Huguenot Memorial Monument — Attraction in Stellenbosch Local Municipality

I visited Franshoek over 40 years back. Very excited and with high expectations of visiting the meuseums again turned out to vanish with the fog today. Everything was closed. Buy tickets across the street they say. Closed. Eventually our knocking and ringing the bell was answered. R100 per person might sound cheap but if you are a party of 4 it is too expensive for locals. So the conclusion is: If you are South African you shall not visit places of cultural interest because of the high price. From Somerset Wes, Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franshoek, be sure to pay ridiculous entrance fees. Very very very dissapointed to return home with without the chance to see and experience what...

Franshoek is such a beautiful town with so much history attached to it.

When my kids were younger we would often bring them to the monument.

When we were last there the gates were closed but the monument still looked beautiful surrounded by the stunning landscape. The area has always been immaculately kept and is always spotlessly clean.

There are signs advising visitors not to climb over the fence this is a very popular place and people loves to record their visit to the monument.

The location of the monument is perfect as it is so easy to come across on a Sunday...

Lovely informational museum and perfume museum, my friend and I visited the gardens before the closing time and arrived back at the gate to exit at 16h45 on Monday afternoon 22nd March the holiday to celebrate human rights day but the gates were locked and we could not exit the museum or gardens through the gates because the gates were locked and the staff did not check whether everyone that entered had exited before licking the gates. My friend and I who are in our 60s had to climb over the wall to...