Things To Do in Franschhoek

Do a Private Wine Tour

Where: Somerset West
How much (per person): On Request

You will be personally escorted on your exclusive wine tour by Richard Hilton, a Cape wine producer (Pax ‘Verbatim’ Vineyards) and lover of ... more information

Franschhoek Wine Bus

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): R501 to R1000

This is a three hour trip on the Wine Bus that will take you through vineyards, forest and orchards. A maximum of ten people are permitted ... more information

Be pampered at the Spa at Le Franchhoek

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

After your morning’s hike or a game of tennis, a horse-ride or a swim, you may wish to head for the Camelot Spa at Le Franschhoek, bathed ... more information

Café BonBon

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

Set on a historical working fruit and wine farm and only two kilometres from the Franschhoek town centre, this idyllic eatery with ... more information

Do a Tour of the Cape Winelands

Where: Cape Winelands
How much (per person): On Request

Join Gary Flynn of Cape Discovery Tours for a full day of Wine tasting and touring the beatiful Cape Winelands. Cape Town Discovery is an ... more information

Elephant and Barrel Village Pub

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

The Elephant and Barrel Village Pub is the only English Pub in Fanschhoek and specialises in more than 30 traditional English beers. Sip ... more information

Franschhoek by Saddle

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): R201 to R500

Novice rider? A little stiff on a horse? The perfect solution... wine. Combine a little delicious wine tasting as you ride on horse ... more information

Get Festive in Franschhoek

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): R1 to R100

Franschhoek Village resting on its French heritage of entertainment flare is the South African hosting ground of many annual international ... more information

Live Jazz on Fridays at Vineyard Brasserie

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): R1 to R100

Join the locals (and visitors) in Franschhoek on any Friday evening at the Vineyard Brasserie to listen to Jazz over a glass of wine. The ... more information

Lunch at Rickety Bridge

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

Lunch might be over when the distant orange-pink mountains change hue. But that doesn’t mean you have to leave. Take a seat on a sunny ... more information

See a Movie in Style at The Screening Room

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): R1 to R100

If you’re going to see a movie you may as well see it as if you were a Hollywood star complete with a bottle of Champagne in utter comfort ... more information

Wine Tasting at La Petite Vigne

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): R1 to R100

Petite Vigne is a boutique wine estate, 3,3 hectares in extent, planted to Cabernet Sauvignon. The size of the farm allows us to focus on ... more information

Wine Tasting at Môreson

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

We have an incredibly knowledgeable and off the charts cute team running the Môreson Wine Tasting. Visit us and they'll treat you like long ... more information

The 'Chocolate Experience' in Franschhoek

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): R1 to R100

‘The Chocolate Experience’ is a half hour programme held regulary at Huguenot Fine Chocolates in Franschhoek. The half hour programme ... more information

Wine Tasting at Rickety Bridge Winery

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): R1 to R100

Rickety Bridge Winery celebrated its 200th anniversary in 1997. The cellar is situated on the temperate slopes of the Franschhoek valley, ... more information

The Franschhoek Motor Museum

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): R1 to R100

The Franschhoek Motor Museum offers visitors a special opportunity to look back at more than 100 years of motoring history with its unique ... more information

Theatre @ Bridge House

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

Bridge House is a distinguished private school cast in the setting of the Franschhoek winelands on private grounds of eloquence. The ... more information

Visit a Microbrewery

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

Although people normally associate Franschhoek with wines, the Dieu Donné Microbrewery might make for a pleasant change. British style ... more information

Winelands Sunset Drive

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): Free

The famous gourmet capital of the Western Cape is the wine valley of Franschhoek. As a valley it is cradled between mountain ranges that ... more information

Visit Roubaix House Gallery

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): Free to Browse

Pottery-working studio and contemporary ceramics showroom. All the work is hand made by David Walters and his daughter Sarah on the ... more information

Reuben's Restaurant & Bar

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

Reuben Riffel, chef and owner of Reuben’s in Franschhoek, embodies a story of hope that has endeared him to all who know it. Growing up ... more information

Backsberg Estate Cellars

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

Set in the garden on the sprawling grounds of the Backsberg Wine Estate, Backsberg restaurant is an alfresco experience during summer - ... more information

Artefunto Art Gallery

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): Free to Browse

A mere hour's drive from the centre of Cape Town lies the picturesque town of Franschhoek, founded in 1688 by French Huguenots and formally ... more information

Boekenhoutskloof Wine Estate

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

One of the oldest farms in the foothills of Franschhoek is Boekenhoutskloof, founded in 1776 and means ‘ravine of the Boekenhout’. ... more information

Boschendal Wine Estate

Where: Groot Drakenstein
How much (per person): On Request

Boschendal is situated in the Franschhoek Valley, an area meaning ‘little French corner’ where Huguenot settlers fled religious persecution ... more information

Haute Cabriere Wine Estate

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

Haute was granted to Pierre Jourdan, a French Huguenot farmer, in 1694. Haute Cabrière prides itself in its pioneering legacy and made the ... more information

Anthonij Rupert Wines

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

A fine wine beneath the Drakenstein mountain of Franschhoek, lies L’Ormarins wine farm, home base to Anthonij Rupert Wines. The Cape of ... more information

Allée Bleue Wine Estate

Where: Groot Drakenstein
How much (per person): On Request

Allée Bleue Estate was founded as "Mere Rust" in 1690, but once current owners, Elke and Friedrich-Wilhelm Dauphin bought the farm, they ... more information

Graham Beck Wine Estate

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

The late Graham Beck first purchased a farm, Madeba, in Robertson in 1983 and then a second estate in Franschhoek. Cellar master, Pieter ... more information

Grande Provence Heritage Wine Estate

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

Grande Provence in the heart of Franschhoek, which was once known as Elephants Corner, can only be described as a luxurious experience of ... more information

Haut Espoir Wine Estate

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

Haut Espoir or “High Hope”, is a family owned vineyard with parents, kids and extended family all playing a part in the operations on the ... more information

Holden Manz Wine Estate

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

The Holden Manz wine estate, once known as Klein Genot, is owned by Gerard Holden and Migo Man who first arrived in South Africa in the ... more information

La Bri Wine Estate

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

Safely nestled in the Franschhoek Valley, La Bri is derived from the French word for ‘shelter’ or ‘refuge’. Robin Hamilton bought the Farm ... more information

Cape Chamonix Wine Farm

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

Cape Chamonix Wine Farm once formed part of the Huguenot Estate, La Cotte, which was granted in 1688 and still boasts the highest planted ... more information

Colmant Cap Classique & Champagne

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

Here is a winery totally dedicated to the lovers of quality bubbly. If this is you, then why have you not popped into Colmant Cap Classique ... more information

Dieu Donné Vineyards

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

Just four minutes from Franschhoek village is a wine farm dating back to 1855 with a name meaning ‘God Given’. French-Mauritian, Robert ... more information

Glenwood Winery

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

A few kilometres from Franschhoek, you’ll find Glenwood farm in the valley of Robertsvlei which has taken 19 years to develop. ‘DP’ Burger ... more information

La Couronne Wine Estate

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

La Couronne is a name meaning “The Crown” which was a famous French warship built by the French Navy in 1636 which transported 277 French ... more information

La Motte Wine Estate

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

The farm was first granted to German, Hans Hattingh and later bought by French Huguenot, Pierre Joubert in 1709 who named it after the ... more information

Le Manoir De Brendel Wine Estate

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

Le Manoir de Brendel is a family-owned estate where all grapes are harvested by hand. The very best bunches are sorted from the ... more information

Lynx Wine Farm

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

When owners, Dieter and Diana Sellmeyer, were wondering what to call their new label, their workers ran to them saying they had finally ... more information

Mont Rochelle Vineyards

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

The vineyards of Mont Rochelle are nestled against the Klein Dassenberg Mountains and were first planted in 1994. Their 150 year old wine ... more information

My Wyn Boutique Winery

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

The lower slopes of the DuToitskop Mountains overlooking the Franschhoek Valley, is where you’ll find the woman behind My Wyn, ... more information

Solms-Delta Wine Estate

Where: Groot Drakenstein
How much (per person): On Request

Professor Mark Solms is currently overseeing the rebirth of this Franschhoek farm which has produced wine for four centuries. Renowned for ... more information

Plaisir de Merle Wine Estate

Where: Simondium
How much (per person): On Request

Fleeing religious persecution in France, The Frenchman, Charles Marais and his family was granted land by Simon van der Stel in 1693 and ... more information

Stony Brook Vineyards

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

If you’re a lover of personal, intimate wine tastings at boutique wine estates, but expect nothing less than a wine which will leave you ... more information

Topiary Winery

Where: Franschhoek
How much (per person): On Request

Topiary Wines have been named by owner, Roy Andrews, due to the spectacular topiary art works all over the farm. The estate, previously ... more information

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