Although it was founded in 1702 and is home to some of South Africa’s oldest Pinotage and Shiraz vineyards, as well as a beautiful Cape Dutch home, Marindal is no fuddy-duddy wine estate. The tasting room is very professionally run and is combined with a contemporary art gallery and distillery, offering vodka, rum and gin tastings. There are two restaurants, Carlucci’s Deli and the more upscale market the crownAlong with 18 km Mountain bike trails.
The estate hosts various mountain biking events as well as gentle, 5km Saturday mornings Durbanville parkrun (www.parkrun.co.za). Galileo Open Air Cinema (http://thegalileo.co.za) shows films here, and there is a beautiful boutique hotel in a historic house.