Somerset West

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Somerset West is 50km east of Cape Town. Only 6km inland from the False Bay coast, it is also a stones throw away from Strand and Gordon's Bay - resort suburbs which seem to have escaped the heavy development over the past 20 years.

Somerset West is well known for its beautiful flora and fauna. The beautiful Vergelegen Wine Estate is close by and definitely worth a visit. If your taste is more for birds than for wine then the Helderberg Nature Reserve would be your paradise - it also contains many walks and trails paving their way through South Africa's famous fynbos.

The Country Craft Market is well known and contains only handcrafted stalls.

For sports fanatics, Somerset West boasts three golf courses, soccer, squash, tennis, cricket and a gun range.