A courtyard fountain seen through an archway in South Africa's Waterford Wine Estate.

The journal: Stays & Dining, page 2

Stays & Dining7 December 2020
Picnics at De Meye: Superb Seasonal Summer Baskets
Summer, and the holiday season, is upon us. While we might do things a little differently this year, Covid-conscious travel, outings and activities are possible. And nowhere has proved this more than De Meye Wine Estate. (That I know of, anyway). De Meye is a gorgeous estate, perfect for a summer afternoon in the countryside. I’d been dying to visit the estate and finally on Saturday 5 December…
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Stays & Dining1 May 2020
Travel Memory: Encountering the Giants of the Garden Route
Every summer holiday for the last five years, I venture down the Cape’s breathtaking Garden Route to Knysna where my boyfriend’s family live. In the summer of 2017/2018, I got the idea from his grandmother to spend a few extra days and drive to Addo Elephant National Park, home to over six hundred elephants, and so my planning began. The first issue was finding a place to stay. While Addo has…
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Stays & Dining1 July 2019
Royal Tea at the Silo Hotel
Towering above the V&A Waterfront in The Silo District – and occupying six floors above the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa – is the striking Silo Hotel. Royal Tea is taken in the stylish sixth-floor Granary Café, where dark-brown leather couches, large glossy tables and an eclectic collection of contemporary art enhance the regal atmosphere – not to mention the awe-inspiring geometric…
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Stays & Dining1 January 2019
High Tea at Lanzerac’s Striking Manor Kitchen
Lanzerac is famed for many things – a stupendous view-drenched spa, breathtaking vineyard and mountain vistas, and being the home of the world’s first bottled Pinotage (1959). Its striking restaurant – the elegant Manor Kitchen – also deserves special mention. One of four restaurants on the estate, it dazzles with eye-catching chandeliers, large windows and a bright, airy space beautifully…
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The journal: Stays & Dining, page 2

Picnics at De Meye: Superb Seasonal Summer Baskets

Travel Memory: Encountering the Giants of the Garden Route

Royal Tea at the Silo Hotel

High Tea at Lanzerac’s Striking Manor Kitchen