Villiersdorp is a small town situated in the Overberg region of the Western Cape. Surrounded by wine farms, it is a 90 minute drive from Cape Town. The town is the centre of a productive farming area where nectarines, peaches, pears, apples, apricots are grown and wine is produced.
Villiersdorp was briefly called Akkedisdorp (Lizard Town), and later it was founded in 1843 by Pieter De Villiers of French Huguenot stock. Pieter De Villiers was a farmer and magistrate who envisioned and planned the layout for the town, as we know it today. The town has retained its rural character and atmosphere.
Among the town's historic buildings are several Victorian-era cottages, Oude Radyn (1844), Oude Huis (1852) and St Augustine's Anglican Church (1858). A variety of fynbos species can be seen in the nature reserves near Villiersdorp.
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