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Glass Museum: Discover the art of glassmaking (it’s free)

Last updated: 15 September 2023

Before you visit the beautiful and luscious Glenelly Estate, there are two things you should know. First, the most expensive item on the bistro menu is a bottle of Grand Cru Classé Comtesse de Lalande, Pauillac 1961 Magnum which costs R47 500. The second is that the estate houses Madame De Lencquesaing’s Glass Museum which is free to visit all year-round. 


The Entrance to Glenelly Estate. Image: Glenelly Estate

LEARN THE HISTORY OF GLENELLY 

At the grand age of 78, May De Lencquesaing took one look at Glenelly Estate in Stellenbosch and decided that this is where she wanted to continue her French family’s legacy. That’s not all she brought over from Europe. What you’ll find in the underground floor of the estate is May’s life-long passion for rare and

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