The Royal Hotel

The Royal Hotel in Riebeek Kasteel was built in 1862 and is the oldest licensed hotel of the Western Cape. 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.

See also

• List of hotels in South Africa

Sources

• Swartland Municipality
• southafrica.org

External links

• Royal Riebeek

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