Babylonstoren : restaurant, hotel, wine, brunch & lunch en Afrique du Sud
Babylonstoren, situé sur l'une des plus anciennes fermes de Paarl en Afrique du Sud, a été ouvert en 2010 par Karen Roos. Ce lieu emblématique mêle histoire, design et nature, attirant chaque année de nombreux visiteurs curieux de découvrir ses jardins et ses espaces de détente. La ferme, à environ une heure de Cape Town, est un véritable havre de paix où l’on peut explorer un jardin de 8 hectares conçu par Patrice Taravella, abritant plus de 300 variétés de plantes médicinales et comestibles.
Ce domaine propose une expérience complète avec un restaurant, un hôtel et des activités autour du vin. Le restaurant, situé dans une ancienne stabulation, sert des plats à base de produits frais issus de la ferme, parfaits pour un brunch ou un lunch. La cave à vin, reconnue pour ses dégustations et ses visites, met en avant les vins locaux, notamment les cépages blancs et rouges de la région de Paarl. Babylonstoren se distingue par ses services, ses dégustations et ses activités œnologiques, offrant une immersion totale dans la culture viticole sud-africaine.
L’atmosphère à Babylonstoren est à la fois chaleureuse et authentique, avec un décor mêlant architecture Cape Dutch et éléments modernes. Les visiteurs apprécient la quiétude des jardins, la beauté des paysages environnants et la convivialité du lieu. Que ce soit pour un moment de détente autour d’un verre de vin, une promenade dans les jardins ou un repas dans un cadre bucolique, Babylonstoren incarne l’alliance parfaite entre nature, gastronomie et hébergement de charme.
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"Beautiful half day trip through the gardens of Babylon. Best in Summer. Fruit may be picked off the trees. Fabulous café for the garden tea and scones. Gave it 4.5 stars for overall experience cause the seating doesn't have a view."
@elishaalley
"Fab visit to this incredible farm. They really have put do much thought, time & attention to detail. The gardens are not just beautifully attended but educational. The shops selling coffee & essential oils where you can make your own Bath salts..stunning. It's a must visit you can easily spend a few hours there. BABYLONSTOREN, PAARL, SOUTH AFRICA. AFRICADesign: Babylonstoren is located on one of the oldest farms in Paarl, about an hour’s drive from Cape Town—a dreamscape for fans of design, garden architecture, local food, and wine. You can spend hours wandering through the gardens discovering plants, with stunning views that take your breath away. A lunch in or around the Greenhouse is equally delightful, and you can even stay on the property.Wine: Paarl is one of the world’s most renowned wine regions, celebrated for its white wines (Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc) and red wines (Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinotage) whose grapes grow on the surroundings mountains. Babylonstoren won the award for Best Innovative Wine Tourism Experience with its wine cellar, tastings, and even a wine museum. "
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"Via Janine (Dennis Taskasap)"
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"Continents insolites Michelin "
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"Plus d'infos dans le Cartoville LeCap 2024 (Quartier F) !"
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"De oudste boerderij in de omgeving van Kaapstad is van Nederlandse oorsprong en een aanrader van jewelste. Na slechts een klein uurtje rijden vanaf het centrum van de stad kom je aan bij een witte herenboerderij waar alles, iedere hoek, elk detail, beeldschoon is. Je wandelt er door de tuinen, slaat je budget stuk in de farm shop, schuift er aan voor een fantastische lunch bij Babylon of je drinkt wat in de Greenhouse, een prachtige kas met terras."
@laramochtar
"Farm to garden 2 restaus : Babel et GreenHouse (serre - dej) Dégust vin + accord "
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"Expansive vineyard with fantastic food and wine. Better to spend several hours here to explore the gardens and arrange a wine tasting. "
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"à voir absolument. potager geant"
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"Rezzy in Babylonstoren vineyard. A spectacular, fresh meal in an old cow shed. Beautiful food, beautiful wine, beautiful setting "
@stuandrews
"Grand jardin. Très beau. A voir"
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"Must visit! So m7ch to see and do. "
@salome.knijnenburg
"Commercieel wijnhuis maar volledig begrijpelijk. Geweldige tuin, verse ingrediënten, zowel een bistro bij de kas als een restaurant. Leuke informatie over hoe wijn is begonnen etc "
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"Visite des lieux, en compagnie du génial Brent, sans oublier la qualitative ( et longue 😅 ) dégustation de vin "
@mano_oone
"Very fresh produces that come directly from the farm "
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"Wine estate avec un jardin immense et juste trop beau ! 🌳⛰️ Le musée sur le vin est hyper ludique et intéressant le restau est franchement pas mal (les scones c'est de la frappe) mais alors par contre le vin si décevant, c'est non "
@mathildemunier78
"Ils font leur fruits et légumes et ont un magnifique jardin. Endroit assez féerique. Ils ont 2 restaurants: on a testé le tranquille (Greenhouse). C'est bon mais pas donné et il faut patienter 30-40min une fois qu'on s'est annoncé. C'est l'occasion de visiter les jardins."
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"Magnifique propriété avec un beau jardin à visiter, un restaurant agréable et bon produits locaux activités autour du vin et jus"
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"Parc botanique et hôtel spa "
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"Babylonstoren’s greatest trump card? It doesn’t feel like a hotel. You reach it by driving off the dusty Cape roads through vines and fruit trees. Tractors trundle by, laden with grapes and peaches. The restaurant is in an old cowshed. Ducks waddle past. A donkey puts out its nose for children to pat. It’s a place where you instantly feel at home (albeit one surrounded by the towering Simonsberg Mountains, rolling vineyards, and miles of fragrant indigenous fynbos shrubland). This is in large part because the 500-acre 17th-century Cape Dutch estate is still an actual home—belonging to Karen Roos, the former editor of South African Elle Decoration, who spent years creating an eight-acre Patrice Taravella–designed formal garden containing more than 300 varieties of medicinal and edible plants, and then wanted to share it with others. Having spent her life conceiving elegant new spaces, Roos constantly changes things up. Babylonstoren opened in 2010 with 13 little Cape Dutch farm workers’ cottages beside the garden, each with a modernist glass “box” kitchen in which guests could cook fresh farm ingredients to enjoy by the fire in the spacious and bright contemporary interiors. Next, Roos converted the barns and stables to add characterful guest spaces. In the past few years, the creative hotelier has added a smattering of equally charming cottages among the fynbos, away from the public areas and surrounded by native landscaping, the better for admiring the rugged mountainscapes. I’ve been five times, and each time I return, there’s something fresh and chic to explore: a farm shop stocked with tempting local cheese and Cape gooseberry jams; a bakery, which at night is transformed into a wood-fired-pizza restaurant; and, most recently, a wine cellar and museum."
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"domaine viticole incroyable!! dégustation de vin juste trop trop bien avec 10 vins et pairing vin/nourriture les restos du domaine ont l’air tous trop bons aussi "
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"CN Readers’ Choice Award 2024-2018 Its highlight is an 800-sq-metre, formally designed garden; inspired by Cape Town’s Company’s Garden, it is an incredible undertaking, featuring edible and medicinal plants, lotus ponds and espaliered quince trees, chicken coops and a maze of prickly-pear cacti. Reserve a place on one of the garden tours (10am)."
@nchavotier
"Jardin extraordinaire, visite et dégustation de vin, d'huile d'olive et de vinaigre, tous faits sur la propriété avec les produits du domaine. "
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"Dégust’ avec vue sur les vignes. I like it!"
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"Vignoble et potager géant, deux restaurants, plusieurs activités possibles sur place (workshops, wine testing, etc.) C’est un grand domaine qui tourne bien mais il est magnifique et a beaucoup à offrir. Ils font aussi de l’huile d’olive (on en a ramené) et du vinaigre. "
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"Somebody feed Phil: Phil said to do not miss the breakfast. I might have to stay to be able to eat breakfast."
@kris.mendenh
"Es una finca en el area de los viñedos espectacular. "
@jackbursztyn
"Hôtel too expensive but good for food"
@paulbeauregard
"Very fine dining. Lunch 11.2021"
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"$$ | GOLD LIST 2023 READERS' CHOICE AWARDS 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 Babylonstoren’s greatest trump card? It doesn’t feel like a hotel. You reach it by driving off the dusty Cape roads through vines and fruit trees. Tractors trundle by, laden with grapes and peaches. The restaurant is in an old cowshed. Ducks waddle past. A donkey puts out its nose for children to pat. It’s a place where you instantly feel at home (albeit one surrounded by the towering Simonsberg Mountains, rolling vineyards, and miles of fragrant indigenous fynbos shrubland). This is in large part because the 500-acre 17th-century Cape Dutch estate is still an actual home—belonging to Karen Roos, the former editor of South African Elle Decoration, who spent years creating an eight-acre Patrice Taravella–designed formal garden containing more than 300 varieties of medicinal and edible plants, and then wanted to share it with others. Having spent her life conceiving elegant new spaces, Roos constantly changes things up. Babylonstoren opened in 2010 with 13 little Cape Dutch farm workers’ cottages beside the garden, each with a modernist glass “box” kitchen in which guests could cook fresh farm ingredients to enjoy by the fire in the spacious and bright contemporary interiors. Next, Roos converted the barns and stables to add characterful guest spaces. In the past few years, the creative hotelier has added a smattering of equally charming cottages among the fynbos, away from the public areas and surrounded by native landscaping, the better for admiring the rugged mountainscapes. I’ve been five times, and each time I return, there’s something fresh and chic to explore: a farm shop stocked with tempting local cheese and Cape gooseberry jams; a bakery, which at night is transformed into a wood-fired-pizza restaurant; and, most recently, a wine cellar and museum. You can take a zippy golf cart from your cottage down to the public areas and walk in the sprawling gardens, with their chicken runs and beehives and rose-scented paths. Or you can have brunch or a long, lazy lunch in the Greenhouse or Babel restaurant, then have a hammam and massage in the recently added spa. Or you can do as I did on my last stay and retreat into nature, quietly fishing and kayaking on small dams, cycling amid fynbos in the hills, and lounging beside the new pool and hot tub, surrounded by rock gardens. Then, after a glass of wine at sunset, hang out in your light-filled, whitewashed cottage, cooking just-picked produce in your kitchen, listening to music and reading by the fire on Italian linen–clad sofas, and soaking in a deep bathtub fragranced with fresh herbs before a nightcap on the little veranda, the air thick with silence and lit by the moon and Milky Way. Babylonstoren paved the way for cool farm stays, but few of its successors can come close to matching the original. From $525. —Lisa Grainger What if you could actually visit the Garden of Eden? And what if it was surrounded by vineyards, historic Cape Dutch farm buildings, and a formal French-style potager garden, where you could pick your own strawberries and fragrant herbs? At Babylonstoren, in the Drakenstein Valley, 33 miles northeast of Cape Town, the mythical garden comes to life. Founded in 1690, the 590-acre compound is modeled on the farms that supplied the ships making their way around the Cape of Good Hope en route to India. The cottages and suites are minimalist but stylish. You won’t find a grand lobby or an obsequious concierge here, but the staff, most of whom are wearing T-shirts, aprons, or khakis, combine a genuine eagerness to help with a high level of knowledge about the farm and its long history. Stay long enough and eventually—after a visit to the on-site bakery, the winery, the cheesemaker, the butcher, and the farm-tank-style swimming pool—you may forget that you’re staying at a hotel."
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"Tout simplement l'un des plus beaux parc, potager, vignoble, verger qu j'ai vu jusque là. Il s'agit d'un domaine viticole dans la zone touristique de Stellenbosch. On ne peut pas aller à Cape Town sans passer par Babylonstoren. On peut y déjeuner, se balader, flâner, visiter les serres, et bien sûr y goûter du vin, l'attraction majeure. "
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"AS : vue dingue dans les vignobles. Petit dej délicieux "
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"Ferme tradi spa piscine super"
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"Wineyard 160plerden.. Farm, wineyard, restaurant. Somebody Feed Phil"
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"Nec plus ultra garden restaurant plus hotel set in the winelands. CN 2018. Gold list CNT 2023. Your best hotel in South Africa. "
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"Gourmet resto. A must. Garden estate. "
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"vu sur Deezen / végétal / serre aménagé / unique !"
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"Trad food take the WATERBLOMMET JIE BREDIE !! LOVE restau + garden !"
@margotthespy
"https://instagram.com/p/BQFCtQ3A-vW/"
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"Ferme hôtel spa type daylesford a 45min du cap- resto Babel. PARADIS"
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"A 70 km du cap, ds la vallee des vins. Une des fermes trad ( werf) (17eme s hollandais) les mieux conservees d Afrique du sud. Piscine spa, "
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"Magnifique !! Nous y avons passé 2 nuits vraiment tops ! Je recommande ! Et si vous n'y dormez pas, allez-y pour déjeuner ou diner !"
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"Super. Healthy. Produits du domaine. Jolie terrasse. Dej."
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