Franschhoek
Franschhoek is a city in the Cape Winelands. Franschhoek makes a serious attempt at being the food and wine capital of South Africa and there are many fine restaurants. It's a great place to relax, enjoy top food and wine, in a spectacular atmosphere.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 17,600 residents
- Description: town in the Western Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “French Hoek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Huguenot Memorial Museum and Huguenot Monument.
Huguenot Memorial Museum
Museum
Huguenot Memorial Museum portrays the history of the French Huguenots who came to South Africa at the end of the seventeenth century. Displays are housed in the main building, and continue in the annex.
Huguenot Monument
The Huguenot Monument in Franschhoek, Western Cape, South Africa, is dedicated to the cultural influences that Huguenots have brought to the Cape Colony after their immigration during the 17th and 18th centuries.Le Quartier Français
Hotel
Le Quartier Français is a restaurant and hotel in Franschhoek, South Africa near Stellenbosch. The property has thirteen rooms, eight suites and a cottage that overlook a landscaped garden with a natural pool.The restaurant ranked 36th best restaurant in the world in Restaurant magazine's Top 50 in 2011.
Franschhoek
Latitude
-33.9092° or 33° 54′ 33″ southLongitude
19.1194° or 19° 7′ 10″ eastPopulation
17,600Elevation
273 metres (896 feet)Inception
1688Open location code
4FRX34R9+8QOpenStreetMap ID
node 235539362OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Franschhoek” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Franschhoek”
- Asturian: “Franschhoek”
- Bulgarian: “Франсчхоек”
- Cebuano: “Franschhoek”
- Chinese: “弗朗斯胡克”
- Chinese: “法蘭史霍克”
- Dutch: “Franschhoek”
- Estonian: “Franschhoek”
- Finnish: “Franschhoek”
- French: “Franschhoek”
- Galician: “Franschhoek”
- German: “Franschhoek”
- German: “Franschoek”
- Italian: “Franschhoek”
- Japanese: “フランシュフック”
- Latin: “Franschhoek”
- Latin: “Gallogoniopolis”
- Luxembourgish: “Franschhoek”
- Pedi: “Franschhoek”
- Persian: “فرانشهوک”
- Portuguese: “Franschhoek”
- Romanian: “Franschhoek”
- Russian: “Франсхук”
- Spanish: “Franschhoek”
- Swahili: “Franschhoek”
- Western Frisian: “Franschhoek”
- Zulu: “IFranschhoek”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Franschhoek”. Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 3.0.