Location: Stellenbosch
Top Things to do in Stellenbosch
What to do and see in Stellenbosch, Western Cape: The Best Art Galleries
Hiking trails and art galleries abound in Stellenbosch, but it's wine that takes center stage. More than 100 wine cellars, most open to the public, surround the oak-lined South African town, and tasting tours operate daily. Winter brings a four-day festival celebrating the local vintages. The historic town center houses the trading-post style shop Oom Samie se Winkel, the Neo-Gothic Moederkerk church, and museums dedicated to toys, military memorabilia, autos and early life on the Cape.
Restaurants in Stellenbosch
1. Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 116 reviews
TO ENTER AN ARTIST’S GARDEN IS TO VISIT ANOTHER WORLD. The Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden is a place of expansive vistas, scents and the sounds of nature, with tranquil groves, hidden paths and lush indigenous vegetation. The project began serendipitously in 2009 when Lewis hired an excavator on a whim and began shaping the contours of what would become the seven-hectare sculpture garden. Today, the artist continues to explore themes integral to his work in this serene landscape on the slopes of the Stellenbosch Mountain looking out over vineyards towards the ocean. Visits and tours by appointment only.
Reviewed By BarbaraMackenzie - Stellenbosch, South Africa
I was invited to take part in a private guided tour through the Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden. I am not an art person but I do like nature. I was absolutely blown away by this serenity and peaceful atmosphere that opens up once one enters the garden. There is hope for mankind if someone can create something so beautiful and just let it breath - in nature - surrounded by mountains & skies and it almost feels like his sculptures were always there. From the beginning of the beginning. I would highly recommend to have a guide walking with you, it certainly is worth the money if one is interested how the artist started this amazing garden.
2. Ghetto Art Gallery
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
3. Gavin Collins Art Gallery
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5.0 based on 5 reviews
Gavin Collins Gallery is owned by and solely dedicated to the artworks of South-African artist Gavin Collins. His large artworks are all done in oils on Belgian Linen, with a particular focus on light and movement. There are a variety of genres available, from cityscapes and figuratives to animals and protraits. This is truly home decor taken to another level!
4. Art on Church Gallery
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By SCJama
This art gallery is one of the best galleries I've ever been to, it's not your typical art gallery. It's so unique, calm and beautiful. This place showcases different local artists's work which give you a variety to choose from. The art pieces are very much reasonably priced and affordable and the staff is so friendly, professional and very helpful, they assist with so much care, grace and smile. Did I tell you that it is one of the few if not the only art gallery in touch where you are allowed to take pictures in it. Right! The gallery is also situated in calm and beautiful location of Stellenbosch, a town known for its beauty, rich history, great restaurants and of course wine farms. The location is very safe, clean and peaceful and it's 5 minutes walk to the University of Stellenbosch, 2 minutes walk to the famous Stellenbosch Church, in the same street with the popular and most loved restaurants and about 7 minutes walk to the mall. Stellenbosch Botanic Garden is just few minutes away also, and if you are a coffee head, great coffee spots are surrounding the gallery. This gallery is definitely a must see when you are in town and do yourself a favor; make sure you get one of their pieces, you'll never regret. Whether you are a local or a tourist from outside the country, they ship and courier everywhere in the world, to your door step.
5. GUS Gallery
6. Hombisa Jewellery
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4.5 based on 5 reviews
7. Marze Botha Art Gallery
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
Marze Botha Art Gallery is a jewel of a find not to be missed on your Winelands tour. It hosts art, sculpture, gifts, ceramics, glass and more from well-known South African artists. All proudly South African! We ship worldwide.
8. The Red Teapot Gallery
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4.0 based on 29 reviews
Reviewed By markdR962UX - Suffolk, United Kingdom
We always come in here to look at their jewellery as it is good value and we always end up buying something. The owner is the artist and has a very defined style. His sister keeps the books and takes the cash! Worth a visit if you are in Stellenbosch.
9. Dyman Gallery
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4.0 based on 2 reviews
Absolut art is a leading South African art gallery, Absolut Art Gallery offers an extensive and exclusive range of original investment art, as well as expert art valuations and experienced investment advice. The owners of Absolut Art Gallery, Gerrit Dyman Sr and Gerrit Dyman Jr, have more than three decades worth of specialist experience in the art industry.
10. Teresa Decinti Fine Art Gallery
I really enjoy Teresa’s watercolours. She exhibited these at The Cape Gallery in 2002 and 2003, before she opened her own gallery at 3 Eikehoff, Church St, Stellenbosch. Watercolour is an immediate and spontaneous medium that can be used to capture an instantaneous impression. Teresa confidently brushes vibrant colours on to large A1 sheets of heavy white Fabriano paper. Gail Dorje. (The Cape Gall
