Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch properties for sale offers the most sought after properties in the Western Cape Winelands region. These Stellenbosch properties are surrounded by towering mountains such as Simonsberg, Stellenbosch, Helderberg and Jonkershoek mountains and hills lined with vineyards. The Stellenbosch properties for sale are located in the oldest town in South Africa. Stellenbosch was founded in 1679 by Simon van der Stel. With its fertile soil, the Dutch East India Company intended to grow vegetables in the valley and supply the ships en route to the East Indies.
The first farmers settled on the Eerste River in 1683, with the first colonialists from the Netherlands, Germany, France and Britain making the Stellenbosch Farms for sale and Stellenbosch properties for sale very special. It is the Cape Dutch architecture that has proved the most distinctive over the years and there are fine examples of this building style dotted throughout Stellenbosch and the Stellenbosch Farms for sale. The early townspeople were encouraged to plant oak trees and the area became known as "Eikestad" or ‘town of oaks' and these majestic trees provide welcome shade when the mercury is rising during the summer months. Stellenbosch has developed into a vibrant university town, with the growth a direct result of the University of Stellenbosch, renowned as one of the world's top learning institutions placing huge demands on the Stellenbosch apartments for sale.
For the inhabitants, there is a small-town aura with a leisurely lifestyle in an atmosphere where art, music and theatre reign. Yet Stellenbosch is only half-an-hour's drive from the Mother City of Cape Town... where else could one find this quality of life?
And for the students, in addition to the buzz of campus life, the academic stimulation, and the sports facilities surrounded by mountain scenery, there are the sidewalk cafés and friendly meet-and-eat pubs - all within walking distance.
Apart from all the wonderful Stellenbosch wine estates, most of the Stellenbosch accommodation establishments and restaurants are also privately owned and managed - promising you a personal and pampered experience.
From historical farms and houses to modern golf estate living in De Zalze Winelands Golf Estate and Devonvale Golf and Wine Estate or secure country estates such as De Bosch Country Estate and Slaley Estate, from Student apartments for rent to Stellenbosch Lifestyle smallholdings and Stellenbosch wine farms for sale, Stellenbosch can offer a prospective purchaser, a wide range of suitable properties in a secure, family friendly environment boasting top public and private schools such as Somerset College, Paul Roos Gymnasium, Bloemhof Meisies Skool, Rhenish School, Eikestad Laerskool and Stellenbosch Schools. This is a town where people still have the freedom to walk and children can play in the streets and ride bikes to school.
Stellenbosch is home to many well known artists and crafters of note such as Dylan Lewis, Portchie and Kaffie Pretorius. A wealth of local products -art, craft, jewellers, boutiques, deli's etc. can be found and enjoyed such as the weekly Stellenbosch Slow Food Market at the Oude Libertas venue.
Today, there are more than 600 Wine farms and Lifestyle farms and 123 wine cellars in the Stellenbosch area, producing some of the best wines in South Africa. The dramatically beautiful environment, street cafes, restaurants, mountain trails, plethora of outdoor pursuits (hiking, fishing, horse riding), wine estates and access to some of the Cape's best beaches nearby makes Stellenbosch an idyllic place to live.
- Residential Sale Property Ranging from R550,000 to R65,000,000
