The Royal Hotel

This article is about a hotel in Western Cape, South Africa. For other notable Royal Hotels, see Royal Hotel.

The Royal Hotel in Riebeek Kasteel is the oldest licensed hotel of the Western Cape[1][2] and was built in 1862. This now fully restored heritage building is one of the few hotels left of that particular colonial era of South Africa. Famous visitors in history were Jan Smuts and Daniel Malan, both from the Riebeek Valley and both prime ministers of South Africa during troubled times. In 2006 southafrica.org placed The Royal as only hotel on the list of "the 50 most fabulous places to visit in SA". According to them it has the longest stoep (veranda) south of the Limpopo.

Sources

  1. ↑ Lambert, Malu; Katz, Stephanie. "The Royal Hotel in Riebeek Kasteel". Capetown Magazine.
  2. ↑ "The Royal Hotel, Riebeek-Kasteel". Marie Claire. South Africa. April 4, 2013.

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Coordinates: 33°22′59″S 18°53′48″E / 33.3830°S 18.8967°E / -33.3830; 18.8967


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