Babylonstoren
Babylonstoren is a wine estate in the Drakenstein Valley in the Cape Winelands, South Africa. As one of the oldest Cape Dutch houses in South Africa, the estate is a popular tourist attraction, particularly because of its garden, designed by Patrice Taravella, inspired by the historic Company's Garden in Cape Town, and was described as "the Versailles of vegetable gardens" by the Sunday Times.
- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Email: enquiries@babylonstoren.com
- Type: Hotel
- Description: wine farm in South Africa
- Also known as: “Babylonstoren valley”
- Address: Klapmuts Simondium Road, Simondium, 7670
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Drakenstein Lion Park and Vrede en Lust.
Drakenstein Lion Park
Zoo
Drakenstein Lion Park is a zoological park in Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1998 to keep lions which could not be rehabilitated into the wilderness, and was meant to replace the now-defunct Tygerberg Zoo, which housed possible descendants of the Cape lion, amongst other animals. Drakenstein Lion Park is situated 3 km northwest of Babylonstoren.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Simondium and Klapmuts.
Simondium
Village
Simondium is a hamlet 8 kilometres south of Paarl in western South Africa. It was named after Pierre Simond, Huguenot minister at the Cape. Simondium is situated 3½ km southeast of Babylonstoren.
Klapmuts
Village
Languedoc
Suburb
Languedoc is a settlement in Cape Winelands District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Languedoc is situated 9 km southeast of Babylonstoren.
Babylonstoren
- Categories: garden, farm, building, tourism, and accommodation
- Location: Drakenstein Local Municipality, Cape Winelands District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.82385° or 33° 49′ 26″ south
Longitude
18.92641° or 18° 55′ 35″ east
Elevation
181 metres (594 feet)
Open location code
4FRW5WGG+FH
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to German—“Babylonstoren” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Babilonstoring”
- German: “Babylonstoren”
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