Queen's Hotel

Astounding Southern Africa - Stellenbosch, Sunday 2015 March 8

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March 8th 2015
We drove along one of the main streets in Outdshoorn, featuring the Queen’s Hotel, refurbished and renamed for Princess Elizabeth to visit on her African tour, cut short by the death of her father. Many of the nearby lovely homes were known as “feather palaces”, i.e., built with the fortunes m ... read more

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more