.
You can stay in the Weltevrede Valley in houses dating from the 19th Century
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Weltevrede Fig & Guest Farm
Weltevrede RoadA romantic sunset drive
It is a given that you will take a drive along the Weltevrede Valley road to see the sunset. About 25km along the gravel road you drive through a small pass. At its summit look down towards the Weltevrede Fig and Guest farm and back towardsPrince Albert. As the sun sets the mountains behind are transformed, passing through every shade of blue to the deepest purple, while ahead of you the sun strikes peaks and clouds with golden-orange and sultry-pink hues. Drive home beneath our sparkling, star-filled Karoo sky.
You can stay in the Weltevrede Valley in houses dating from the 19th Century
Gamkapoort Dam - 4 x 4 route
Gamkapoort Dam - built in the 1960's this wide expanse of water in the middle of the Karoo is home to hundreds of birds. You need a 4 x 4 vehicle or a vehicle with plenty of height for this drive as you will cross sandy and rocky river beds and the Gamka River can run strongly at times.
Please note that the road to Gamkapoort Dam is not accessible by car. It is recommended that only 4x4's or bakkies use it. Cape Nature Conservation has also informed us that under no circumstances are quad bikes allowed to use this road. Motor cycles are allowed but they must please remember that this is a conservation area. Fishing is allowed but no overnight fishing and no camping will be allowed. For further information kindly contact the Cape Nature Conservation official, on 023 581 5003.
Drive out along Margariet Prinsloo Street, the gravel road past the tannery. The road runs parallel to the Swartberg and you pass through several farms before you reach the Nature Reserve. Please remember to close all gates behind you. Once you reach the reserve keep to the left, until you reach the water.
There are simple picnic sites equipped with rubbish bins. Experience the sounds of silence, see buck and baboons - and watch birds fishing against the spectacular backdrop of the dinosaur-shaped mountains. (+/- 100km round trip) This route also offers tremendous sunsets. Fish Eagles are now nesting near the dam.
Gamkapoort Dam
Gamkapoort Dam - 4 x 4 route
Gamkapoort Dam - built in the 1960's this wide expanse of water in the middle of the Karoo is home to hundreds of birds. You need a 4 x 4 vehicle or a vehicle with plenty of height for this drive as you will cross sandy and rocky river beds and the Gamka River can run strongly at times.
Please note that the road to Gamkapoort Dam is not accessible by car. It is recommended that only 4x4's or bakkies use it. Cape Nature Conservation has also informed us that under no circumstances are quad bikes allowed to use this road. Motor cycles are allowed but they must please remember that this is a conservation area. Fishing is allowed but no overnight fishing and no camping will be allowed. For further information kindly contact the Cape Nature Conservation official, on 023 581 5003.
Drive out along Margariet Prinsloo Street, the gravel road past the tannery. The road runs parallel to the Swartberg and you pass through several farms before you reach the Nature Reserve. Please remember to close all gates behind you. Once you reach the reserve keep to the left, until you reach the water.
There are simple picnic sites equipped with rubbish bins. Experience the sounds of silence, see buck and baboons - and watch birds fishing against the spectacular backdrop of the dinosaur-shaped mountains. (+/- 100km round trip) This route also offers tremendous sunsets. Fish Eagles are now nesting near the dam.