Stellenbosch is about half an hours drive from Cape Town and we came here straight from CapeTown airport, didn't really know much about the place other than its in the heart of South Africa's wine growing region, and thats reason enough to come here. I think Stellenbosch might bit a little over looked on the backpacker circuit because wine quaffing might be seen as a bit poncy, or a mum and dad passtime maybe I don't know. But its been a good move for us coming here, although you wouldn't really call this Africa, with its leafy streets and gardens, parts are like a centuries old village in the Dutch and Germanic stlye, great individual architecture in the buildings. A little like Keswick in the lake district in that its surrouded by towering mountain scenery, only
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