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| Prince Albert | ||
| province | Western Cape | |
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| Residents | unknown | |
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| height | 633 m | |
| Tourist info web | https://princealbert.org.za/ | |
| no tourist info on Wikidata: | ||
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Prince Albert (Afrikaans Prins Albert) is a city in the province Western Cape in South Africa.
background
The small town is something like the gateway to the big one Karooif you come from the Garden Route. It lies at the foot of the Swartbergthat separate the small from the large Karoo. Besides fruit and vegetable cultivation (not least olive cultivation), sheep breeding is particularly important from an economic point of view.
getting there
By plane
By train
By bus
In the street
There are connections after Beaufort West via the R407, which joins the N2. This road leads in the other direction Klaarstrom, from where one comes south through the Swartberg Mountains. A more direct way of direction Oudtshoorn is the very scenic Swartberg Pass, although the road is not paved.
By boat
mobility
Tourist Attractions
The settlement was built in the early / mid-19th century and some older houses (both Cape Dutch and Victorian) and, above all, the church have been preserved. These are the whitewashed houses typical of the Western Cape.
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
health
Practical advice
trips
About an hour's drive east of the city, at the Meiringspoort pass through the Swartberge, is the Meiringspoort waterfall.
