STRAND AREA INFORMATION
Strand and Gordon's Bay situated on the False Bay coastline are among South Africa and the Western Capes most popular and oldest holiday destinations.
In Strand the holidaymakers busy themselves with the excellent and abundant water sports. Surfing, skiing, windsurfing, kite boarding and swimming are all complemented by the excellent water sport facilities and long white sandy beaches.
Along both the Strand and Gordon's Bay beach fronts you will find a number of quaint and cosy cafes, restaurants and accommodation venues. Many more will be found in the Gordon's Bay harbour and the nearby yacht dock harbour island. If you are looking for some live music and a good old English pub environment you will find Bertie's Mooring a suitable place to sit and watch the sun set over False Bay and the docked yachts in the harbour.
Land based whale watching is popular in this region and the beautiful
coastal drive to Rooi Els, Betty's Bay and finally Kleinmond all beautiful
holiday destinations offers may picnic parking spots to facilitate the
whale watching.
GORDONS BAY AREA INFORMATION
Gordon's Bay was named after Robert Jacob Gordon, a Dutch Military officer
who commanded the Cape garrison in the latter part of the 18th century.
Today the picturesque town of Gordon's Bay combines the flavour of an
international holiday resort with the charm of an old-style coastal town.
In summer the narrow streets and bustling beaches of Gordon's Bay come
alive with the sounds of happy holiday makers. Gordon's Bay is close to
all the attractions of the surrounding Helderberg and winelands regions
namely Strand, Somerset West and Stellenbosch.
SOMERSET WEST AREA INFORMATION
Somerset West (5 Kms from Strand) is situated at the foot of the Helderberg and Hottentots Holland
Mountains. Somerset West is named after the British Governor, Lord Charles Somerset.
In 1817 four farmers who owned different parts of Vergelegen, asked the governor for permission
to build a church and a village around it. Permission was granted and the village was named
“Somerset”. But there was confusion with the town of Somerset
East in the Eastern Cape and so therefore in 1850 the name was changed to Somerset West.
