Twin Gables Guest House

In the 'hood, Mamre as a destination

The 'great tree of Mamre' is where Abraham is said to have pitched his tent. Whilst he never owned the land on which his tent rested, he did later buy a piece of land very close to it where he buried his wife, Sarah. And indeed, it is Abraham's final resting ground too – the only land in Israel Abraham ever owned. A place in which he found rest, perhaps. Whether or not this story or ... cont.

other destinations on the Cape West Coast

Britannia Bay, Jacobsbaai, Langebaan, Paternoster, Saldanha, St Helena Bay, Shelley Point, Strandfontein, Vredendal, Yzerfontein, Lamberts Bay, Darling, Vredenburg, Vanrhynsdorp, Elands Bay, Velddrif, Port Owen, Doringbaai, Philadelphia, Grotto Bay, Kraalbaai, Laaiplek, Redelinghuys, Stompneusbaai, Nuwerus, Dwarskersbos, Lutzville