Open Travel Guide

The city of Worcester in South Africa was founded in 1822. The city is now primarily a service center for the surrounding wine and fruit growing areas in the Breede River Valley. Worcester is located on the N1 highway between Cape Town and Johannesburg and is an ideal place for a stopover, as it has to offer interesting sights.

Kleinplasie in open-air museum gives you an overview of the life of early settlers. A farmhouse from the 18th Century has been reconstructed a hut in a camp and trekboers Khoikhoi and set detail. Actors in period costume to restart the rural life of past times. Visitors can see how they rolled soap, tobacco, wrought iron, woven ground wheat, wool and more established.

For the wine lover in Worcester offers a great tasting Wine Centre, where you can enjoy the excellent wines of the Breede River. Worth a visit is the KWV Brandy Cellar, where you can have a glimpse into the art of distillation to get booze.

Another attraction is the Karoo National Botanical Garden, about a mile north of Worcester. This 144 hectare semi-desert nature reserve you will find a variety of plants Karoo.

Gliding enthusiasts find the airport Gliding in the Cape, Worcester. Cape Gliding Club has a number of gliders had one or two places, one aircraft towing a paved track. Aviation activities are usually limited on weekends. Visitors are welcome and can be under the supervision of a teacher, you try the same flight. Thermal winds and weather in the Breede River Valley are the best of the year.

Worcester is located on the main road to and from Cape Town, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. With its wide range of services and commercial facilities, has the central business and shopping district in the valley and the surrounding villages.

Things to see and do:

Kleinplasie:

The complex (next to the Robertson Road) Agricultural Showground includes a living open air museum, a restaurant and wine cellar, and the world of reptiles.

Living Open Air Museum Kleinplasie:

The unique open-air museum is the life of the pioneer farmers. Throughout the year a variety of activities will be presented.

Karoo National Botanical Garden

This gem of a garden with 144ha of natural semi-desert vegetation and 10 acres of landscaped gardens, the unique characteristics of the plants drier parts of the country. His collections emissions offer world-class operations in stone.

Brandy Route:

During the 325th Brandy produced in South Africa in 1997, the route of the world Brandy was first introduced, a stir among the media in the world. Public awareness raised and explained Brandy lovers to learn more about the production and the finer side of this noble fruit of the vine, to visit the wine cellars of the Brandy Route.

KWV La Cave, the largest of its kind in the world, is one of eight wineries on the Route de Brandy. It’s uniqueness is in the pot still Woudberg 120, the maturation cellar and huge demonstrations of the ancient art of cooperage by Coopers.

The Olof Bergh Solera Cellar Goudin is the other cave in the area of ??Worcester. Small, but fertile, it hosts 22 copper boilers still used Woudberg similar to those used in Cognac, France, for the distillation of high-quality wines Pigeon. This is the only cave in South Africa for the practice of the famous Spanish solera method of aging and blending.

Institute for the Blind:

Visitors are invited to see how the visually impaired are trained and how they work.

Institute for the Deaf:

Visitors are invited to see how the hearing impaired are trained and how they work.

Nuwe Hoop Centre for the Deaf:

A center where children between the ages of three and 21 years old will receive formal training and technology. Visitors are welcome.

Architectural Walking routes:

Worcester has been arranged according to a plan with parallel roads. This allows the visitor a brief stroll through the city and visit some excellent examples of early architecture. Brochures are available at the tourist office.